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The Training of Wild Animals
by Frank C. Bostock
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-
- Seller
-
Wilmette, Illinois, United States
Item Price
A$303.64
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About This Item
"The Training of Wild Animals"
by Frank C. Bostock
1903 - First Edition, 16th Printing
Antique Hardcover Book with Rare Dust Jacket
7 1/2" x 5 1/2"
256 Pages
The rare jacket is in good minus condition with a few edge tears and tanning. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good minus condition free from rips, tears, bends & writing. The pages are mildly toned and the previous owner's name sticker is on the front and back end page. There is cracking along the gutter on back end page and a bookplate on the first free end page. The boards are in fair to good minus condition with minor edge wear, spots on the spine and back and a tiny tear on the top spine edge. The binding is tight and square.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dara's Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 321
- Title
- The Training of Wild Animals
- Author
- Frank C. Bostock
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 16th Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton-Century Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Pages
- 256
- Size
- 7 1/2" x 5 1/2"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Circus/Carnival Life;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dara's Library
Biblio member since 2023
Wilmette, Illinois
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- Fair
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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- Jacket
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