Ross Davy (9 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Top edge foxed, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1989 Hard Cover. 221 pp.This 14-story collection of horseracing stories by British and American writers will provide pleasant reading for fans of the ``sport of kings.'' Represented here are such familiar names as Arthur Conan Doyle (``Silver Blaze,'' the story in which Sherlock Holmes makes his famous pronouncement about ``the curious incident of the dog in the night-time''), Edgar Wallace (``The Coop,'' in which the prolific mystery writer's series character, race track tout Educated Evans, turns a surprise profit) and Sherwood Anderson (``I'm a Fool,'' the first-person narrative of a young man trapped in his own deceit, entertaining despite its outdated racial attitudes). Francis, as might be expected, has a bit of crime at the heart of his ``Carrot for a Chestnut,'' a story of the fixing of a race with an O. Henryish twist. Welcome ( Grand National ) spins a tale of the unlikely racing triumph of an Oxford student over his untrustworthy best friend in ``A Glass of Port with the Proctor.'' The volume opens with Richard Findlay's ``The Dream,'' a nicely done tale of premonition and disaster, and closes with E. de Somerville and Martin Ross's ``The Bagman's Pony,'' an offbeat, amusing story of a race against the clock in Colonial India.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good, few creases. *.

Octavo Softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG+.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 50 pages. Illustrated. Hartley Withers "Machinery And Labour: Through Leisure to Employment" / Alan M Wells "European Politics In The Succession States" / Charles Davy "Rudolf Steiner And Anthroposophy" / Francis Watson "A Portrait Of The Artist In Maturity" / Geoffrey Grigson "Henry Moore And Ben Nicholson" / Aubrey Menon "In Search Of The Perfect Actor" / C Henry Warren "A Talk On Talks (Broadcasting)" / Charles Davy Films - "'I Was A Spy' and 'Bitter Sweet'" / Edward Crankshaw "Sibelius's Seventh: And The London String Quartet".

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 50 pages. Illustrated. Jean Cocteau "Talent, Genius And Inspiration" / Feodor Chaliapin "Life Behind Aer: A Romantic In The Making" / Kirk Bond "Film As Literature" / Oswell Blakeston "Books, Movies And The Hyphen" / Norman Marshall "Music In The Talkies" / Oliver Baldwin "The Fatuity Of British Films" / Philip Lindsay "Filming England's History" / Charles Davy "Films Of The Month: 'Don Quixote' and 'Employees' Entrance" / Clifford Bower-Shore "Jean Cocteau".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 396 pages. Illustrated. Philip Henderson "London: A Study In Perspective The City seen by the Poets" / W Francis Aitken "The Pageant Of London London Characters in English fiction" / E Beresford Chancellor "Londinium Triumphans" / Francis Warson "John Locke: The Common-Sense Philosopher" / L Aas "Bjornstjerne Bjornson" / Muriel Kent "Kenneth Grahame: A Modern Magcian" / Winifred Holtby "Novels Of Thge Year 1932" / R S Forman "First Novels Of The Year 1932" / Edgar Holt "Translations Of The Year 1932" / Graham Sutton "Plays Of The Year 1932" / Charles Davy "Films Of The Year 1932" / Alfred Tresidder Sheppard "Historical Works Of The Year 1932" / Geoffrey Grigson "Poetry Of 1932" / Collin Brooks "Political Biography Of The Year 1932 / Frank Rutter "Art Books Of Thew Year 1932" / Hermon Ould "English Music Of The Year 1932" / Gilbert Armitage "Criticism Of The Year 1932" / Rev. R Birch Hoyle "Religious Books Of The Year 1932" (SL#273).