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16.25 x 11.5", red morocco leather binding, [200] pp plus 97 plates, gilt title lettering, text block edges gilt. Number 153 of a limited edition of 250 copies. Lacking slipcase. Front joint cracked, slight spine fade, rubbing to joints, scuffing to covers, old white paint stains to rear cover.

Condition: Very Good. Limited edition of only 250. VERY RARE, one of only 250! [200] pp. + 97 leaves of plates. Title page printed in black and red. (Folio, 16x11x3.5 inches, weighs over 14 lb), red morocco stamped in gilt, 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; slipcase. No. 133 of 250 copies. Edition 1956. With the facsimile signatures of the editor and two other "collaborators" on the title page. Scarce 1956 edition of this "who's who" in the world of equestrian sports. Illustrated throughout with almost 100 photographic portraits and accompanying biographies Condition: a bit of light wear and rubbing to binding; interior fine; fair amount of wear and rubbing to slipcase. overall near fine in very good slipcase. Ships from Hawaii with free FEDEX upgrade (within the US) . full red morocco binding with 5 raised bands.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1931 Universal Bridge of Trade, Ltd This edition is limited to two-hundred and fifty copies, of which this is No. 2 Amb Raymond Guest's personal copy Replete w/ moire silk doublures 17" x 11.5" x 2"D Raymond Richard Guest OBE (November 25, 1907 December 31, 1991) was an American businessman, thoroughbred race horse owner and polo player. From 1965 to 1968, he was United States Ambassador to Ireland. Early life Guest was born on November 25, 1907, in Manhattan to Frederick Edward Guest (1875 1937), a British Cabinet minister and his American wife, Amy Phipps (1873 1959). Guest's siblings were Winston Frederick Churchill Guest (1906 1982), also a polo-player whose second wife was C. Z. Guest (1920 2003), the actress and socialite, and Diana Guest Manning (1909 1994). He attended Phillips Andover and graduated from Yale in 1931. His maternal grandfather was Henry Phipps, Jr. (1839 1930), Andrew Carnegie's business partner in Carnegie Steel Company. His paternal grandfather was Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne (1835 1914) and his great-grandfather was John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, therefore, making Guest a first cousin once removed of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Career Military career During World War II he served with the United States Navy. He served on mine sweepers and was made head of the Navy section of the Office of Strategic Services in London, England. By the time he left the military in 1946, he had risen to the rank of Commander. He was awarded the Bronze Star and a Legion of Merit, both with combat devices; the Croix de Guerre with star; the Order of the British Empire; the Norwegian Cross, and the Danish Defense Medal. Political career Guest was a member of the Senate of Virginia from 1947 to 1953, and served as the United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1965 to 1968. Thoroughbred racing In the United States, members of his mother's family have been major figures in the sport of thoroughbred racing for many decades. In England, Raymond Guest's sister, Diana Guest Manning, owned and raced a horse she named Be My Guest who was a conditions race winner in England and Ireland as well as the Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1982. Raymond Guest also owned thoroughbreds which he raced in England, Ireland, France and the United States. In Ireland his flat racehorses were trained by Vincent O'Brien and his National Hunt horses by Dan Moore. His racing colours were chocolate, pale blue hoops and cap. Guest is one of only four owners to win both The Derby and the Grand National, the others being King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, Dorothy Paget and Jim Joel. The British flat racing Champion Owner in 1968, among Guest's successful horses in flat racing were Larkspur, winner of the 1962 Epsom Derby; Sir Ivor, winner of the 1968 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Derby and the Washington, D.C. International. Raymond Guest also owned steeplechase racers. His most outstanding was L'Escargot, a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee who was voted the 1969 U.S. Steeplechase Horse of the Year and who then raced in England where he won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1970 and 1971 and the Grand National in 1975. In the United States, Raymond Guest was a member of The Jockey Club and voted President of the Virginia Thoroughbred Association in 1958. The best horse to carry his Powhatan Stable colours in American flat racing was Tom Rolfe, winner of the 1965 Preakness Stakes who earned American Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse honors. Both he and his brother Winston Frederick Churchill Guest were polo players. Raymond Guest twice won the U.S. Open as part of the Templeton team, and was posthumously inducted into the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in 2006. Personal life In 1935, he married first to Elizabeth ("Lily") Polk of Dark Harbor, Maine, the daughter of Frank Polk and a relative of U.S. President, James K. Polk.

( Vortitel: " Die europäische Pferdewelt - The European Equestrian World - Le Monde Equestre de Europe - Zwischentitel: " International Sport ": Limitierte Auflage von nur 250 numerierten Exemplaren, hier die Nr. 106 ) Mit 80 handgedruckten Kupfergravüren nach Photographien mit faksimilierten Unterschriften auf Tafeln sowie jeweils einer Doppelseite begleitendem Text sowie einem Vorwort von H.R.H: Prince Bernhard und H.R.H. Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. + H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Goldgeprägter Oldr mit umlaufendem Goldschnitt, Folio ( 41, 5 x 27 cm ). Unter den porträtierten Persönlichkeiten des Pferdesports u.a.: Horst-Herbert Alsen - Willy Bächtold - Kurt Bagusat - Gräfin Margit Batthyany - Adrian v. Borcke - Baron Charles Buxhoeveden - Carl Fastenrath - Käthe Franke - Lis Hartel - Graf Rudolf Hoyos-Sprinzenstein - Annelies Küppers - Fritz und Liselott Linsenhoff - Gerhard Mautner Markhof - Maria Mehl-Mülhens - Josef Neckermann - Elisabeth Fürstin zu Oettingen-Spielberg - Eugen Fürst zu Oettingen-Wallerstein - Baronin Gabrielle von Oppenheim - Freiherr Eberhard von Oppenheim - Conte Orsino Orsi-Mangelli - Lars Skari - Rosemarie Springer - Fritz Tiedemann - Baron H.H. Thyssen-Bornemisza - Hans-Günther Winkler // H.H. The Maharanee of Baroda - Pierre Beauduin - Sir Winston Churchill - The Earl of Derby - Mme.Cino del Duca - Max Dugniolle - Francois Dupre - H.H. The late Aga Khan - Ernest Masurel - Baron Guy de Rothschild - Jean Stern - R. B. Strassburger - Comte de Villapadierna - Baron G. de Waldner - Alec Weisweiller - Pierre Wertheimer. Der Einband etwas berieben, gering fleckig. Sonst von guter, dekorativer Erhaltung. - sehr seltener Luxusdruck - ( Gewicht 6000 Gramm ) ( Lagerort Regal unten, Folio ) ( Pic erhältlich / webimage available ).