WENTWORTH, LADY.
by Thoroughbred Racing Stock and Its Ancestors: The Authentic Origin of Pure Blood
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SECOND (REVISED) EDITION 23 cm x 26.5 cm xvi + 556 pages + index, with 368 plates in half-tone and 24 plates in colour, plus diagrams within text, and folding map to rear. Contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. Bound in red cloth with gilt title binding clean and tight with no splits or defects.DJ price clipped otherwise complete small closed tear to spine. ,DJ now in removable protective sleeve. In publishers slipcase light rubbing to corners.A heavy book so postage will be greater than ABE quote.
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002238
- Title
- WENTWORTH, LADY.
- Author
- Thoroughbred Racing Stock and Its Ancestors: The Authentic Origin of Pure Blood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
Terms of Sale
Hereward Books
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