The Horseman's Companion
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Destination, rates & speedsSeller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Sawrey Gilpin; (illustrator). No dustjacket. Light creases to spine. Some knocks to cover edges. Light foxing to textblock edges. Clippings from dustjacket stapled in at front. Content very good. Seller Inventory # 139381-07312024LW
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Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Sawrey Gilpin; (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Second edition (much revised). Large octavo hardback. 566 pp, illustrated. Very Good/Fine condition in Very Good/Fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 21844
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Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Sawrey Gilpin; (illustrator). SECOND EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post. Seller Inventory # mon0000044224
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Sawrey Gilpin; (illustrator). First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 566p : ill ; 23cm. Subjects: Horses Literary collections. Livestock Horses Anthologies. Genre: Fiction. Language: English. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 373231
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Sawrey Gilpin; (illustrator). First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 566p : ill ; 23cm. Subjects: Horses Literary collections. Livestock Horses Anthologies. Genre: Fiction. Language: English. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 373231
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Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Sawrey Gilpin; (illustrator). 2nd Edition. 1st printing. An unread book. Edges grubby, scribbling to end papers, otherwise fine. Seller Inventory # 039230
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Seller: DieBücheroma123, Prackenbach, Germany
Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. Sawrey Gilpin; (illustrator). 560 Seiten 122118 (S) Sprache: Englisch. Seller Inventory # 62363
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Seller: Manyhills Books, Traralgon, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Sawrey Gilpin; (illustrator). Second Edition. Hardcover. 566 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Eyre Methuen, UK, 1978. Second Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have moderate bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Horse in History and Legend, Equestrian Lore, Famous Horses and Horsemen, Great Races, Horse and Hound, The Horsein Fiction and The Horse in Verse - this is how Dorian Williams has grouped his exciting and now classic collection of the best writing about horses, horsemen and horsemenship, reissued in this edition with many new pieces. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; ISBN: 0413397505. ISBN/EAN: 9780413397508. Inventory No: 21010012. Seller Inventory # 21010012
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Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Sawrey Gilpin; (illustrator). Second Edition. 566 pp. Green boards decorated in gilt on the spine; brown endpapers. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; small ink mark on the upper right of the front free endpaper. Wraparound dustjacket painting, Mares and Foals, by Sawrey Gilpin. The Chapters are: The Horse in History and Legend; Equestrian Lore; Famous Horses and Horsemen; Great Races; Horse and Hound; The Horse in Fiction; and The Horse in Verse. This contains far too many stories and articles to list them all but some of the highlights are: The Origin of the Horse by Walter Prescott Webb; The General Tournament by Sir Walter Scott; The Mustang Wild and Free by J. Frank Dobie; The Last Great Cavalry Charge by Winston S. Churchill; The English Gentleman and His Horse by Barbara W. Tuchman; Hints for the Rider by Xenophon; Buying a Horse by Jack Leach; The Make-up of a Racehorse by R. C. Kidd; Eclipse by Stella A. Walker; The Pacing Mustang by Ernest Thompson Seton; Jumping for Joy by Pat Smythe; The Legend of Skittles by H. L. Gibson; The First National by Con O'Leary; Snowstorm Derby by Henry Blyth; Devon Loch's National by Dick Francis; The Huntsman by Peter Beckford; The Man Who Hunts and Never Jumps by Anthony Trollope; The First Day by Siegfried Sassoon; Lost by R. S. Surtees; Squire Western in Pursuit by Henry Fielding; The First Ride by George Borrow; The Dover Road by Charles Dickens; The Highwayman's Mare by R. D. Blackmore; The White Knight by Lewis Carroll; The Fire by Anna Sewell; The Brogue by Saki; Velvet Up by Enid Bagnold; The Horse Fair by Daphne du Maurier; Old Em's Kentucky Home by Damon Runyon; Agony and Ecstasy by Dick Francis; War Cloud by Ernest Hemingway; The Gent from London Way by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; and many, many more. Size: 8vo. Book. Seller Inventory # 221988
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Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Sawrey Gilpin; (illustrator). 2nd Edition. 566 pages, includes index.A clean, firm, unmarked book, dust jacket spine slightly sunned. Seller Inventory # 013222
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