Racing and Steeple-Chasing
by Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire; Craven, W. G; Coventry, Arthur; Watson, Alfred, E. T
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1887. Second Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Large. Sturgess, F. viiipp; 419pp. A charming copy of this second edition from The Badminton Library. Decoraative cloth boards with gitl embossed authors names and vignette of a horses head to the spine. There is a prize presentation bookplate to the front paste down from Wellingboro' Lawn Tennis Tournament, August 5th, 1889 - Gentlemen's Singles Handicap First Prize, Basil L. Thompson. Numerous sketches throughout illustrate the text and a colour frontispiece plate as called for. There are bumps to the head and tail of the spine and three board corners are a little turned in. Slight splitting to the front and rear inner hinges - the boards are firm and tight. Some foxing to the upper fore edges and the rear blank page. There is a short tear of 1 cm to the head of the title page, now expertly repaired and a slight chip adjacent to the tear. Clean and tight. A very good well preserved, bright tight copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 223573
- Title
- Racing and Steeple-Chasing
- Author
- Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire; Craven, W. G; Coventry, Arthur; Watson, Alfred, E. T
- Illustrator
- Sturgess, F
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾&quo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE
Terms of Sale
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- Bookplate
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Plate
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- Vignette
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- Tail
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