Williams' New System of Handling and Educating the Horse, Together with Diseases and their Treatment - Also, A Treatise on Shoeing; Educating Cattle and Dogs, with Hints on Stable Management; with the Rules and Regulations of Trotting, Racing and Betting
by C.H.C. Williams
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Benson, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Claremont, NH: Claremont Manufacturing Co., 1878. Hardcover. Good. 1878 printing of the first edition. Much shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; covers rubbed, small loss of cloth to the spine, page edges soiled. 248 pages with illustrations and portrait ; 12mo, 7 x 4.5 in. (18 cm) C.H.C. Williams was a 19th century authority on horses and horsemanship. He was the author of several books on the subject. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!
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- Bookseller
- The Book Shed
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2004421
- Title
- Williams' New System of Handling and Educating the Horse, Together with Diseases and their Treatment - Also, A Treatise on Shoeing; Educating Cattle and Dogs, with Hints on Stable Management; with the Rules and Regulations of Trotting, Racing and Betting
- Author
- C.H.C. Williams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Claremont Manufacturing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Claremont, NH
- Date Published
- 1878
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- Nature, Animals & Farming;
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Benson, Vermont
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Glossary
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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