1927 Racing at Home & Abroad. British Steeplechasing. Racing, Steeplechasing, & Breeding in Ireland. The Training of Jumpers & Stable Management.
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Limited Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon
A limited edition work of seven hundred copies, of which this is numbered five hundred and twenty four, for the subscribers A. F. Sinclair.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixty-nine plates, and two in-text illustrations.
Three page list of subscribers to the front.
Collated, complete.
An impressive sporting volume, looking at steeplechasing, racing, and breeding in Britain and Ireland.
This work is a comprehensive illustrated study on steeplechasing and sporting history, beginning with a look at the historical rise and progress of the sport. The vivid work was edited by Charles Richardson, who also wrote the primary part of the volume; Richardson had lifelong experience in cross-country racing, competing in upwards of forty Grand Nationals.
Including 'British Steeplechasing' by Charles Richardson, 'Racing, Steeplechasing, & Breeding in Ireland' by F. F. Maccabe and Thomas E. Healy, and an additional chapter, 'The Training of Jumpers & Stable Management', by H. A. Brown.
Bookplate to the front paste down of Alan F. Sinclair.
Condition
In the original publisher's morocco binding. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing to the joints. Spine, extremities of the rear board, and front joint are a little faded. A few very light marks to the boards. Small chip to the bottom edge of the rear board. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots to the first and last few pages.
Very Good
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