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The Racing Calendar: Containing an Account of the Plates, Matches, and Sweepstakes, Run for in Great-Britain and Ireland, in the Year 1799. With An Abstract of Matches and Sweepstakes, to be Run at Newmarket, York, Epsom, &c. &c....
by Weatherby, Edward; Weatherby, James
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
London: Printed by H. Reynell, 1800. xxxvi, 336 pp. 17 x 11 cm. Calf covered boards with stamped titling to spine. Heavy rubbing to spine with wear and chipping to spine ends. Wear to corners of boards. Front and rear joints split along spine, with boards still holding strongly by the cords. Light foxing scattered throughout. Some toning to edges of final pages due to offsetting from rear pastedown. 4 cm closed tear to fore edge of pages 279/280. Binding still quite firm. Contains Places of Sport, List of Subscribers, King's Plate Articles, Rules and Orders of the Jockey Club, Rules Concerning Horse-Racing in General, The Exact Distances of the Courses at Newmarket, Colours Worn by the Riders, Explanation of the Abbreviations, The Racing Calendar for 1799, A List of the Winning Horses in Great Britain in 1799, Ireland 1799, A List of the Winning Horses in Ireland in 1799, Cocking 1799, Copy of an Article for a Cock Match, Races to Come, Index, A List of Their Majesties Plates, Advertisements of Stallions to Cover in 1800, and Advertisements for Horses. . Hard Cover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Munster & Company, LLC
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- 626574
- Title
- The Racing Calendar: Containing an Account of the Plates, Matches, and Sweepstakes, Run for in Great-Britain and Ireland, in the Year 1799. With An Abstract of Matches and Sweepstakes, to be Run at Newmarket, York, Epsom, &c. &c....
- Author
- Weatherby, Edward; Weatherby, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by H. Reynell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1800
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Munster & Company, LLC
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Corvallis, Oregon
About Munster & Company, LLC
Munster & Company is a family owned business with over twenty years of experience in buying and selling books. In October of 2017, we purchased Black Oak Books, originally in Berkeley, California, and moved it all to where we live in Corvallis, Oregon. Our inventory currently features a robust number of titles on mathematics, books about books, literature, poetry, and signed books. New arrivals are listed nearly every day.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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