Books on the Horse and Horsemanship: Riding, Hunting, Breeding & Racing 1400-1941
by PODESCHI, JOHN B (Compiled by)
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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About This Item
The Tate Gallery Publications Department 1981. Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt wheat motif to front board, xvii + 427pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl tape residue/scuffing to board edges, light soiling to page edges, light tape staining to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing to lower edges, minor adhesive staining to edges)
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- Title
- Books on the Horse and Horsemanship: Riding, Hunting, Breeding & Racing 1400-1941
- Author
- PODESCHI, JOHN B (Compiled by)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Tate Gallery Publications Department 1981
- Keywords
- bibliography bibliographies horses equine riding hunting breeding racing Paul Mellon collection
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- Edges
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- Quarto
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- Spine
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- Buckram
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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...