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The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Shooting (Field and Covert)
by Lord Walsingham; Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". A. J. Stuart-Wortley, Harper Pennington, C. Whymper, J. H. Oswald, And G. E. Lodge . A wonderfully illustrated half Morocco leather bound edition of Badminton Library's 'Shooting'. An extremely smart edition, in half Morocco leather binding. Part of the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. The series was a sporting and publishing project conceived by Longmans Green & Co., intended as "a modern encyclopedia for the inexperienced man". Between 1885 and 1902 it developed into a series of sporting books which aimed to cover comprehensively all major sports and pastimes. Volume 5: Shooting: Field and Covert was written by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham and Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey. Lord Walsingham was an English politician and amateur entomologist, while Sir Frankland-Payne-Gallwey was an English Engineer, historian, ballistics expert, and artist. Containing over 100 beautiful illustrations, including a frontispiece with tissue guard. In Badminton Library half Morocco binding, with cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Externally, very smart. Some light rubbing to extremities. Marbled paper to pastedowns and recto of endpapers. Previous owners name to verso of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 814C11
- Title
- The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Shooting (Field and Covert)
- Author
- Lord Walsingham; Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
- Illustrator
- A. J. Stuart-Wortley, Harper Pennington, C. Whymper, J. H. Oswald, And G. E. Lodge
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Guns Shooting Illustrated Field and Covert Shooting
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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