Shooting - Field and Covert
by Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Nice condition antique copy of "SHOOTING - Field and Covert" by Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey. 1886 1st edition; Little, Brown and Co.; Boston. The book features illustrations and portraits throughout (many of which are full-page). Decorative end papers.
The contents are as follows: Shooting, Past and Present; Hints for Beginners; A Short History of Gun-Making; Prices of Guns; The Choice of a Gun; Shooters; Partridge Shooting; Pheasant Shooting; Rearing; Rabbit Shooting; Vermin; Keepers; Poachers and Poaching; Dogs and Dog-Breaking; Pigeon Shooting from Traps; Index.
Condition:
Clean front cover and spine; some very light soiling on the back cover. Tiny cloth tear at the lower-out front cover corner tip. There are a couple tiny cloth tears at the top and bottom edges of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the text pages are clean with no notable issues found. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. The pastedowns and title page each have a previous owner's name/address stamped in ink. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8149
- Title
- Shooting - Field and Covert
- Author
- Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1886
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- shooting, Field and Covert, Lord Walsingham, hunting, fishing, Angling, nature, outdoors, rifles, guns, shotguns, wild animals, wildlife
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-Fiction; Outdoor / Nature;
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.