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A Sporting Family of the Old South. With which is included Reminiscences of an Old Sportsman by Frederick Gustavus Skinner
de Smith, Harry Worcester
- Usado
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Red cloth, gilt lettering. Near fine copy (spine slightly faded as usual)
- Librería
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New York, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Albany, New York: Published by J.B. Lyon Company, 1936. First edition. Illustrated. xvii, [2], 477 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt lettering. Near fine copy (spine slightly faded as usual). First edition. Illustrated. xvii, [2], 477 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed at Three Score and Ten. Inscribed, with the author's bookplate, on an inserted leaf. "Inscribed by the author, whose motto at three score and ten still is: 'His line is the line of foxes, His pace is the pace of the pack, Harry Worcester Smith."
First part is about John Stuart Skinner, founder of the American Turf Register, and Smith's great-great grandfather. "The work was published for private subscription ... Very scarce" (Bruns). Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 335; Bruns S192
First part is about John Stuart Skinner, founder of the American Turf Register, and Smith's great-great grandfather. "The work was published for private subscription ... Very scarce" (Bruns). Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 335; Bruns S192
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 368425
- Título
- A Sporting Family of the Old South. With which is included Reminiscences of an Old Sportsman by Frederick Gustavus Skinner
- Autor
- Smith, Harry Worcester
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Illustrated. xvii, [2], 477 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Red cloth, gilt lettering. Near fine copy (spine slightly faded as usual)
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- Published by J.B. Lyon Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Albany, New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1936
- Palabras clave
- Sports & Games
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Sports & Games;
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