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Driving for Pleasure: Or, the Harness Stable and Its Appointments
by Underhill, Francis T
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good (leather edges rubbed; leather covers scratched & scuffed; leather spine cracked & worn; spine strip may be peeling; suede
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1897. Hardcover. Good (leather edges rubbed; leather covers scratched & scuffed; leather spine cracked & worn; spine strip may be peeling; suede cover inset torn at lower edge, peeling, yet fully attached. corners rubbed & curled. front pastedown/hinge cracked, binding mull appears fully attached; back pastedown/hinge cracked, mull holding w/ tear to lower segment. first few pages may be loose, first 70pgs have slice to upper edge; pgs 156 to closing plate have chips or tears to upper edge. closing pgs have light dampstaining to lower edge & foxing w/ chips to edges & corners; some paper wear to lower edge). leather and suede boards w/ gilt printing; leather spine w/ gilt printing. book xi, 158 pgs w/ 124 bw plates. top edge gilt. Top textblock has an indentation that has resulted in the upper page edge damage. Plate XI detached and laid-in while Plate LIV has a tear and crease to lower edge. Other than the closing pages, there appears to be no moisture damage. Pages and plates will have occasional smudges, light pen or pencil marks, etc but appear to be clean of any significant marginalia or defacement. Pages have retained their brightness. Aside from first few pages, textblock is firm and hinges feel strong. A nice copy and a fascinating artifact of horse-drawn transportation, equipment and technique written by a member of the American aristocracy.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 183236
- Title
- Driving for Pleasure: Or, the Harness Stable and Its Appointments
- Author
- Underhill, Francis T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (leather edges rubbed; leather covers scratched & scuffed; leather spine cracked & worn; spine strip may be peeling; suede
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- horse-drawn transportation ; Horse-Drawn Transportation ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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....
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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...
- 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...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
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