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Colin Page Books, Storrington, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since 29 April 2009
Two volumes bound in one, separately issued, but frequently found as a pair. Folio (34.5 x 24cm). First work being the first edition, second being the third. 'A lively and entertaing jeu d'esprit of the pencil and the pen, written by H. Bunbury'- Lowndes. pp. vi,[3],vi-xx,38, frontispiece & 11 plates; xvii,[1],81,[1], frontispiece & 16 plates. Some browning/foxing, the first title with a couple of minor chipped margins, one plate with slight marginal loss, but not to engraved area, some light upper-margin damp-staining at the rear of the book, occasional minor stains, otherwise a sound copy bound in 19th C half morocco, lightly rubbed, gilt. Vg. [Dejager 280 & 281; Huth 52; Lowndes 860; Pollen 633; Bryant & Heneage 39]. Seller Inventory # 11099
Title: An Academy for Grown Horsemen Containing The...
Publisher: London: Printed for W. Dickinson, No. 158, New Bond Street &c.
Publication Date: 1787