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427 pages with 18 colour plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations
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Books on the Horse and Horsemanship, Riding, Hunting, Breeding, and Racing, 1400-1941 (The Paul Mellon Collection)
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Tate Gallery/Yale Center for British Art, Ldn, 1981
ISBN 10: 0905005538
ISBN 13: 9780905005539
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Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 427 pp.+ 18 Color Plts & Many Illus in Text, Red Hardback, Blk Spine Label & Gilt title, 4to, Fine in Near Fine DJ, 1st ed (Large & Heavy). Seller Inventory # 111660
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Books on the Horse and Horsemanship: Riding, Hunting, Breeding & Racing 1400-1941
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Tate Gallery for Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981
ISBN 10: 0905005538
ISBN 13: 9780905005539
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Hardcover
Seller: Old Algonquin Books, LONE TREE, CO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. A bibliographic catalog of the Sport in Art and Books in the personal library of Paul Mellon--a history of English books on the subject. 9x11-1/2 inches, 427 pages. Numerous illustrations. Tiny bit of wear on the board corners. Light edgwear on dust jacket spine & corners. A very heavy book; will require addition postage for priority mail. Not available for shipping outside the U.S. Seller Inventory # 18052
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Books on the Horse and Horsemanship: Riding, Hunting, Breeding & Racing, 1400-1941 (Sport in Art and Books, The Paul Mellon Collection)
Published by
The Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art, London, 1981
ISBN 10: 0905005538
ISBN 13: 9780905005539
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Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Orange cloth, black title block with gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover, 427 pp., many BW illus., 18 color plates. An annotated and somewhat illustrated bibliography of publications covering all aspects of horsemanship: 470 books and 43 periodicals. A terrific browser for both lovers of books and of horses. VG (Ex-art library with spine label, bookplate, pocket and barcode and few marks; otherwise quite crisp and clean.). Seller Inventory # 151108
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Books on the Horse and Horsemanship, Riding, Hunting, Breeding, and Racing, 1400-1941
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Yale Center for British Art / The Tate Gallery, 1981, 1981
ISBN 10: 0905005538
ISBN 13: 9780905005539
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Hardcover
Seller: Sutton Books, Norwich, VT, U.S.A.
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Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hbk, 4to, 427pp, illustr throughout b+w thumbnails and 17 color plates, dj has a small loss and a small closed tear head of spine-strip, rear panel scuffed, otherwise very good, unclipped and now in protective sleeve, fine red cloth boards with gilt titles and ornament, internally an unread copy, excellent clean tight and unmarked text, as new. Seller Inventory # Hor173
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Books on the Horse and Horsemanship, Riding, Hunting, Breeding, and Racing, 1400-1941 (Sport in Art and B
Published by
The Tate Gallery for The Yale Center for British Art, 1981
ISBN 10: 0905005538
ISBN 13: 9780905005539
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First Edition
Seller: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Gift quality first edition hardcover in red/orange cloth, black title block with gilt letters on spine, bright gilt embossed wheat sheaf illustration on frt board. Tips and spine ends are sharp. This is not a former library copy. There are no names, tears or soil *in* the 427 pp. text, only a smidge of light soil at the lower corner of the page block. The unclipped, original dust wrapper has no price printed on the front flap, it shows a few wrinkles but no loss and has kept this volume in fine form. Jacket now in new mylar and displays beautifully. An exhaustive, annotated tome with some lovely book cover examples throughout. A much sought reference work on the horse books in the collection formed by Paul Mellon. Suitable for collectors of equine sporting books or horse lovers in general. Looks FAB on the coffee table and will keep your guests chatting for hours. An astounding bibliography of 470 books and 43 periodicals and other publications covering all aspects of horsemanship. Required reading for owners of any serious equine sporting library that will assist you in compiling a belting wish list for your birthday or the holidays! TOOO Large for the flat rate envelope. Will require add'l postage for priority or international destinations. Seller Inventory # 47005
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Books on the Horse and Horsemanship. 1400-1941 (The Paul Mellon Collection)
Published by
The Tate Gallery (For the Yale Centre), London., 1981
ISBN 10: 0905005538
ISBN 13: 9780905005539
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First Edition
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, STAFF, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Xvii pp + 427 pages, stone red cloth boards near fine in a handled and lightly chipped dustwrapper. Large quarto. *This work is filled with photo illustrations of book covers, cloth and wrappered bindings of books on the horse and riding. The collection assembled by Paul Mellon the horse breeder contains some of the finest and choice examples of books on the horse 470 items with bibliography and photos and periodicals from the 18th century to the 1930's. Good bibliographical tool for the sporting book collector! The price includes subsidised postage, no extra charged above tariff for a 1.1 kilo book. Weighs over 3 kilo. Seller Inventory # 7460
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Books on the Horse and Horsemanship, Riding, Hunting, Breeding and Racing, 1400-1941, A Catalogue [New in shrink wrap]
Published by
The Tate Gallery, 1981
ISBN 10: 0905005538
ISBN 13: 9780905005539
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Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New in publisher's shrinkwrap. First Edition. The Tate Gallery, 1981. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition. Still sealed in the publisher's clear plastic shrink wrap. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Sharp corners. Sport in Art and Books, The Paul Mellon Collection. Nearly 400 illustrations including 33 in color. Fully describes 470 books and 43 periodicals including title page transcription, collation, illustrations, binding and contents. Podeschi was at one time on the staff at Yale's Beineke Rare Book Library. Subject headings include anatomy, breeding, buying and judging, care and feeding, fox hunting, jockeys, jumping, pedigrees, polo, race horses, stag-hunting, steeplechasing, training, etc. Derrydale Press publications are included. A gorgeous book and important reference that brought $220 in 1990 at the Wreden auction. Bound in the original red cloth. Complete with pristine dust jacket. Oversize Hardcover. 9" wide by 11.75" tall by 1.5" thick. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. New/New in publisher's shrinkwrap. 444pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 023277
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Books on the Horse and Horsemanship: Riding, Hunting, Breeding & racing (Sport in Art and Books - The Paul Mellon collection)
Published by
The Tate Gallery for the Yale Center For British Art, 1981
ISBN 10: 0905005538
ISBN 13: 9780905005539
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Hardcover
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket is rubbed and chipped to edges. Closed edges foxed with some splash staining, content clean and solid. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 64529
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Books on the Horse and Horsemanship, Riding, Hunting, Breeding, and Racing, 1400-1941
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Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A., 1981
ISBN 10: 0905005538
ISBN 13: 9780905005539
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket with couple tiny tears to jacket. One corner lightly bumped. Seller Inventory # 31525
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BOOKS ON THE HORSE AND HORSEMANSHIP: RIDING, HUNTING, BREEDING AND RACING 1400-1941
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LONDON THE TATE GALLERY FOR THE YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART, 1981
ISBN 10: 0905005538
ISBN 13: 9780905005539
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Hardcover
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Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
1ST EDITION. A FINE HARDBACK COPY BUT FOXING TO THE TOP PAGE EDGES. A VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. WELL ILLUSTRATED (18 COLOURED PLATES. Seller Inventory # 39180