Sport in War
by Dawson, Captain Lionel
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. Full green cloth with gilt letting on spine. Spine is sunned with wear to the head and small chipping with a little fraying to the tail. Light blue ball point ink marks to front board else VERY GOOD condition. Internally former owner's bookplate behind front board. Includes six color plates and six monocrome plates of hunting, birding, and other sports. . First American Edition. Full Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Lionel Edwards. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013317
- Title
- Sport in War
- Author
- Dawson, Captain Lionel
- Illustrator
- Lionel Edwards
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
Terms of Sale
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Ziern-Hanon Galleries
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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