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PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE SPORTSMAN NATURALIST
by Brownell, Charles De Wolf
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: The MacMillan Co.. Good+. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition: #28 of 100 large paper copies from The American Sportsman's Library, edited by Caspar Whitney. Three-quarters brown morrocco over marbled boards with 5 spine bands and gilt decoration & lettering. Matching marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt with deckle cut page edges. [xviii, 1, 311pp]. Illustrated with a tissue-guarded sepia frontispiece and 83 b/w photographs. Text tight & intact. Leaves clean without foxing. Front internal hinge cracked & internal edges of endpapers damaged. Binding tight. Some rubbing to spine & edges. Early owner's bookplate "MASON W. ZIMMERMAN, PHILADELPHIA". Photography, Sports. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 311 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17744
- Title
- PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE SPORTSMAN NATURALIST
- Author
- Brownell, Charles De Wolf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Photography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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