Lilienthal Jesse M (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Howard Brodie (illustrator). Octavo, hardcover, good reading copy of ex army library book with stamps on endpapers, in rubbed yellow pictorial boards. 256 deckled pages. 3rd printing. black & white illustrations in text; pictorial eps depicting a horse race, ''Told in the vernacular of the track are stories of smart men and smart alecks, racing tycoons and racing touts, the small bettor and the heavy plunger -- all of whom have one thing in common -- they are horse crazy.'' The author states, ''I shall be very glad if this book of mine through the light that it may incidentally shed on various race track practices and betting problems will influence people, here and there, to bet more circumspectly, with care and control, for the more actual sport that there is in horse racing that way.''.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Brodie, Howard (illustrator). First Edition. Good yellow clothbound hardback with some edgewear, smudges on covers and light age tanning. No DJ. Pages are clean and straight, binding is firm. Nicely illustrated endpapers. Extensive glossary of racing slang and terms included.; B&W; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Howard Brodie (illustrator). Good+ yellow hardcover. NO jacket. 1941. SIGNED/inscribed by AUTHOR on FFEP. Pages all clean/unmarked. Mild cocking to spine. Mild to moderate edgewear and bumping to cover edges. Few light indentions to spine cap. Binding solid. 256 pp. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo. 256pp. A very good copy in chipped dust jacket . Inscribed/signed by the author in 1941. Inscribed By Author.