Calling the Horses: A Racing Autobiography
by O'Sullevan, Peter
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0091737141
- ISBN 13
- 9780091737146
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Stanley Paul. Very Good +/Very Good +. 1989. Reprint. Hard Cloth Cover. 8vo 0091737141 Dust Jacket price clipped. Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 59 illustrations. Racing journalist, owner and the doyen of TV racing commentators, Peter O`Sullevan has written a delightful book of reminiscences recalling more than 50 years involvement with the sport. A marvellous raconteur, with an unrivalled knowledge of the racing scene, he includes a wealth of colourful anecdotes from track and turf. 368 pages clean and tight. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 115321
- Title
- Calling the Horses: A Racing Autobiography
- Author
- O'Sullevan, Peter
- Illustrator
- Colour & b/w Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cloth Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +/Very Good +
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0091737141
- ISBN 13
- 9780091737146
- Publisher
- Stanley Paul
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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