8th series (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Pp. xix, 751.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Eighth Impression. Two volumes (complete). Rebound for and by the Durban Club in half leather. Two stout, sturdy copies. Part of the Badminton Series of Sports and Pastimes conceived by the 8th Duke of Beaufort (whose children invented the game of badminton, at Badminton House, during the wretched winter of 1863; he also, in the manner only of a true aristocrat, is said to have presented Queen Victoria with evidence that he had a better claim to the throne than she; the Queen thanked him and threw the evidence into the fire). Volume I: Salmon and Trout. The leathers are worn about all edges, corners, seams, ridges. They are rubbed and worn from handling and shelving. The boards have some scuffing, wear, light marks. The boards are steady and sure. Marbled end papers. Durban Club ex-libris plate on the front pastedown. The contents are benign, even venerably avuncular. They have splashes or sprays or flushes of foxing. They are otherwise clean, clear, assured, very certain and conscientious, detailed and evocative. Volume II: Pike and Other Coarse Fish. The condition is as with volume I. A competent, companionable set of this classic set of books. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1825 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 1053 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 1053 Language: French.…