The Master of Hounds : The Hunting Library Number III
by Underhill, G. F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Grant Richards, 1903. 1st Edition. Red Boards. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated. 285pp. A very good copy form the Hunting Library, being the third volume in the series. Bound in red boards with black embossed vignette to the front board and gilt embssed lettering to the spine. Illustrated with 14 b/w photographic plates as called for, including a frontispeice plate with tissue guard. There is some fading to the spine with a few light stains to the strip. There are bumps to the head and tail of the spine with a slight split to the tail of the spine and slight nik to the head of the spine. Previous owners bookplate to the front paste down with a little ghosting to the opposing front end paper. There are a few foxspots to the front fore edges and a few pages have been forced open with some loss to the page margins. No loss of text. There are a few pencil marks in the margins of a few pages. The book is otherwise clean and tight. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 224073
- Title
- The Master of Hounds : The Hunting Library Number III
- Author
- Underhill, G. F
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Red Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grant Richards
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HUNTING
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- Bumps
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- 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...
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