Man o'War
de Farley, Walter
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Random House, 1962. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Presentation copy in a presentation binding. Signed and inscribed by author Walter Farley of 'Black Stallion' fame to Patricia and Elliott Roosevelt (son and daughter-in-law of FDR and Eleanor): 'For Patty and Elliott - wih my thanks for making my stay at the horse show so enjoyable - and I do hope you like this 'big book' as much as you say you did 'The Black Stallion'. All my best Walter Farley Oct. '69 Venice, Fla.' The Roosevelt's were noted horse-lovers. This copy is in a presentation binding (as given by Farley) of 3/4 red calf over pebbled cloth, spine with raised bands and gilt floral tooling within gilt-bordered compartments (light rubbing). 'Man o'War' is Farley's semi-fictional account of the great race horse, considered by many to be the greatest of all time.Illustrated By Angie Draper.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 00545621
- Título
- Man o'War
- Autor
- Farley, Walter
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leather Binding
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Random House
- Fecha de publicación
- 1962
- Palabras clave
- Horse Racing Horses Fiction Qtz18, , , , , , , ,
Términos de venta
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Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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- 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...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
