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RACING AT HOME AND ABROAD. 1).British Flat Racing and Breeding, British Steeple Chasing and 2) Racing in Ireland and Racing and 3) Breeding in America and the Colonies.
Richardson, Charles · London
- Author
- Richardson, Charles
- Date
- 1923-31
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- The London and Counties Press Association
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Folio (10.5" x 12.75") Bound in publisher's gilt-ruled-and-lettered brown morocco with gilt-lettered spines, gilt top edges and fore and bottom edges deckled. Brown, silk bookmarks.
- Format
- Limited number of RACING AT HOME AND ABROAD sets to 475 copies, this is number 144.
- Category
- Fine Bindings & Sets
- Record
- S.I.6249
Racing at Home and Abroad, 3 thick volumes. 1) British Flat Racing and Breeding, Racecourses, & the Evolution of The Racehorse... with a Chapter on Training and Stable Management 2) British Steeplechasing... Racing, Steeplechasing, & Breeding in Ireland...with a Chapter on The Training of Jumpers & Stable Management 3) Racing and Breeding in America and the Colonies. First Edition.
Author(s): Richardson, Charles and The Hon. George Lambton, et.al.
Folio(10.5" x 12.75") 3 volumes. 1923-31. Richardson, Charles. London: The London and Counties Press Association. Bound in publisher's gilt-ruled-and-lettered brown morocco with gilt-lettered spines, gilt top edges and fore and bottom edges deckled. Brown, silk bookmarks. A very large, beautiful set of books. Very minor edgewear, some corners slightly bumped, impressions on leather boards (see pic). Title pages in black and red. Limited first edition of this profusely illustrated, monumental survey of horse racing, number 144 of only 475 sets published, with two original signed etchings, one by Alick P.F. Ritchie as the frontispiece in Volume I, the other by Charles Simpson as the frontispiece of Volume II, illustrated with over 226 superb plates (see pic). Limited number of RACING AT HOME AND ABROAD sets to 475 copies, this is number 144. First Edition.
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Antique Books, Old Leather Book, Old Vellum Book, Decorative Binding, Antiquarian Book, Vintage decorative, Ancient Leather, Rare Books, Horseracing, Stable Management, Horse Breeding, Limited Edition, Signed Etchings, 3 vol folio, UK Ireland America,
Full brown pebbled leather, gilt title to covers, gilt spine, top edge gilt, fore-edge deckled, Limited Edition, Signed etchings, Decorative Books, Decorative Leather, Beautiful Decorative Book
Condition
Very Good
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