By Lake and River : An Angler's Rambles in the North of England and Scotland
by Francis, Francis
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/N/a
- Seller
-
Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Field " Office, 1874. 1st Edition. Original Cloth. Fair/N/a. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No Illustrations. 412pp. A first edition copy bound in original green cloth binding with gilt embossed lettering to the front board and spine. The textblock is clean and tight, being in good condiiton with the bindning only being fair. Damp staining to the boad and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine with some splitting and loss of the cloth. There is some splitting to the front and rear inner hinges revealing the webbing - leaving the boards a little shaken. Some light staining to the extreme tail of the end papers and advertisement pages at the rear of the book and a little soiling to the fore edges - though not affecting the page margins. The textblock as mentioned is clean, tight and compelte. A fair /good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 226958
- Title
- By Lake and River : An Angler's Rambles in the North of England and Scotland
- Author
- Francis, Francis
- Illustrator
- No Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- N/a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Field " Office
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1874
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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