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An American Four-in-Hand in Britain
by CARNEGIE, Andrew
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Thomaston, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. Cloth. Very good. 8vo; viii, 338pp; gilt and black stamped tan cloth, border of flowers and leaves to top, vignette of a horse in a horseshoe, gilt stamped spine; top edge gilt; green endpapers; b&w illustrated "Artotype" frontispiece, a collotype illustration process; light shelf wear, small red stain to head front board; very good. Carnegie's personal narrative of his sporting passion of four-in-hand coach driving.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 579
- Title
- An American Four-in-Hand in Britain
- Author
- CARNEGIE, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- Sport, Horses, Four-in-Hand
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
Thomaston, Maine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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 ...