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Rural Sports, Together With The Birth Of The Squire And The Hound And The Huntsman
by Gay, John, Introduction By Owen Culbertson; Illustrations By Gordon Ross
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Willim Edwin Rudge, 1930. First Edition Thus First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 36 Pp. #119 Of 225 Copies Of A Limited Edition On Large Paper With Hand-Colored Illustrations, Signed In Pencil On The Frontispiece By Gordon Ross. Publisher's Binding Of Full Calf, Gilt Lettering And Rules On Spine In An Attractive Design, Blindstamped Rules On Covers, Top Edge Gilt. Light Wear, Leather Professionally Refurbished, Faint Damp Mark On Upper Part Of Covers, Glue Burn (Browning) Around Edges Of Endpapers.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027452
- Title
- Rural Sports, Together With The Birth Of The Squire And The Hound And The Huntsman
- Author
- Gay, John, Introduction By Owen Culbertson; Illustrations By Gordon Ross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus First Printing
- Publisher
- Willim Edwin Rudge
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Printing and Private Presses; Antiquarian Books and Leather-Bound Books;
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Arroyo Seco Books
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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