Frank Forester's Field Sports of the United States and British Provinces, of North America (in two volumes)
by HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM (FORESTER, FRANK)
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- Hardcover
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stringer and townsend 1849. two volumes octavo red buckram with blindstamping and gilt letterting to spine with gilt hunting motifs to both spine and front boards (1) 360pp (2) 367pp, frontis to each volume, both vols VG- ( some fraying to spine, light soiling, bookplate to front pastedown, light soiling and foxing to text)
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- Title
- Frank Forester's Field Sports of the United States and British Provinces, of North America (in two volumes)
- Author
- HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM (FORESTER, FRANK)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- stringer and townsend 1849
- Keywords
- sport hunting fishing united states frank forester henry william herbert
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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- Gilt
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