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The Analysis of The Hunting Field; Being A Series of sketches of the Principle Characters That Compose One. The Whole forming a slight Souvenir of The Season, 1845-1846
by Alken, Henry. (Surtees, Robert)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
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About This Item
London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1846-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Quarto. Original red cloth, with gilt fox vignette on front. [6], 326, [4] pp, color title page 6 full page hand-colored plates, and 43 woodcuts. Wear, minor soiling to boards. Loss to head of spine. Shaken, front flyleaf detached. Text block mostly uncut. Marginal tanning, foxing. Plate margins tanned. Provenance: Robert Cleveland's book plate on verso. Tooley 470
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- Title
- The Analysis of The Hunting Field; Being A Series of sketches of the Principle Characters That Compose One. The Whole forming a slight Souvenir of The Season, 1845-1846
- Author
- Alken, Henry. (Surtees, Robert)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- London: Rudolf Ackermann
- Date Published
- 1846-01-01
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
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- Plate
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- Quarto
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- Vignette
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- 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....
- Shaken
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- Verso
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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