foreword john hislop (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Skeaping, John (illustratore). First Edition. A good+ copy of the apparent first hard cover edition (no explicit edition or printing statement), lacking a dust-jacket. Previous owner's name in ink with address stamp to front endpaper; purchase information in ink to rear endpaper, with short newspaper articles pasted to endpapers (front and rear. Else the text is wholly unmarked, pristine. Moderate wear to the green cloth binding, with the gilt lettering on the spine quite faded.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 2nd Printing. Second printing hardcover in green paper covered boards showing fairly sharp tips and spine ends. One former owner name on fep, no other writing, no tears or soil in the 192pp text. Photo frontis only, no other illustrations. Original, illustrated, un-clipped dust wrapper shows light, even handling soil on white background, has a few small repairs on inside, now in new mylar and displays well. Author Dick Francis says of this book: "Colonel Fenwick-Palmer's sound, sensible and comprehensive manual for amateur racehorse trainers describes in accurate, step-by-step detail how to breed, buy, break, train and generally manage a small string of horses. A young man with the will and the means to train his own horses could profit at least as much from studying this book as from working as an assistant in a racing stables. I would recommend it to all beginners as a thoroughly reliable short-cut to experience".

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. John Skeaping (illustratore). (1954) 256 pp. Original green paper covered boards, very bright and clean. Spine ends a bit bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Toning from paper that was once laid-in (?) to half-title page. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and few closed tears to edges. Tiny chip to bottom edge of front panel near spine. Price clipped. Illust. w/ color and b/w drawings.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hardback copy in green boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in removable protective clear sleeve. 249pp. B/w photographs and diagrams. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (40/5).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+ to Very Good-. John Skeaping (illustratore). [1951] 256 pp. Original dark green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and several short tears to edges. Approx. 1" closed tear at bottom edge of rear panel near spine. Tiny chip to top edge of front panel; small chip near bottom corner of rear panel. Illust. w/ color plates and b/w drawings. Contents nice.

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine with silver horse and jockey illustration to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 208 printed pages of text with monochrome drawings throughout. Lower spine end scuffed, foxing to the free end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow nicks to the spine ends, shelf rubs to the rear panel, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Horse Racing].