Lexington KY: Self Published, 1904. ORIGINAL - NOT A REPRINT! 200 pages of Kentucky history. Profuse with b&w photographs and engravings by author/publisher. Printed by Art Dep't Britton Printing Co., Cleveland, OH. Photographs of estates as well as famous race horse stock. Index of Country Estate Owners and one of Country Places. Pebbled green cloth with gilt titles. Even though the following detailed description of various defects is quite extensive, please be aware this mostly affects the covers, binding and beginning / ending pages. Most of the text and images within the interior are quite sound. Covers are water damaged resulting in ripples along outer edges. Some mildew on front cover. Most pages water damaged along margins. Some were adhered together and had been previously separated. In some cases the margins were torn away when carelessly separated. Most all text and photos are visible, though there is some loss due to adhesion or missing / torn corners. Text block is loose at binding with some pages detached. Some pages torn with several corners missing. Musty. 10¼ x 14". First Edition. Green Cloth. Poor. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Bookseller: DeWitt Enterprises (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: O0158
Title: Country Estates of the Blue Grass
Author: Knight, Thomas A.; Greene, Nancy Lewis
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Poor
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Self Published
Place of Publication: Lexington KY
Date Published: 1904
Keywords: Kentucky Equestrian race horse History

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