General Stud Book, First Edition (18 results)

3/4 Calf. Condition: Good+ (ex-library). No Jacket. First Thus. Bound in 3/4 tree calf over marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine with gilt-stamped and decorated dark red morocco spine labels, plain endpapers, edges flecked green, ex-library with usual marks, general wear rubbing and scoffing to boards and fading and dulling to spine, slight chipping at tips, slight internal browning, 8vo, 1375pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

3/4 Calf. Condition: Good (ex-library). No Jacket. First Thus. Bound in 3/4 tree calf over marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine with gilt-stamped and decorated dark red morocco spine labels, plain endpapers, edges flecked green, ex-library with usual marks, general wear rubbing and scoffing to boards and fading and dulling to spine, front hinge split, board detached, spine strip loose at hinge, slight chipping at tips, slight internal browning, 8vo, 1317pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

3/4 Calf. Condition: Good+ (ex-library). No Jacket. First Thus. Bound in 3/4 tree calf over marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine with gilt-stamped and decorated dark red morocco spine labels, plain endpapers, edges flecked green, ex-library with usual marks, general wear rubbing and scoffing to boards and fading and dulling to spine, nicks & chipping at tips, slight internal browning, 8vo, 984pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

3/4 Calf. Condition: Good+ (ex-library). No Jacket. First Thus. Bound in 3/4 tree calf over marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine with gilt-stamped and decorated dark red morocco spine labels, plain endpapers, edges flecked green, ex-library with usual marks, general wear rubbing and scoffing to boards and fading and dulling to spine, slight chipping at tips, slight internal browning, 8vo, 984pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

3/4 Calf. Condition: Good+ (ex-library). No Jacket. First Thus. Bound in 3/4 tree calf over marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine with gilt-stamped and decorated dark red morocco spine labels, plain endpapers, edges flecked green, ex-library with usual marks, general wear rubbing and scoffing to boards and fading and dulling to spine, slight chipping at tips, slight internal browning, 8vo, 1376pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

3/4 Calf. Condition: Good+ (ex-library). No Jacket. First Thus. Bound in 3/4 tree calf over marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine with gilt-stamped and decorated dark red morocco spine labels, plain endpapers, edges flecked green, ex-library with usual marks, general wear rubbing and scoffing to boards and fading and dulling to spine, slight chipping at tips, slight internal browning, 8vo, 1317pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Volume 1. all published, later quarter morocco, , back cover detached, some foxing, pp602, scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Five Plates; Illustrations In Text. (illustrator). 1st Edition. 300 Pp. Original Full Sheep, Original Black Morocco Spine Label "Mason's Farrier Improved" In Gilt, With Gilt Rules. Fourth Edition, The First With The Virginia Stud Book, The First American Stud Book (On Pp 268-300). Binding Worn, Covers Professionally Reattached With New Cords. Name Ephraim Bennett (?) On Rear Endpaper, With Additional Word "Dixsheimunges" (??) Below. Rare.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 650 Pages, Marbled Covers With Leather Spine And Corners, Titles In Gilt On Spine On Red Leather Label. Some Tanning To End Pages, Some Wear To Cover.

Hb. Condition: NF+. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. 'From the earliest Accounts to the Year 1976 inclusive in Thirty-eight Volumes.' Cover: grey and purpleish cover ( feels like leather but no indication it is?) Gilt titles over red label and gilt trim. Gilt stamped braid type trim to extremeteis. Edges: green speckeld edges; Part I with faint tiny spot to top-edge and a paperthin smudge to bottom edge corner. Clean contents. Bindings are As New. Both volumes 2404p Heavy set: Nearly 3kgs.

, cxliv, 1256 pages. First Edition , old tape and a tear to head of spine, small tears at joints, boards loose at joints but held, edges slightly torn at corners, foxing on book block edges and grey marks at base of bottom edge, foxing on pastedowns, free endpapers and title page, good condition , bound in faded orange paper, printed title label on spine , 22 cm x 15 cm Hardback ISBN:

, cxxxvii, 1256 pages. First Edition , mark from old tape at head of spine, tear at head of spine and small creases at tail, top and bottom of one joint have split but boards held, light foxing on pastedowns, foxing to free endpapers and outer edges of leaves, top and fore edge of book block yellowed with slight foxing, grey mark along bottom of fore edge, good condition , bound in faded orange paper, printed title label on spine , Octavo, 22.5 x 14 cm Hardback ISBN:

, clviii, 1376 pages. First Edition , spine partially detached, joint and hinges split and paper along them torn in places, boards held, front cover and spine have remains of old tape on them, foxing on pastedowns and free endpapers, grey mark along bottom fore edge of book block, book block text very clean, good condition , bound in faded orange paper, printed title label on spine , 16mo, 22.5 x 14 cm Hardback ISBN:

, cxxx, 1375 pages. First Edition , spine is detached and has been taped down on one side, old tape remains across head of spine and boards, corners rubbed, light foxing on pastedowns and rear free endpaper, inside book block very clean, fair condition , bound in faded orange paper, printed title label on spine , Octavo, 22.5 x 14.5 cm Hardback ISBN:

, cxliv, 1317 pages. First Edition , spine is torn at head and tail, detached on one side and has been repaired with tape, light foxing on pastedowns, free endpapers, title page and some leaves in book block text, top and fore edges of book block yellowed with some foxing, book block text clean, fair condition , bound in faded orange paper, printed title label on spine , Octavo, 22.5 x 14 cm Hardback ISBN:

First edition. xvi, 132; [2], 30pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards. Extremities rubbed. Scattered spotting. The first edition of the first supplement to Weatherby's General Stud Book. Horse-races were wagered upon from the days of Queen Anne in the early 1700s, but it was not until the formation of the Jockey Club in 1752 that regulation was first brought into the 'Sport of Kings' according to the 'Rules of Racing'. James Weatherby, pioneering Horse racing writer and historian, compiled the lineage and history of all major race horses as part of his role as Accountant of the Jockey Club, and the Stud Book has borne the Weatherby name ever since. His Introduction to the General Stud Book (1791) attempted to collect into a single volume the pedigrees of all horses then racing, and that had raced in the past. This was incomplete, and revised in 1793. The 1820 second edition was a definitive, and that from which the 1834 first American edition was taken. ESTC records copies at only two locations in the British Isles (BL and Wellcome), and a further four in North America (Huntington, Kansas, NYPL, and Virginia). ESTC T136108. Size: 8vo.

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. First Edition. Volume 17, in marbled boards with brown half-leather; blue-speckled fore-edge. End papers browned; text clean; binding tight; marbled paper on boards scuffed; leather on spine discoloured; joints cracked but holding; title panel missing; small loss at head of spine Used - Good. Good hardback.

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. First Edition. In full brown leather; marbled end papers & page fore-edges. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown; text clean; binding firm; spine front joint cracked & repaired; 4cm loss at foot of spine, & missing title panel on spine Used - Good. Good hardback.