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The Grand National 1839-1931
by MUNROE, DAIVID HOADLEY
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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About This Item
The Grand National 1839-1931
MUNROE, DAIVID HOADLEY
William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1931, 1st Edition, large format hardback, quarter bound buckram cloth boards and paper spine label, VG-, colour frontispiece in addition to b/w plates throughout and one fold out colour chart of Aintree Race Course,
Part One 149 pp, Part Two - Tables of Statistics unpag.
Boards edge worn, grubby, stains and spots to front and back, gift inscription on front free end paper, no annotations, sound tight binding, pages generally clean, lightly tanned, top edge dust stained, title page and prelims foxed, several marks to end papers. Spare paper title label on back end paper. Card brochure from 'Heathorns Turf Accountants' and newspaper cutting included. Very heavy book - UK mainland delivery only.
SPORT, EQUESTRIAN, HORSE RACING, THE GRAND NATIONAL, HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF STEEPLECHASING, BREEDING, BLOOD LINES, NOTABLE JOCKEYS, STATISTICS 1839-1931
hb 81 46071 SPORT/EQUESTRIAN £14.00
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- Bookseller
- Daisyroots Books Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46071
- Title
- The Grand National 1839-1931
- Author
- MUNROE, DAIVID HOADLEY
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SPORT, EQUESTRIAN, HORSE RACING, THE GRAND NATIONAL, HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF STEEPLECHASING, BREEDING, BLOOD LINES, NOTABLE JOCKEYS, STATISTICS 1839-1931
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- Cloth
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Spine Label
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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