The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting
by Lewis, Elisha J
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Company, 1857. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 510 pages. Hardcover in brown publisher's cloth with title in gilt on front cover and other designs in blind. The binding shows heavy wear. Corners are bumped, rubbed down to boards. Spine is damped/wrinkled, with fraying and tearing at headcap/foot. Endpapers are foxed. Front pastedown has smudging and a stamped name. Prior owner's name is written three times on front flyleaf. "James McKee - Raleigh NC" Name is written again on second front flyleaf. Text is foxed. Some dog-eared pages.
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- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051242
- Title
- The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting
- Author
- Lewis, Elisha J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott and Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1857
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1857; Elisha J Lewis; Sportsman; Antiquarian; Animals; Dogs; Birds; Hunting; James McKee; Raleigh, North Carolina.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...