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O'Kelly's Eclipse
de Arthur Weiss
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Cassell, 1969. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 6". Charles Mozley. A work of fiction about late eighteenth century racehorse, Eclipse, in a very scarce illustrated dust wrapper. An early edition of this novel, in a very scarce, unclipped, pictorial dust wrapper from prolific book illustrator Charles Mozley. Since Mozley's death in 1991, at least three retrospectives of his work have been held in major venues such as the Barbican Centre and Somerset House.A novel from American television screenwriter Arthur Weiss, about the undefeated British racehorse Eclipse, and his owner Dennis O'Kelly. Eclipse is notable for being the sire of an estimates 95% of modern thoroughbred horses, including Secretariat, with his skeleton now on permanent display at the Royal Veterinary college. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Shelf wear to spine tail, slight bumping to spine head. Closed tears to folds at head and tail of dust wrapper back strip, with some chipping to head also. Discolouration to back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 781F26
- Título
- O'Kelly's Eclipse
- Autor
- Arthur Weiss
- Ilustrador
- Charles Mozley
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Cassell
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1969
- Tamaño
- 8" by 6"
- Palabras clave
- Racehorse Thoroughbred Horse Horse Racing Thoroughbred Dennis O'Kelly
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glosario
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
