Races to the Swift: Great Stories of the Turf
by Edited By Fairfax Downey. Illustrated By Don Stivers
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1967. First edition, first printing, 1967. Eighteen stories, illustrated in black and white. Dark gray cloth with dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with very light rubbing to the spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, slightly age-darkened endpapers, three pages dogeared (upper corners turned over), pages clean, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [3.95] and is also very good with light wear to the extremities, no chips.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041937
- Title
- Races to the Swift: Great Stories of the Turf
- Author
- Edited By Fairfax Downey. Illustrated By Don Stivers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- HORSERACING THOROUBREDS TRACK
- Bookseller catalogs
- Recreation, Sports and Hobbies;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- 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....
- Cloth
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.