Madrid, SP: F. Velasco Gil, 1958 F. Velasco Gil, Madrid, Spain. 1958. Hardcover. Stated Third Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; bumped upper tips; light wear to upper front board at tips. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped (1,90 pesatas); sunfaded spine; wear and light chipping at tips, head, and tail. Red boards and spine with gilt lettering and bands on spine. 136 pp 8vo. Written by an English bullfighter this book is an entrance to what is perhaps the strangest and most exciting spectacle of today. This book is written in the hope of helping foreign visitors more easily understand the Art, and varying methods of bullfighting, explaining every stage from the beginning of a corrida until its spectacular end. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005562
Title: The National Spanish Fiesta or The Art of Bullfighting
Author: W.W. Tapia Robson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 3rd Edition
Publisher: F. Velasco Gil
Place of Publication: Madrid, SP
Date Published: 1958
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: spain, bullfighting, corrida, toreador, bulls, bullfights, National Spanish Fiesta
Bookseller catalogs: Animal Stories;

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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Brodart: Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
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...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...