Produktart
Zustand
Einband
Weitere Eigenschaften
Land des Verkäufers
Verkäuferbewertung
Verlag: Cassell & Co., 1962, 1962
Anbieter: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
1st edn. Tall 8vo (10 x 8 ins). Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (VG), dustwrapper (chipped at head of spine - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 695, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w plates and drawings (no inscriptions).
Verlag: Michael Joseph, London, 1973
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). An impressive new edition of this history of the Derby Stakes, with colour illustrations. A new edition of this work, with the first edition being published in 1961 by Cassell.The Derby is one of the greatest of all horseraces for owners, trainers and jockeys alike. This volume explores the history of the race and is written by Roger Mortimer, who was Racing Correspondent for the Sunday Times. When first published this volume was hailed as "one of the finest racing histories ever written." The volume begins with the start of the 1844 Derby and continues into the mid to late 1900s.With eight colour plates and fifty one black and white illustrations.In the original clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Signed to the half title page with a gift inscription dated '73. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original clipped dust wrapper which is very smart with some light chipping to the extremities and head and tail of the spine. Fine. book.