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The Grand National 1839-1930
by Munroe, David Hoadley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/Good (slip case is soiled and overall shelfwear, book itself is VG)
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Huntington Press, 1930. Hardcover. VG/Good (slip case is soiled and overall shelfwear, book itself is VG). White cloth boards with red stamped illustration on front and back cover, red cloth spine with white title plate and black lettering, top edge gilt, 10 preliminary leaves, [3]-147, [146] pages, 1 leaf color frontispiece, plates, 2 maps (1 color and folded). Issued in red slipcase with offwhite title block on side with black lettering. "This book has been designed and printed by the printing house of William Edwin Rudge. Colored map by George Annand. Typography by Melvin Loos. The text is set in Caslon old style and printed on Huntington laid paper. The illustrations are reproduced by the aquatone process. Of an edition of 501 copies this is number 15." - colophon Foreword by William V.C. Ruxton and a note by E.A.C. Topham.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 176320
- Title
- The Grand National 1839-1930
- Author
- Munroe, David Hoadley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/Good (slip case is soiled and overall shelfwear, book itself is VG)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Huntington Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Sport, Horse Racing, Great Britain ; Horse racing ; ;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Glossary
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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