Stalking Big Game With A Camera In Equatorial Africa
by Marius Maxwell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Fair
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£380.00£342.00
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1925. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Fair. 12.5" by 10". Marius Maxwell. Marius Maxwell's 'Stalking Big Game With A Camera In Equatorial Africa' beautifully illustrated and very scarce with the dust wrapper with photographic plates throughout, including large folding plates. Reprint by The Medici Society Ltd. Illustrated with one-hundred and three plates taken by the author Marius Maxwell. Including several lovely large folding plates. The book follows hunters as they stalk and hunt the big game of Africa. With a preface by Sir Sidney F Harmer, British zoologist and president of the Linnean Society. Collated, complete. In full cloth binding. Externally smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Minor rubbing to the front and rear joints. Offsetting to the front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Dustwrapper is worn. Most of the spine is missing due wear, and is reinforced with addition paper. The top and bottom edge of the wrap is chipped. Agetoning to the front and rear of wrap, with some minor spotting. Small ink stain to the rear of wrap. Internal to the wrap, minor offsetting with some slight spotting. Front flyleaf is held by tape. Numerous tape repairs to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot, mainly to the first and last pages. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 598C12
- Title
- Stalking Big Game With A Camera In Equatorial Africa
- Author
- Marius Maxwell
- Illustrator
- Marius Maxwell
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Size
- 12.5" by 10"
- Keywords
- Dustwrapper Illustrated Marius Maxwell Africa Illustrated Plates
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...