The Book of the Horse
by Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian (ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Great Leighs, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by Nicholson & Watson, London, 1947, reprint (1st published 1946). Brown cloth boards, lettering to spine, decorations to front and rear covers, no dustwrapper. 9.75ins x 7.5ins, illustrated endpapers, 879pp plus 37pp plates (15 in colour). Large number of other illustrations within the text. Four line gift inscription to verso of front free endpaper.Short tear to one plate - image not affected. VG. Nb heavy book (2.1kg pre-packing) please contact seller for postage quote.
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- Missing Books (GB)
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- 38831
- Title
- The Book of the Horse
- Author
- Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian (ed)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Spine
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...