David Hoadley Munroe (29 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover. No DJ. Ex-library with usual markings. Text unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing, soiling and bumped corners. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Printing. 140 pages of text, plus Table of Statistics 1839 to 1931, Key to Abbreviations, and Index. Illustrated with B&W plates. Tan and red cloth with paper label on spine. Foxing to pages, spine faded and label chipped at edges, cover sl. soiled. Former owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Text clean, no tears. Shipment out of the US will require additional postage.

Condition: Fair. - Quarto, 10-7/8 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide. Cream cloth backed with a red buckram spine, with a printed title label on the spine and illustrated with vignettes in red on both covers. The covers are soiled and stained and there are some short green crayon lines on the rear cover. 147 & [144] pages plus the colophon, illustrated with a color frontispiece and 33 black & white aquatone plates. THE BOOK IS LACKING THE COLOR FOLDING MAP AT BACK. The front hinge is starting to crack and the endpapers are slightly foxed. A bookplate of a sailing ship is mounted at the bottom of the front pastedown. A good working copy. Limited edition of 501 numbered copies printed by the printing house of Williman Edwin Rudge.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Oversized book, illustrated. Light wear, some soiling to the covers. Pages tanned; a good book. Foreword by William V.C. Ruxton and a note by E.A.C. Topham. Steeplechasing, jockeys, horses. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Horses, Horse Racing; Inventory No: 198297. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Hardcover. Condition: FR/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Plates (illustrator). 1st Regular Edition. New York, NY: Huntingdon Press. FR/NO DUSTJACKET. (1931). 1st Regular Edition. Hardcover. Sm 4to., 147 pp. +, cover rubbed, bumped, faded, page toning .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. first regular edition. 8 x 11 in. Green cloth boards with blindstamped jockey's cap on cover. Numerous B&W plates. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minor shelf wear, covers clean but sunned at top, faint pale spotting to the cloth. Spine quite sunned and toned. Binding tight and text unmarked. Sport. Stax.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. race data, b&w photos, foldout Map (illustrator). 1st. Foreword by Wm Ruxton, note by E.A.C. Topham., colored map by George Annand; green c w/lite rubbing & sunning; paper spine label; sm tear at top spine; ownr's name/stamp; 147 pp. + Table of Statistics with approximately 144 pp. + Index with approximately 20 pp. Illustrations. Foldout Plan.

FIRST. nFINE. Large green cloth boards, blind embossed. po name on ffep. ex-lib minimal markings. From US Army, Fort Ord, Presidio facility. A brilliant clean copy - history of the British Grand National horse race. Large. USA delivery only. Media mail. [B228].

Paperback. 98p. paperback, mild edgewear. Advocates a Federal Union of Democracies, including a European Union.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. Green cloth boards with blind-embossed hat and whip decoration on cover, paper title label on spine. Very light soiling to cloth. Very small spots of wear to cloth at spine ends. Title label on spine has a little edge wear, nothing that interferes with lettering. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Tasteful custom bookplate of previous owner on front fixed endpaper. Illustrated with black and white paintings, photographs. Foreword by William V. C. Ruxton and a Note by E.A.C. Topham. Pages are clean. Fold-out chart of the Aintree race course at rear of book (perfect condition).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First regular edition. Good. Hardcover, soiled and worn, spine browned, rubbed and chipped at spine ends and bumped corners, pages lightly browned at edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean hardback tightly bound in cream cloth with red spine and decorations, spine title label is worn with some loss. Cloth is bumped at corners, bottom edge of half title to page 28 creased, no inscriptions. xiii +150 + 150 pages, 33 illustrations/photos on plates, foldout map of Aintree, index.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A large hardback book covering the Grand National from 1839 - 1931 , the book is a 1931 1st edition and has a grubby exterior with some signs of foxing also previous owners name written inside , the pages are intact.

Hardcover. Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Plates (illustrator). 1st Regular Edition. New York, NY: Huntingdon Press. G/NO DUSTJACKET. (1931). 1st Regular Edition. Hardcover. The Steeplechase . Sm 4to., 147 pp. +, spine faded, spine label chipped, cover rubbed & bumpedpage toning .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Slight sunning and fading to spine and spine label; slight soiling, rubbing and browning to covers (cloth; chiefly at edges); slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. [18], 147, [147] pages + plates. Historical and traditional overview of the famed English steeplechase race from its origins through the mid-20th century; notable for the folding map of the racecourse by George Annand, as well as statistical information (plus index) at rear. One of an unspecified number of copies of the 'First Regular Edition' (title page verso), designed and printed by William Edwin Rudge. Boldly signed and inscribed by Munroe in black ink on first preliminary page, Lowell, Massachusetts, May 10, 1936.35 B/w Illustrations / plates; Title Vignette (brown/white).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Limited, Numbered Edition. Gift quality first limited, numbered edition published 1930, hand numbered #249 of 501 copies. Cream cloth covered boards quarter-bound in red cloth with age-toned but complete paper spine label still with straight tips and spine ends. Beautiful, different illustrations on center of both boards, cream cloth moderately hand soiled, spine lightly sunned. Not ex-lib, no tears or writing seen. Color frontispiece and folding racecourse map. 147pp with chronology & index. Does not have the slipcase it was originally published with but does possess all the tissue guards on all plates. The colorful history of the great English Steeplechase, the horses and jockeys, with a chronology including weather, purse, odds, winners and field for each year. B/w plates (photographs). The Blue Riband of Steeplechasing/ The Grand Liverpool and the Stone Wall Years/ 1843 to 1871 and the Grand National Committee/ Captain Machell, and the National from 1873 to 1885/ Developments of the Aintree Course - The Significance of Times/ Breeding and Blood Lines in the National/ Some Great Jockeys Who Won the National/ Some Great Jockeys who did not win/ 1907 to 1928/ The Last Two Years/ The Problem of Interference The Bookmaker and Totalizer/ Table of Statistics 1839 to 1930/ Key to Abbreviations/ Index.

Hard Cover. Condition: vg/vg. First Trade Edition. A nice copy in dust jacket. Photographically illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Regular Edition. Good plus/VG minus. No jacket. Some fraying to extremities, sun-fading, spine label stained. Pages yellowed with an occasional minor blemish, binding firm. Folding map, illustrations, etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 28 x 19.5 cm. Quarto. 1/4 red cloth spine grey covers, paper spine label. Signed and inscribed by the author of the foreword/publisher, William Edwin Rudge, on the front free endpaper. Limited to 501 copies, which this is copy 47, printed by Rudge, with a fold-out colored map by George Annand, printed on Huntington laid paper aquatone illustrations. Toning to spine and slipcase. Spotting to covers. Some chipping to the slipcase spine. Bookplate for Viola T Winmill, depicting a fox hunting scene, on front paste-down.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Regular Edition. Gift quality first trade edition hardcover published 1931. Olive green cloth covered boards show bumped spine foot, head and four tips still sharp. Clean and complete paper spine label. Not ex-lib, no tears or writing seen. Black/white frontispiece and folding racecourse map. 147pp with chronology & index. Very uncommon, original illustrated dust wrapper is complete, shows light handling soil and displays beautifully in new mylar. The colorful history of the great English Steeplechase, the horses and jockeys, with a chronology including weather, purse, odds, winners and field for each year. B/w plates (photographs). The Blue Riband of Steeplechasing/ The Grand Liverpool and the Stone Wall Years/ 1843 to 1871 and the Grand National Committee/ Captain Machell, and the National from 1873 to 1885/ Developments of the Aintree Course - The Significance of Times/ Breeding and Blood Lines in the National/ Some Great Jockeys Who Won the National/ Some Great Jockeys who did not win/ 1907 to 1928/ The Last Two Years/ The Problem of Interference The Bookmaker and Totalizer/ Table of Statistics 1839 to 1930/ Key to Abbreviations/ Index.

A comprehensive account, including full lists of runners and riders, illustrated with black and white photography throughout and a nice pull-out map of Aintree. 4to. c200pp. Cloth-covered boards. Cover and spine marked and rubbed. Good condition.

MUNROE, David Hoadley Huntington Press 1931 First Regular Edition 11" x 7 3/4" w/ 3-fold chart of The Aintree Race Course laid-in.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. w/ 4-fold fold-out A Chart of the Aintree Race Course 1931 Huntington Press 11" x 8" The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse, Aintree, Merseyside, England. First run in 1839, it is a handicap steeplechase over an official distance of about 4 miles and 2½ furlongs (4 miles 514 yards (6.907 km)), with horses jumping 30 fences over two laps. It is the most valuable jump race in Europe, with a prize fund of £1 million in 2017. An event that is prominent in British culture, the race is popular amongst many people who do not normally watch or bet on horse racing at other times of the year.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. illustrated (illustrator). 1st Regular Edition. Light green hardcover cloth binding with impression of racing cap and whip on front cover, pastedown on spine is worn, corners good with just minor shelfwear. Author's signature on ffep. Foreword by William V. C. Ruxton and a note by E. A. C. Topham. Part One is 147 pages and discusses the history of the race, various personalities, breeding and bloodlines, great jockeys who won the race and great ones who did not, etc. Part Two has a table of statistics from 1839 - 1930, a key to abbreviations, and an index - pages not numbered. Lots of b/w photos of horses and people. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. White cloth boards with red stamped illustration on front and back cover, red cloth spine with white title plate and black lettering, top edge gilt, 10 preliminary leaves, [3]-147, [146] pages, 1 leaf color frontispiece, plates, 2 maps (1 color and folded). Issued in red slipcase with offwhite title block on side with black lettering. "This book has been designed and printed by the printing house of William Edwin Rudge. Colored map by George Annand. Typography by Melvin Loos. The text is set in Caslon old style and printed on Huntington laid paper. The illustrations are reproduced by the aquatone process. Of an edition of 501 copies this is number 15." - colophon Foreword by William V.C. Ruxton and a note by E.A.C. Topham. VG/Good (slip case is soiled and overall shelfwear, book itself is VG).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. Substantially bound in reddish cloth spine and linen covered boards with the horse-jumping motif.Very good with a name and date in ink on the front endpaper. Clean and tight throughout. In an original dust jacket which has large pieces missing and some damp staining at the center of the spine area. A very good copy in a good minus dust jacket. With the 11" x 7 7/8" Chart of the Aintree Race Course 4-fold map in rear right after the Index. The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse, Aintree, Merseyside, England. First run in 1839, it is a handicap steeplechase over an official distance of about 4 miles and 2½ furlongs (4 miles 514 yards (6.907 km)), with horses jumping 30 fences over two laps. It is the most valuable jump race in Europe, with a prize fund of £1 million in 2017. An event that is prominent in British culture, the race is popular amongst many people who do not normally watch or bet on horse racing at other times of the year. First Edition with "First Published 1931" on the copyright page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. MUNROE, David Hoadley [146] pp. Huntington Press 1931 11" x 7 7/8" w/ Chart of the Aintree Race Course 4-fold map in rear The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse, Aintree, Merseyside, England. First run in 1839, it is a handicap steeplechase over an official distance of about 4 miles and 2½ furlongs (4 miles 514 yards (6.907 km)), with horses jumping 30 fences over two laps. It is the most valuable jump race in Europe, with a prize fund of £1 million in 2017. An event that is prominent in British culture, the race is popular amongst many people who do not normally watch or bet on horse racing at other times of the year.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. MUNROE, David Hoadley Huntington Press 1931 11" x 8" Includes race history, anecdotes and statistical information and vintage photos from the 19th century and early 20th century history of the event. Features a fold-out map illustration of the Aintree Course. The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse, Aintree, Merseyside, England. First run in 1839, it is a handicap steeplechase over an official distance of about 4 miles and 2½ furlongs (4 miles 514 yards (6.907 km), with horses jumping 30 fences over two laps. It is the most valuable jump race in Europe, with a prize fund of £1 million in 2017. An event that is prominent in British culture, the race is popular amongst many people who do not normally watch or bet on horse racing at other times of the year.

Primera edicion.- Folio menor.- 12 h.- Parte I:147 pags.- Parte: 83 hojas.- tela con sobrecubiertas originales.- numerosas láminas fuera de texto.- 1 plano plegado. .