STRIKE A SHANE'S - A Prize Story of Indiana (Sequel to Black Beauty)
by American Humane Society
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: A. Flanagan Company Blue hardcover cloth binding with black impression of horses, decorations, and title. Rubbed edges, bumped corners with significant wear bottom RH corner, boards showing through corner. White spot about 1" long on spine where it looks like a sticker was removed. School name and 1903 date on fep, soiled endpapers and several marks. Title page has been torn and repaired with tape. Smudges throughout, some chips bottom of several pages. Hinge cracked inside back cover. 91 pages. Binding secure and tight. Ads in back. Title page illus and chapter decorations. Originally published by the American Humane Education Society in 1893 to continue the preachings of humane treatment of horses in story form as done with Black Beauty. This is the Home and School Series for Young Folks edition. When a man learns to treat his work horses with care, things improve on his farm.. Illus. by Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10623
- Title
- STRIKE A SHANE'S - A Prize Story of Indiana (Sequel to Black Beauty)
- Author
- American Humane Society
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- A. Flanagan Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- HORSES HORSE HUMANE SOCIETY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horses - Children and Juvenile Fiction; Horses - Adult Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Deja Vu Books
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
Biblio member since 2004
Poplar Grove, Illinois
About Deja Vu Books
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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