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London: Longman, Green and Co, 1876. Hardcover. Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Good-looking, structurally sound exemplar of an early printing of the First Edition, though not so stated. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned interior, moderate rubbing to, scuffing of extremities, but gilt lettering and illustrations to front cover are still sharp. Floreat Rae da Quadralis adorns the spine. Paginated as xiii [1], 2-403 pp. Augmented with 10 attractive, colored lithographs of coaches and coachmen and of coaching scenes, beginning with "The Drag" at frontis, tissue-protected, as are all the remainder, though final one at p. 376 is quite worn and soiled. Three additional woodcuts of coaching accessories, quite fine, hors-texte. Provides abundant and quite excellent technical data on design and handling of coaches, behavior and comportment of coachmen and their rides and steeds, a quite readable, eminently British coaching book. Captain Malet (Harold Esdaile Malet)… Read More

Nabu Press. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry.

Longmans, Green & Co, 1876-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1876 Longmans, Green & Co bound in 3/4 red leather 5 hub spine decorated with gilt horse head design and accents. Marbleized end papers. Tight and unmarked with light tone and offsetting on pages opposite the color plates. top edge gilt. d36 Please email for photos.

London: Longman's, Green and Co.. Fine. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Custom bound in beautiful three-quarter red leather, with gilt titles & decorations. Owner's ornate bookplates inside the covers. Bound by Tout (per a note in the book; examples of Tout's work can be found on the British Library website). ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 403 pages .

London : Longmans, Green & Co., 1876. First edition. A valuable and beautifully illustrated history of coaching - with chapters on most aspects of the history, the coaches and the roads, as well as "some road slang terms". Illustrated with striking colour-printed plates (finished with hand colour) by Hanhart and woodcuts in the text. As well as Captain Malet's own work, this edition also collects together for the first time all the "Nimrod" [Charles James Apperley] essays on the subject. Foolscap 4to (24cm). (xvi),(404)pp. Errata slip. Coloured frontispiece and nine coloured plates. Woodcuts in text. Original pictorial cloth gilt; very lightly worn at spine tips and a little sunned; a few minor internal marks, nicks and slight creases, but a very good copy.