LA FIN DU CHEVAL
Paris: Armand Colin & Cie, 1899. First Edition. Quarto, 238 pages; newly rebacked with beige buckram, black label with gilt lettering, original boards preserved; front board with an embossed horse head; all edges of text block gilt; some rubbing and wear to corners; with 15 color illustrations and numerous black and white; shelved above case 4.
1321318
Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $280
NOTES
A humorous thesis on the inevitable replacement of the horse by the bicycle, then by the car.
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