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The Kentucky Derby: Run For the Roses (Churchill Downs)
by Bill Doolittle
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0737000325
- ISBN 13
- 9780737000320
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$30.36A$21.25
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About This Item
Del Mar, CA / New York, NY: A Tehabi Book / Time Life Books, 1998 A Tehabi Book / Time Life Books, Del Mar, CA / New York, NY. 1998. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small nick on front board. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($39.95); rubbing and superficial scratches to panels. Green grained paper over boards and spine with embossed lettering on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. 180 pp 4to. For 125 years the Kentucky Derby has been everyone's race- from the dapper men and beautiful women, all in hats and sipping on frosty mint juleps, to the laid-back infield crowd who picnic on carry-out fried chicken and toss around Frisbees. This book celebrates the rich tradition of Kentucky horse farms; the festive, fun-filled days leading up to the race itself; the legends and the heroes; the memorable moments and the thrilling head-to-head rivalries that have punctuated 125 years of the Kentucky Derby. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016958
- Title
- The Kentucky Derby: Run For the Roses (Churchill Downs)
- Author
- Bill Doolittle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0737000325
- ISBN 13
- 9780737000320
- Publisher
- A Tehabi Book / Time Life Books
- Place of Publication
- Del Mar, CA / New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Kentucky Derby, Horse racing, Thoroughbred horses, Run for the Roses, Churchill Downs,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- New
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