Sketches of the Wild Sports & Natural History of the Highlands
by St. John, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Murray, 1878. With gilt owl and wild cat to boards. Small tear to margin of p.260. Cracked gutters at pp 209 and 225 and rear gutter. Boards lightly rubbed, corners bumped with minor chipping to head and foot of spine, the very occasional fingerprint within, foxing to endpapers, last page and half title, else pp clean and tidy, plates bright.. Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000741
- Title
- Sketches of the Wild Sports & Natural History of the Highlands
- Author
- St. John, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Size
- 8vo
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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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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,...