Title

Sport

In

The Crimea and Caucasus

By

Clive Phillipps-Wolley, F.R.G.S.

[First Edition – Half Leather Binding]

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Author

Clive Phillipps-Wolley

Late British Vice-Consul at Kertch

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Year of Publication

1881

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Publisher

London: Richard Bentley & Son

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Description:

London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1881, First Edition.

Half blue leather binding, gilt titles, and plain raised bands.

The author, the British Vice-Consul at Ketch on the Black Sea, enjoyed considerable sport on the Crimean peninsula and in the Caucasus Mountains – bear, bird, boar, and antelope. Considerable details on the terrain and peoples.

x, 370pp plus 2pp advertisements.

Approximately 9 inches tall.

Condition Report

Externally

• Spine – good condition – gilt titles on twin black labels, 5 raised bands, date stamped in gilt in the bottom compartment, sun faded.
• Joints – good condition – gently rubbed and worn.
• Corners – good condition.
• Boards – good condition – half blue leather boards, blind tooled fillets, there is a surface scratch in the leather at the top of the upper board together with some slight discolouration in the top left hand corner, slightly cocked.
• Page edges – good condition – all tanned and foxed.
• See above and photos.

Internally

• Hinges – good condition – sound.
• Paste downs – good condition – plain dark blue.
• End papers – good condition – plain dark blue, there is a mark on the front end paper where something has been stuck to it, the first free end papers look new and are light yellow with a watermark throughout them, original end paper lightly tanned and foxed.
• Title – good condition – small vignette to the centre, lightly tanned.
• Pages – good condition – half title present, lightly tanned throughout.
• Binding – good condition.
• See photos.

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