Stable Secrets; and Puffy Doddles, His Saying and Sympathies.
by Mills, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Ward and Lock, 1863. First edition of Mills' humorous work on horse racing. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt vignette to the front panel, frontispiece and two additional plates by Phiz, publishers advertisements. In very good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124083
- Title
- Stable Secrets; and Puffy Doddles, His Saying and Sympathies.
- Author
- Mills, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ward and Lock
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1863
- Keywords
- John Mills First Edition, Stable Secrets First Edition
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...