British Racecourses

H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd., 1951

145.00 €

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Details

Year of publication

1951

Place of printing

London

Author

Curling, B.W.R.

Publishers

H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.

Keyword

European History

Binding description

Dust jacket

State of preservation

Very Good

Binding

Hardcover

Inscribed

First edition

Description

This is a very good hardcover copy in full green polished Morocco, decorated in gilt. Some wear to spine tips with loss of surface color. The spine also has raised bands which have some wear. Overall still a very good copy in an attractive leather binding decorated in gilt with horseheads and horeshoes at the corners, front and back, and gilt-tooling on the edges and turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. All page-edges gilt. Binding unsigned. 11 color plates of paintings of well known British racecourses and black & white drawings, all by Lionel Edwards, R.I. Foreword by the Duke of Norfolk. Covers Ascot, Cheltenham, Chester, Doncaster, Epsom, Goodwood, Liverpool, Newmarket, Pontefract, Salisbury, Sandown Park, and York. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 145 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.