THOROUGHBRED
by Spiller, Burton L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Camden, South Carolina: The Premier Press, 1993. (18), 199 pages + 9 plates by Hunt. Limited edition: #2294 of 3000 copies. Beautifully bound in full blue leather, with 4 raised bands and gilt ruling; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Reprint of the very scarce 1936 Derrydale Press edition. The book is clean and tight, with one bumped corner and some relatively minor rubbing.. Reprint. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W1332
- Title
- THOROUGHBRED
- Author
- Spiller, Burton L
- Illustrator
- Lynn Bogue Hunt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Premier Press
- Place of Publication
- Camden, South Carolina
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Hunting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Hunting and Fishing;
- Size
- Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
We hold books only for firm orders. Books may be returned within 7 days of receipt for refund of purchase price. We pay shipping costs only if we have made a significant error in description.
About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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