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Editore: Longmans Green and Co., London, 1886
Da: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. John Sturgess; (illustratore). First Edition. (xii) 419 pp. Burgundy leather decorated in gilt on the panels and spine; marbled endpapers; headband. Edge and corner wear with a previous owner's name in pencil inside; hinges tight, gutters intact. Both titles in a single volume: RACING by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, and Mr W. G. Craven: the Chapters are: History of Horse Racing; Horses of Ancient Britain; The Progress of the Sport; History of the Jockey Club; Racing Officials: Clerk of the Course; The Starter; The Judge; The Clerk of the Scales; The Handicapper; The Stakeholder; The Stewards; Newmarket; Racing in the Provinces; Racing Servants: Old Style and New; Breeding; Treatment of Yearlings; Early Trials; Three Year Olds; Over a Distance of Ground; Upon Trainers; Upon Jockeys; and Betting. STEEPLE-CHASING by Arthur Coventry and Alfred E. T. Watson: the Chapters are: The Origin and Development of Steeple Chasing; The Selection of the Chaser; Schooling; Fences and Fencing; Riding the Race; Hurdle Racing; Local Meetings; and Famous Chasers and Their Riders; followed by an appendix: Original Straing of Our Horses with Tabulated Pedigress; and an index. Illustrated with line drawings by John Sturgess. Size: 12mo. Book.
Editore: Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1893
Da: Trinders' Fine Tools, Clare, Sudbury, Regno Unito
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Pictorial Cloth. Condizione: See Description. Condizione sovraccoperta: None. Furniss, H.; Hodge, T. (illustratore). Fourth Edition, Thoroughly Revised. xiv, 480 pages, frontispiece and some 24 full page plates, some 65 text illustrations. In original pictorial cloth, well rubbed at upper corners, spine patchily darkened and lightened; owners' names to front free endpaper, half-title (with address) and reverse of frontispiece - appears to be two or three members of the same family; early and late pages foxed, else internally good to very good.