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Woodcock

by Knight, John Alden

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  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Original green boards, gilt, tan cloth spine with lettering piece, very fine in slightly worn board slipcase
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About This Item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. First edition, No. 145 of 275 copies on Rives Liampre All-Rag Paper, signed, containing an extra color plate. Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke, 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161, ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green boards, gilt, tan cloth spine with lettering piece, very fine in slightly worn board slipcase. First edition, No. 145 of 275 copies on Rives Liampre All-Rag Paper, signed, containing an extra color plate. Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke, 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161, ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A beautiful copy of a handsome book, signed by author and illustrator on limitation page. Biscotti p. 242; Heller 2:693

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Seller
James Cummins Bookseller US (US)
Seller's Inventory #
56888
Title
Woodcock
Author
Knight, John Alden
Format/Binding
Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke, 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161, ii pp. 1 vols.
Book Condition
Used - Original green boards, gilt, tan cloth spine with lettering piece, very fine in slightly worn board slipcase
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First edition, No. 145 of 275 copies on Rives Liampre All-Rag Pa
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1944
Keywords
Hunting / Shooting | Woodcock
Bookseller catalogs
Sports & Games;

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James Cummins Bookseller

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About the Seller

James Cummins Bookseller

Seller rating:
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New York, New York

About James Cummins Bookseller

Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.

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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...
Plate
Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Fine
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Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
First Edition
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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....

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