Buy this book on-line The Earl of Lonsdale,The Right Hon. & Brigadier GEOFFREY BROOKE,D.S.O,M.C.: : THE LONSDALE LIBRARY VOL I HORSEMANSHIP - THE WAY OF A MAN WITH A HORSELONDON.SEELEY,Service & Co.Ltd.,1947. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB,minus issued dw/dj,1st thus.[First volume to be published under the editorship of The EARL OF LONSDALE,K.G., G.C.V.O.,D.L. and Mr.
Eric Parker,of a proposed library of
Sports,Games & Pastimes volumes.
Permission was given for the books to be dedicated to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.Some titles/volumes come in upto 3 bindings/states: buckram cloth,a Library edn in Quarter Leather and a full leather de Luxe edn on hand-made paper,360 numbered+signed copies,with a special colour frntis by Lionel Edwards,signed by him,of this same title/volume.] VG++.
Lightly pencilled,parental Christmas,dated gift presentation inscrptn to ffe,minus issued dw/dj.
Bright,bright,crisp,clean,publisher's original terracotta quarter buckram bound (spine/backstrip only,
as blind spine) and terracotta cloth
bds,with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters and Lonsdale heraldic design/device to the spine/
backstrip,and similar,small gilt
'Lonsdale' heraldic design/device to upper bd.Although the publisher's gilt,stamped lettering is to the very foot of the spine/
backstrip,and with concomitant shelf-wear from bumping and reciprocal creasing to the foot of same,these letters have neither oxidised or been worn away and are bright and crisp - the exception rather than the rule.Plain white pastedowns and feps generally bright
and clean,pencilled inscrptn excepted.All corners minisculely bumped but the book really is in an exceptional state and condition,
particularly given the absence of the protective dw/dj.Top edges coloured light brown,fore-edges slightly aged/tanned - as usual/ normal - but without any spotting/
foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,
solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st thus,7-288pp [paginated] includes co-editor (Lonsdale) intro,foreword by Brigadier Geoffrey Brooke,D.S.O, M.C., separate contents list/table,
separate llustrations list of 95 numbered plates - as contemporary b/w photographs in the text,19 chapters,and an index.Plus [unpaginated] publisher's advert,
half-title page with b/w photographic frntis to it's recto and title-page.
A practical guide/book on horsemanship by assorted contributors for both the tyro and the expert alike.Includes chapters on veterinary treatment/notes by Col. TODD,D.S.O,R.A.V.C. and a chapter on pig-sticking by Lieut,-Col. ARTHUR BROOKE,D.S.O., M.C. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of The Earl of Lonsdale,The Right Hon. & Brigadier GEOFFREY BROOKE,D.S.O,M.C.: : THE LONSDALE LIBRARY VOL I HORSEMANSHIP - THE WAY OF A MAN WITH A HORSE. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, incunabula, libri rari, out-of-print books and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |