Hyde Park for Horsemanship
by Joyce Bellamy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: JA Allen, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated . The bright first edition of this history of Hyde Park by Joyce Bellamy in the original dust wrapper. A story of London's Hyde Park from its earliest days as a Tudor hunting preserve through the Stuart period when the Park served as a race course and pleasure ground as well as a cavalry encampment. With description of the fortunes of equestrian sport in Hyde Park and the Park's contribution to the national and international development of horsemanship. Illustrated from contemporary sources. Written by Joyce Bellamy. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. From the library of Desmond Morris, a zoologist best known for his 1967 sociobiological work "The Naked Ape". Alongside achieving great acclaim as a zoologist, Morris was also known for being an ethnologist and surrealist painter, and for popular television programmes, including "Zoo Time". In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Desmond Morris's bookplate to front pastedown. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent with minor soiling to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 864A36
- Title
- Hyde Park for Horsemanship
- Author
- Joyce Bellamy
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- JA Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- first editions hyde park horsemanship hyde park
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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