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Methods in the Art of Taxidermy
by Oliver Davie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Subscription Editon, Ninety-Full Page Engravings. Bright moss green cloth hardcover boards with gold gilt decoration along the top and bottom of the front board and spine. Spine also with gold gilt text. Front and rear boards have beveled edges with minimal edge wear to the boards but corners all show wear and bumping. The back strip of the spine is worn along the top and bottom but text is still bright. Small blemishes and some rubbing to both the front and back covers. The spine is straight and firmly attached to the decorative end papers. Text block is solid with gold gilt on the top edge and deckled pages along the front edge. Tissue guard intact over frontispiece. Darkening at some page edges, some foxing and age tanning throughout. Previous owner name in pen and stamp on the front-end paper and also stamped on rear endpaper. It is inscribed on the blank flyleaf page before the half title page, "To A. M. Shields Compliments of Oliver Davie, Dec. 25, 1894". Interior pages are clean with no chips, tears, or other previous owner marks. Pages are number by sections, also includes index and 13 pages of subscriber names (of which copies were sent around the country and around the world). Extra postage required for international shipment as heavy volume.
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- Bookseller
- Old Books and Such, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CLA212500006
- Title
- Methods in the Art of Taxidermy
- Author
- Oliver Davie
- Illustrator
- Theodore Jasper
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Han & Adair
- Place of Publication
- Columbus
- Date Published
- 1894
- Pages
- Numbered Sections
- Size
- H – 10-1/2” W – 7-1/2” D
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Taxidermy, Oliver Davie, Hunting, Fishing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Artistic Endevors;
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- Spine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
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