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Fasig's Tales of the Turf with Memoir, in Which Is Included a History of the Cleveland Driving Park, a Review of the Grand Circuit, How the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Cleveland Was Started, and a Sketch of Fasig's Sale Business
by Gocher, W.H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Hartford, CT: W. H. Gocher. Poor with no dust jacket. 1903. Hardcover. Navy cloth binding bumped, rubbed at extremities; spine ends, corners frayed; boards soiled; hinges & points in textblock cracked, back hinge separated, signatures loosening, some leaves detached or detaching; a few leaves chipped at fore-edges; leaf edges, outer leaves, title page, some leaves & margins foxed, smudged, else a decent reference copy. No dj. ; B&w frontis photo; THIS VOLUME ONLY.; 12mo; 314 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34249
- Title
- Fasig's Tales of the Turf with Memoir, in Which Is Included a History of the Cleveland Driving Park, a Review of the Grand Circuit, How the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Cleveland Was Started, and a Sketch of Fasig's Sale Business
- Author
- Gocher, W.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- W. H. Gocher
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, CT
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- American Horse Racing, Equestrian Race Tracks, Harness Racing, Grand Circuit Horse Races, Ohio History, Ohio Horse Racing Tracks
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Biblio member since 2019
Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Open shop with over 125,000 volumes. We try to maintain a good selection in all categories and have a fondness for the odd & obscure. Specialties include History, Nature, Literature, Religion, Mystery, SF, Art, Children's, Humor, Indiana
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- Title Page
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
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