THE HORSE - HOW TO BUY AND SELL: Giving the Points Which Distinguish a Sound from an Unsound Horse
de Howden, Peter
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1882. Olive Green hardcover cloth binding with black decorations, Gilt horse's head on front, gilt titles on spine, Minor shelfwear, clean and tight interior. Hinge cracked with binding stitching intact pages 72/73. Start of hingecrack inside last blank page in back after single ad for the Sportsmen's Emporium in New York City. Both of these are noted, but do not affect binding integrity. Stitching is visible but holding. 131 pages with index. Pages yellowing. Previous owner bookplate fep. Overall a nice copy of scarce first edition of this title. According to the preface: To ascertain what constitutes strict soundness in the horse; to note deviations from soundness unimportant except as to their effect on the market value of the animal; and general observations on used horses.. Illus. by Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Librería
- Deja Vu Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 012812
- Título
- THE HORSE - HOW TO BUY AND SELL: Giving the Points Which Distinguish a Sound from an Unsound Horse
- Autor
- Howden, Peter
- Ilustrador
- Illustrated
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Orange Judd Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1882
- Tamaño
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Horses - Nonfiction, Children and Adult;
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Deja Vu Books
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Poplar Grove, Illinois
Sobre Deja Vu Books
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
