THE HORSE: HIS BEAUTIES AND DEFECTS
by Knowing Hand [Alken, Henry]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- About Good in illustrated dirty boards; lacking dj; hinges delicate having already started [to detach]; foxing thoughout; corner
- Seller
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Los Altos Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
London: William Tegg & Company, [1866]. Hardcover. About Good in illustrated dirty boards; lacking dj; hinges delicate having already started [to detach]; foxing thoughout; corners and edges deteriorating; previous owner name and place on first free endpaper; notations on title page; text complete and unmarked. 11 x 7.5 x .5 inches. Different edition of the 1816 work by Alken (not mentioning his name); 18 plates of Alken drawings each followed by a page of explanation with a concluding chapter of Hints to Purchasers of Horses; note laid in saying this book is a reprint of an original by sporting artist Henry Alken
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- Bookseller
- May Day Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 04835
- Title
- THE HORSE: HIS BEAUTIES AND DEFECTS
- Author
- Knowing Hand [Alken, Henry]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - About Good in illustrated dirty boards; lacking dj; hinges delicate having already started [to detach]; foxing thoughout; corner
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Tegg & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1866]
- Size
- 11 x 7.5 x .5 inches
- Keywords
- Nature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports;
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