Old English Sporting Books
by Nevill, Ralph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, England: The Studio Limited. Very Good+. 1924. Limited/Numbered Edition. Cloth. 34 pages, 107 plates, including 24 mounted color plates with printed tissue guards. Edited by Geoffrey Holme. Limited edition of which this is No. 1137 of 1500 copies. Hardbound. Folio size peach-colored cloth binding, gold gilt-stamped front cover and spine. Very good+ with covers and spine sunned. The prints-- by Samuel Alken, Halbot K. Brown ("Phiz"), George Cruikshank, William Hogarth, T. Landseer, To. Rowlandson, et al --- depict racing, hunting, couching, shooting, fishing and other scenes. #502; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Gallery // Mike Riley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000502
- Title
- Old English Sporting Books
- Author
- Nevill, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Limited/Numbered Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Studio Limited
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- English Sporting Books, Ralph Nevill
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hunting;
Terms of Sale
Book Gallery // Mike Riley
All Books are returnable within ten days of receipt. Books are guaranteed to be in condition described.
About the Seller
Book Gallery // Mike Riley
Biblio member since 2006
Phoenix, Arizona
About Book Gallery // Mike Riley
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....