The Turf Expositor; containing the Origin of Horse Racing, Breeding for the Turf, Training, Trainers, Jockeys; Cocktails, and the System of Cocktail Racing Illustrated; the Turf and Its Abuses; the Science of Betting Money, so as always to come off a Winner, familiarly explained, and elucidated by a variety of Examples; the Rules and Laws of Horse Racing; and every other Information connected with the Operations of the Turf

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First edition, second issue with resent title page and half title. [6], [v]-x, [2], 180, [12, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. "Cocktails are horses which appear as racer and are understood not to be thoroughbreds" (Loder). This appears to be a second issue, with a half title bearing the imprint of Compton and Ritchie, Printers, Cloth Fair, London, integral with a reset title page omitting the words "An Account of" after "containing"; the catalogue of Practical and Useful Books on Sporting Subjects is dated September 1830. Loder 1263. Provenance: John G. Heckscher; A. Kiefer Mayer (bookplates); The Jockey Club. Loder 1263. Provenance: John G. Heckscher; A. Kiefer Mayer (bookplates); The Jockey Club Blue cloth spine, drab boards, printed title label. Rubbed, front board detached. Good copy only [6], [v]-x, [2], 180, [12, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo First edition, second issue with resent title page and half title. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 352782

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