Horse Portraiture: Embracing Breeding, Rearing, and Training Trotters, With Their Management in the Stable and on the Track, and Preparation for Races: Including Histories of the Horse and Horsemen
by Simpson, Joseph Cairn
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
W. A. Townsend & Adams, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Small hole in spine (midsection); slight rubbing to covers (cloth; chiefly to edges and corners); ex-library markings (chiefly to front attached endpaper); previous owner's ink inscription on front free endpaper and tipped-in extra illustration at head of page [13]; slight shaking and loosening to few leaves; slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to preliminaries). 458, 16 pages + plate. Title continued: With an appendix containing the performances of Dexter and a portrait by Scott. BMC, volume 23, page 602, column 819. In supplied clear protective acetate jacket.1 Engraved Plate (frontispiece).
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- Seller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- L060522
- Title
- Horse Portraiture: Embracing Breeding, Rearing, and Training Trotters, With Their Management in the Stable and on the Track, and Preparation for Races: Including Histories of the Horse and Horsemen
- Author
- Simpson, Joseph Cairn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. A. Townsend & Adams
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- Horse Anx Zoology Animal Biology Horse Breeding Training History Development QX91, , , , , , , ,
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