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Editore: Arco Publishing Co., 1969
ISBN 10: 0668018712ISBN 13: 9780668018715
Da: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.
Libro Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing hardcover, not exlib. Gorgeous red cloth hardcover with silver title spine. Negligible fade on board periphery, 331 pp text crisp and unmarked. Unclipped dj in new mylar shows two half inch closed tears but is complete and displays well. Profusely illust in b/w throughout. A fine study of the structural development of the carriage from its obscure origins in the fourth millennium B.C.to its eclipse by the automobile in the first decade of this (last) century. World-embracing, both historically and geographically, and ranges from Sumeria through ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium and China, to medieval Europe and the American Wild West. It is not only a story of technological progress but of human ingenuity and artistic expression.
Editore: Vision Press, London - first edition, 1969
Da: Book Orphanage, McCrae, VIC, Australia
hardcover, 10" x 7 1/2", with dust jacket 332 pages Dark-green cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, 66 b&w illustrative plates, 314 b&w line drawings, bibliography, index. An expert study of the structural development of the carriage from the 4th Century BC to its eclipse by the automobile. Ranges from Sumeria, through ancient Greece & Rome, Byzantium and China, to medieval Europe and the American Wild West. A valuable book of reference. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering with usual stamps, stickers, barcode etc. Front jacket flap blurb mounted on half-title page. Book has shelf-wear to bottom of boards & top of spine. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket.