Among Horses in Russia
por M.H. Hayes
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Livreiro
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Warwick, New York, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
R.A. Everett, London, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. HAYES, M.C. Among Horses in Russia, London: R. A. Everett & Co., 1900. Octavo, first edition, pp. xiv, 214, 7 (ads), maroon cloth boards with beveled edges, gilt lettering on spine and front, gilt illustration of cavalry mount on front, halftone photo plates. Horse trainer and writer tours and works in Russia, showing how to break difficult mounts to an impressed imperial audience. He takes time out to discuss various aspects of life in Russia, with attention paid to eating and drinking, baths, train travel etc. Condition of this book: Front board scuffed, light wear at edges. Front hinge cracked, leaves age toned but little foxing. Overall sound. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is loose but fully intact. . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Russia; 19th century; Travel & Places. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50899. .
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- Livreiro
- Rarities etc.
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 50899
- Título
- Among Horses in Russia
- Autor
- M.H. Hayes
- Formato/Encadernação
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Good Condition
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- R.A. Everett
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1900
- Palavras-chave
- BZDB17 CAVALRY MOUNTS Antiquarian & Rare; Russia; 19th century; Travel & Places. M.H. Hayes Among Horses in Russia
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
