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Offered is a copy number 268 of 950 of the 1937 first edition published by The Derrydale Press. Beautifully bound …
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Offered is a copy number 268 of 950 of the 1937 first edition published by The Derrydale Press. Beautifully bound in burgundy gilt stamped and decorated cloth over boards with a full color vignette of a woodcock by Edward Burke set into front cover. Includes 9 black-and-white illustrations including the frontis by Lynn Bogue Hunt. In days gone by, sportsmen and sportswomen participated in most sports. This book includes 10 short stories about sports besides grouse hunting. All are delivered with Spiller's wry wit and humor.
This is likely the finest example obtainable today.
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- Dimensions
- 7.5ʺW × 1ʺD × 10ʺH
- Period
- 1930s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Very Good Condition in a good original plain plastic dust jacket: Text is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, … moreVery Good Condition in a good original plain plastic dust jacket: Text is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. No bookplate. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. A few pages unopened and a some roughly opened. Slightly rubbed at spine ends. Gilt bright. Light foxing upper edges of inside covers (last pic). 2 small brown stains bottom front inside cover and front end paper from the tape used by the publisher to hold the unprinted plastic jacket on (last pic). Pages uniformly lightly toned. The original unprinted plastic jacket has half inch chips foot of spine and rear lower corner and overall rubbing. Likely as fine a copy as obtainable today. less
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