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American Roadsters and Trotting Horses Being a Sketch of the Trotting Stallions of the United States and a Treatise on the Breeding of the Same
by Helm, H. T
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1878. Book. Near Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original publishers brown cloth, heavily gilt decorated on spine. 552pp., Index. Includes an appendix showing the pedigrees and breeding so far as known, of all trotters that have a record in 2.25 or better, and containing much practical matter relating to the breaking, management and treatment of trotting and breeding stock. Illustrated with photo-views of the representative stallions of the past and present, with tissue guard intact. Brown coated endpapers. Cloth covers clean, tips slightly rounded and spine ends shaved and lightly frayed. Rear endpapers partially glued together at gutter, possibly the result of an old repair. Hinges are strong and all pages are firmly attached. Small booksellers label affixed to bottom edge of rear endpaper. A clean, solid, square copy of a very rare title on trotters. A near very good copy, one of only two currently for sale on the internet..
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006017
- Title
- American Roadsters and Trotting Horses Being a Sketch of the Trotting Stallions of the United States and a Treatise on the Breeding of the Same
- Author
- Helm, H. T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rand McNally & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1878
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Horses, Horse Breeding, Horse Racing, Trotting Horses
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horses and Riding;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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