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La Fiesta Brava: The Art of the Bull Ring
by Conrad, Barnaby
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company/Riverside Press, 1953. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A photographic celebration of the Spanish national admiration of matadors as "brave, tragic figures" & the practice of bull fighting as "a strange ancient-modern art." In 184 pages, lavishly illustrated with black-and-white photos throughout. Orig. published in part in True magazine, this is the FIRST EDITION, First Printing in book form from 1953. Hardcover book has matte black paper over boards lettered in red & yellow to front & spine. Condition is VG: very clean, with rubbing to entire exterior, mild rubbing to edges. Binding strong but slightly cocked, hinges secure. Pages creamy white with mild tanning, no foxing. Former owner's name & date to half-title page; NO other writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. NO DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020856
- Title
- La Fiesta Brava: The Art of the Bull Ring
- Author
- Conrad, Barnaby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company/Riverside Press
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- BULL FIGHTING MATADORS SPAIN MEXICO SPANISH HERO NATIONAL SPECTATOR SPORT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports & Fitness; Photography-Photo Essays;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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
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- First Edition
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