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Concise History of the Shire Horse (Sir Walter Gilbey series)
by Gilbey, Sir Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- nrVG/G++ Pc DW
- ISBN 10
- 0904558134
- ISBN 13
- 9780904558135
- Seller
-
WINTERTON, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
GB: Spur Publishers, 1976. Slightly cocked. Red cloth with gold lettering to spine. In very good condition BUT top text edge is a bit spotted and covers are a bit rubbed along the edges. Finger print to blank page at rear of book. Minor mark to front cover. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped, spotted / dust marked and chipped around the edges.. Second Edition Reissued. Hardback. nrVG/G++ Pc DW.
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- Bookseller
- Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976) (Bookdealer)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- jc013.401
- Title
- Concise History of the Shire Horse (Sir Walter Gilbey series)
- Author
- Gilbey, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - nrVG
- Jacket Condition
- G++ Pc DW
- Edition
- Second Edition Reissued
- ISBN 10
- 0904558134
- ISBN 13
- 9780904558135
- Publisher
- Spur Publishers
- Place of Publication
- GB
- Date Published
- 1976
Terms of Sale
Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976) (Bookdealer)
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About the Seller
Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976) (Bookdealer)
Biblio member since 2010
WINTERTON, Lincolnshire
About Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976) (Bookdealer)
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- 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
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- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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