The Mule: A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put
by Riley, Harvey
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
USA: Publisher not identified. Facsimile Reprint . Cloth. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 107pp. One unpaginated section of fourteen full-page illustrations printed recto. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. This book has been professionally rebound to cloth (HC) over the wrapper. Brown cloth w crisp gold lettering to cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Small octavo: 227 x 152mm. Originally published by Dick & Fitzgerald, (New York, 1867), this is a facsimile reprint without date or publisher information stated.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046588
- Title
- The Mule: A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put
- Author
- Riley, Harvey
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Publisher not identified
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Keywords
- Mules. Agriculture: Animal culture. NOISBN Horses, Equestrian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pets and Animal Husbandry; Railway / Marine / Transport and Transportation;
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Post Horizon Booksellers
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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...
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