Powder, Spur, and Spear; A Sporting Medley
by J. Moray Brown
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chapman & Hall, 1889. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1889. No Edition Remarks. 292 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Quarter bound leather with cloth covered boards. Contains black and white plates. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and endpapers. inserts and remnants to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends, causing leather to peel. Book has noticeable forward lean. Small dewy label taped to bottom spine.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1629467322BWO
- Title
- Powder, Spur, and Spear; A Sporting Medley
- Author
- J. Moray Brown
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Date Published
- 1889
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.