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Gaudenzia: Pride of the Palio
by Henry, Marguerite
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Rand Mcnally. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, (1960). First Edition with "A" on copyright page. Large 8vo. 237,[3]pp. Full red cloth, gilt letters. Book in very good condition, cloth clean, edges slightly rubbed, tiny bit of wear to both upper corners of boards, fore-edge of text bock faintly foxed, two pages have light stains; color-illustrated dj good (chips and wear to edges, tears), price intact. Color illustrations by Ward including front and rear endpapers, 5 full-page and 1 double page; 70 text illustrations in b&w. Story of boy Giorgio Terni who restores the health of half-Arabian mare Gaudenzia and rides her to victory in the dangerous annual horse race in Sienna - the Palio - in all its rich, medieval pageantry. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 240 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13361
- Title
- Gaudenzia: Pride of the Palio
- Author
- Henry, Marguerite
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rand Mcnally
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1960
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Horses, Equestrian, Children's & Illustrated, Children's Literature, Italy, Sienna
Terms of Sale
Dale A. Sorenson
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About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
Biblio member since 2015
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Dale A. Sorenson
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- Foxed
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- Cloth
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