DRIVING FOR PLEASURE (1896) Or the Harness Stables
by Francis T. Underhill
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
D. Appleton and Co, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. D. Appleton and Company; New York, 1896. Hardcover. Book is heavy and additional shipping cost may apply. A Very Good, three quarter leather binding and brown suede boards, illustrations and gilt lettering on front board, gilt lettering on spine, some handling/scuffing to boards, leather spine is very dry and brittle with several cracks to leather, abrasions to board corners, starting front hinge with couple of prelims being halfway detached from binding, fading to pastedown/endpaper margins, some age toning to pages, TEG with some blemishes, deckle fore-edge and bottom text block edge, some discoloration to leather spine and corners, rubbing along board and spine edges. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], 158pp., b&w plates. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1040537
- Title
- DRIVING FOR PLEASURE (1896) Or the Harness Stables
- Author
- Francis T. Underhill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Co
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lavendier Books
Biblio member since 2008
Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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- Gilt
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