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Horsewatching
by Morris, Desmond
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517572672
- ISBN 13
- 9780517572672
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Crown Publishers, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Second Printing of First US Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. A book for all horsewatchers. Desmond Morris provides information about the bond betweem horse and rider, how horses show affection for one another, about horse behavior; he discusses the history of the horse throughout the ages, steeplechase in Ireland, invention of the stirrup by the Scythians around 200 BC--and much more. Bound in black half cloth with silver titles, gray boards; clean and unmarked with slight rubbing of bottom edges, gentle bump to lower front corner, tight and solid. square. Prev. owner name and address on paste-down. Pages very clean, no marks, no creases. Jacket clean with just slight wear to spine head. 150 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Publisher: New York. Crown Publishers, 1989.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002525
- Title
- Horsewatching
- Author
- Morris, Desmond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0517572672
- ISBN 13
- 9780517572672
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- HORSES HORSE BEHAVIOR FOALS FOALING BREED RACING STEEPLECHASING STIRRUPS
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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