THE GRAND NATIONAL 1839-1930. By David Hoadley Munroe. Foreword by William V.C. Ruxton. And a Note by E.A.C. Topham
by Munroe, David Hoadley
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Huntington Press, (1930).. (1930).. Fair. - Quarto, 10-7/8 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide. Cream cloth backed with a red buckram spine, with a printed title label on the spine and illustrated with vignettes in red on both covers. The covers are soiled and stained and there are some short green crayon lines on the rear cover. 147 & [144] pages plus the colophon, illustrated with a color frontispiece and 33 black & white aquatone plates. THE BOOK IS LACKING THE COLOR FOLDING MAP AT BACK. The front hinge is starting to crack and the endpapers are slightly foxed. A bookplate of a sailing ship is mounted at the bottom of the front pastedown. A good working copy. <p>Limited edition of 501 numbered copies printed by the printing house of Williman Edwin Rudge.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27582
- Title
- THE GRAND NATIONAL 1839-1930. By David Hoadley Munroe. Foreword by William V.C. Ruxton. And a Note by E.A.C. Topham
- Author
- Munroe, David Hoadley
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Huntington Press, (1930).
- Date Published
- (1930).
- Keywords
- SPORTING; SPORTS; HORSE RACING; HORSES; EQUESTRIAN; DAVID HOADLEY MUNROE; HUNTINGTON PRESS; THE GRAND NATIONAL; 1839-1930; WILLIAM V.C. RUXTON; LIMITED EDITION; E.A.C. TOPHAM; AQUATONE PLATES; COLOR FRONTISPIECE; ANIMALS; WILLIAM EDWIN RUDGE.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Fair
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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