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History of the British Turf, From the Earliest Period to the Present Day (2 Volume Set)
by Whyte, James Christie
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Henry Colburn, 1840. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight wear to extremities (chiefly lower edges and corners; heads/feet of spines); lacks 1 spine label (volume 1); ex-library markings (chiefly to front free endpapers); slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to preliminaries and endpapers). xxiv, [2], 576; viii, 646 pages + plates. Notable historical set; particularly for the 2 engraved frontispieces (portraits of Tregonwell Frampton 'Father of the Turf' and of Queen Victoria at Ascot). Includes 2 appendixes, plus bibliographical references. BMC, volume 27, page 4, column 59. 2 volumes complete; bound in 3/4 dark green calf over maroon cockerell boards, spines faded to brown, gilt- and blindstamped, with raised bands and gilt-stamped dark red morocco spine labels, maroon marbled edges, plain endpapers, all edges trimmed. Provenance: From the library of Baron Dickinson Webster, with his engraved card and armorial bookplate on front attached endpapers of both volumes. Rare in any condition; in supplied clear protective mylar jackets.10 Engraved Illustrations (including frontispieces).
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- Seller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- L060523
- Title
- History of the British Turf, From the Earliest Period to the Present Day (2 Volume Set)
- Author
- Whyte, James Christie
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn
- Date Published
- 1840
- Keywords
- Horse Rare Bck Sports Horse Racing Great Britain England History Development Binding Sets QX91, , , , , , , ,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
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