Practical Wildfowling: A Complete Guide to the Art of the Fowler. With Descriptions of the Various Birds Usually Met With
by FALLON, W. J
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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Hay on Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1907. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket . No dustwrapper. 12mo. - Bound in maroon buckram w/ gilt lettering to title and spine - Corners and spine ends bumped - Covers a little rubbed - Spine slightly cocked and head a little pulled but still strong - Edges of text block toned - Some scattered foxing - Front hinge slightly breached but still strong - Book ow/ solid and clean - 248 pages
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- Title
- Practical Wildfowling: A Complete Guide to the Art of the Fowler. With Descriptions of the Various Birds Usually Met With
- Author
- FALLON, W. J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- No dustwrapper
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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