Coverts and Casts: Field Sports and Angling in Words and Pictures
by SCHALDACH, William J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1945. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. xiv, 138pp. Color frontispiece, line drawings (some color). Very good. Faintest of edgewear, with spine ever-so-lightly sunned. A tight, attractive first edition of this lovingly illustrated text. Ownership signature on front flyleaf and tiny inkstamped name/address on front pastedown of, appropriately, a "Conservation Investigator."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42049
- Title
- Coverts and Casts: Field Sports and Angling in Words and Pictures
- Author
- SCHALDACH, William J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A.S. Barnes and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
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- Books; Fishing & Hunting;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...