New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1939. 334 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on dark brown cloth spine. Binding lightly soiled w/ modest rubbing to spine ends. #41 of 500 copies. SIGNED BY PHILIP DUFFIELD STONG. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Light foxing to endpapers. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece, and 103 illustrations from old prints and photos. Contents nice.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Kurt Wiese (Endpaper and Chapter Heads). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

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Bookseller: Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10543ANM
Title: HORSES AND AMERICANS: Author's Autograph Edition
Author: Stong, Phil [Philip Duffield]
Illustrator: Kurt Wiese (Endpaper and Chapter Heads)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1939
Keywords: ANIMALS HORSES HORSE BREEDS SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED WIESE KURT 1887 1974 AUTHORS STONG PHILIP PHIL DUFFIELD 1899 1957
Bookseller catalogs: Animals;
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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....