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Gamonia or the Art of Preserving Game And an Improved Method of Making Plantations and Covers, Explained and Illustrated
by Lawrence Rawstorne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- ISBN 10
- 1165536587
- ISBN 13
- 9781165536580
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-080: Rudolph Ackerman. Good+. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Leather. Leather. 8vo. Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery. 1837. 208 pgs. Errata slip present. Illustrated with 15 hand-colored engraved plates after J. T. Rawlins by A. W. Reeve and others. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in full green leather with decorated gilt rule present the boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The first treatise devoted primarily pheasant rearing and the management and preservation of woodlands. Gamonia is a work celebrated for its picturesque shooting scenes. 'They are unsually attractive, and convey a good impression on the way in which our forebears killed their game, in the beginning of the 19th century' e-80; 1837; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches; 220 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63023
- Title
- Gamonia or the Art of Preserving Game And an Improved Method of Making Plantations and Covers, Explained and Illustrated
- Author
- Lawrence Rawstorne
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1165536587
- ISBN 13
- 9781165536580
- Publisher
- Rudolph Ackerman
- Place of Publication
- E-080
- Date Published
- 2010
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- Good+
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...