The National Sports of Great Britain
by Alken, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Methuen & Co, 1903. A new edition. The illustrated pocket library of plain and coloured books. Has been rebacked with original spine cloth relaid, new spine title label, original boards, new endpapers. Appears to be one plate missing, 49 plates present. One plate is detached and another has a 3 inch tear. Otherwise text and plates clean and bright.. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56999
- Title
- The National Sports of Great Britain
- Author
- Alken, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....