Aintree: Grand Nationals -- Past and Present
by BROWN, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1930. Hardcover. Introduction by Henry G. Vaughan. 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xxi, 191pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, illustrations. Very good. Mild binding edgewear and slightly bumped corners, with front board typically "flecked." A tight, nice first edition of this history of the famed English steeplechase race, containing Brown's many and superb drawings, limited to 850 copies. Like every Derrydale title, a lovely production.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43205
- Title
- Aintree: Grand Nationals -- Past and Present
- Author
- BROWN, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Derrydale Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Sports;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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