An Academy for Grown Horsemen;1808 bound with Annals of Horsemanship 1808
by Gambado, Geoffrey
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
London: W. Baynes, 1808. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 3/4 Leather, quarto, xxiv + 36 pages. + 12 plates & xvii + 79 pages. + 17 plates. The plates are sepia engravings by Henry Bunbury, engraved by William Dickinson. Contemporary three-quarter red moroccan. The most desirable edition in very large type. Total of 29 plates. Covers edgeworn. First signature detached, but still present.
The edged of board and spine are rubbed, binding is tight. Front free end paper and first two leaves detached; textblock is otherwise secure. Inside tanned but clean and unmarked.
The edged of board and spine are rubbed, binding is tight. Front free end paper and first two leaves detached; textblock is otherwise secure. Inside tanned but clean and unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- Moe's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2046328
- Title
- An Academy for Grown Horsemen;1808 bound with Annals of Horsemanship 1808
- Author
- Gambado, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. Baynes
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1808
- Keywords
- Art/Book Arts
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