Description: I have here for sale a book entitled WILD SPORTS OF THE WORLD A Book of Natural History and Adventure by JAMES GREENWOOD Twenty-Fifth Thousand with Woodcuts from Designs by Harden Melville and William Harvey, Coloured Illustrations from Water-Colour Drawings by J B Zwecker, Harrison Weir and Harden Melville, Portraits of Celebrated Hunters from Original Photographs, and Maps showing the Habitats of Animals and Plants all over the World published by S O Beeton, London, in 1862. This book on hunting and natural history by journalist and novelist James Greenwood discusses the history, habits, and physiology of a number of species of big game animals including tigers, elephants, lions, leopards, hippos, and many more, together with information on methods of hunting, weaponry, and tactical movements. The book includes 6 fold-out b/w maps of the Continents; 6 full-page colour plates (unfortunately 4 are missing); 8 b/w portraits of hunters as the headings of chapters; and 146 in-text woodcut illustrations. Green calf leather boards with a gilt border. Minor marks on the boards. Five raised bands with gilt lettering and gilt decoration on the spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Light foxing to prelims and flyleaf with a few spots on some pages. All pages are tight and the book is in very good condition. xii, 426 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm.We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy.Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.
Price: 29.99 GBP
Location: Whitegate, Cheshire
End Time: 2024-12-22T19:07:03.000Z
Shipping Cost: 38.83 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 30 days
Binding: Fine Binding
Non-Fiction Subject: Sports
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Region: Europe
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: JAMES GREENWOOD
Publisher: S O BEETON
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Year Printed: 1862
Original/Facsimile: Original
