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Man 'o War A Legend Like Lightning
by Dorothy Ours
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312340990
- ISBN 13
- 9780312340995
- Seller
-
Richfield, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 2006 St Martins Press First Edition. This copy is crisp and clean inside and out. The pages are still crisp and clean with no markings seen. The binding is tight and straight. Cream color hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine. The dust jacket is near fine, clean and shiny with only a hint of shelf wear. Medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.5" with 342 pages including index.
His trainer said managing him was like holding a tiger by the tail. His owner compared him to "chain lightening". Jockeys found their lives transformed by him. Born in 1917, Man o' War was perhaps the greatest racehorse of all time. In this book the author tackles old beliefs with new evidence and shows how human pressures collided with a natural phenomenon. It reveals the courage of the horse and the temptations of the humans around him and how grace, disgrace and finally redemption were found.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bobbis Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ManofWar
- Title
- Man 'o War A Legend Like Lightning
- Author
- Dorothy Ours
- Format/Binding
- Hardover with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0312340990
- ISBN 13
- 9780312340995
- Publisher
- St Martins Press
- Place of Publication
- Gordonsville, Virginia, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 342
- Size
- Medium Octavo
- Keywords
- Man O War, Dorothy Ours, horse books, horse racing books, legendary horses, gift books, gifts for horse lovers, horse racing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals, Horses, Dogs, Cats, Domestic Livestock;
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Richfield, Ohio
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- Shelf Wear
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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