The Horsemen of the Americas and the Literature They Inspired.
by TINKER, Edward Larocque
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1967). Revised and expanded edition. Quarto. xviii, 150 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt and black cover and spine lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket (price clipped). Top and bottom edges of dust jacket professionally strengthened with very thin strips of like-colored vinyl tape to prevent tears. A very handsome copy.Includes an extensive bibliography. The bulk of the book concerns the gauchos of Argentina and Uraguay.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70424
- Title
- The Horsemen of the Americas and the Literature They Inspired.
- Author
- TINKER, Edward Larocque
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin
- Date Published
- (1967)
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...