Record of Sports 1907
by Royal Insurance Company Ltd
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Royal Insurance Company Ltd, 1908. Hardcover. VG+. Fifth Edition. 9.5 x 13.5 cm dark green cloth backed dark brown card boards with gilt stamped titles and a photographic image of a polo player on the front. 169pp with images of a high jumper and a skater on each of the free endpapers and publisher's advert on the insides of both covers. Internally there are basic descriptions of the basic rules and records and results for various major sporting events from Amateur Athletics to Yachting as well as Oxbridge and Public School records. A lovely copy clean and bright internally with just an a little light rubbing to the edges of the boards and some small ink splashes to the front and rear boards and a hand written date of 1907 on the spine. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201240
- Title
- Record of Sports 1907
- Author
- Royal Insurance Company Ltd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Publisher
- Royal Insurance Company Ltd
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Sport
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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- 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...
- Edges
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.