Tales and Traits of Sporting Life.
by Corbet, Henry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Rogerson and Tuxford, 1864. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12 cm x 17.5 cm 202 pages, coloured frontispiece & additional coloured title page. Spotting to first and last few pages even age browning to contents, contemporary ownership signature of "Captain Clarke, Wilton Place" to front paste down . Bound in a contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards, some light rubbing to edges the binding clean and tight with no splits. A collection of articles, songs, and fictions upon the themes of horse racing, hunting, and gambling etc.
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003284
- Title
- Tales and Traits of Sporting Life.
- Author
- Corbet, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Rogerson and Tuxford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- HORSE RACING, HUNTING, GAMBLING, NOISBN
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- Edges
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- Title Page
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- Calf
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- Rubbing
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.