- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC
AbeBooks seller since February 27, 1998
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 38.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
First edition hardcover in beige paper covered boards showing lightly bumped spine ends and sharp tips. Few tiny soil spots near head of frt gutter, and a stray mark on the fep fore-edge, else clean. No names or tears in the tight crisp 176pp text that is well illustrated with thirty-two photogravures and numerous line drawings by the author. Original, un-clipped beige background dust wrapper illustrated with black titles and nine b/w vignettes on beige background shows light, even handling soil, a pencil name at head of frt flap and a bit of color loss at tips from storage but no chips or tears. Jacket now in new mylar and shows very well. Coming from a long line of country squires as he has done, horses and the drawing of horses have been the double passion of John Board's life. Following a childhood and youth spent in the spacious England of Edwardian days, he started his career as a tea-planter in Ceylon. This was interrupted by the advent of the First German War in which he spent four years in 'the insalubrious Struma Valley'. Following this War, he became a member of 'The Times' sporting staff, and for thirty years he had been continuously connected with that paper. It was in this capacity that he had been associated with the revival of Polo and of Show Jumping that has been so happy a feature of the post-war world. His concluding chapters tell the inner story of this revival and of the Olympic triumph in which is culminated.…
Seller Inventory # 51453
Bibliographic details
- Title
- From Point To Point
- Author
- Board, John
- Publisher
- Christopher Johnson
- Publication year
- 1953
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7.75" - 9.75" tall
- Seller catalogs
- ART
HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC
Boston, VA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since February 27, 1998
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www.HorseBooksPlus.com Since 1998
Specialty
A good selection of used and rare books with a specialty focus on Horse Sports & Children's FictionSeller's business information
HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC
5292 Slate Mills Rd, November Farm
Boston, VA U.S.A. 22713
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