Steeplechasing by Hislop John (33 results)

Condition: Good. Reprint. DJ may have marks, chips and tears. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Skeaping, John (illustrator). First Edition. A good+ copy of the apparent first hard cover edition (no explicit edition or printing statement), lacking a dust-jacket. Previous owner's name in ink with address stamp to front endpaper; purchase information in ink to rear endpaper, with short newspaper articles pasted to endpapers (front and rear. Else the text is wholly unmarked, pristine. Moderate wear to the green cloth binding, with the gilt lettering on the spine quite faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Origin & development; Riding over fences; Rider's seat over fences; Keeping fit; Equipment, In the paddock, Going to the post, The start, Tactics, the finish, Whip-its use and abuse; Falls, Aintree; Hurdle-racing, Training; Schooling; Breeding; Courses. no dte (approx 1952), 1st publd in 1951 by Hutchinson. 1970 Reprint, J.A. Allen, London. Ills: b/w by John Skeaping. 6-1/4" x 9-1/4", 256 pgs. Ex libr, Gd+ but few stains on 20 pgs, back blank flyleaf torn out, Gd DJ which had been taped in book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Reprint. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and minor tears.

Hardcover. Illustrated by John Skeaping (illustrator). Green cloth, gold lettering on spine, no dj, well worn and stained, inscriptions on cover page, nice illustrations. Horses; 701.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. First published by Hutchinson in 1951, this is the first U.S. edition and is not dated. (c1952) Book has bumped spine ends and sharp tips with age-toned endpps. 256pp without writing or tears. Original, price-clipped and lightly soiled with a repaired chip at head of somewhat age-toned spine but displays well in new mylar. A foundation volume on the sport profusely illustrated with line drawings in black and white and 8 full page color plates by John Skeaping. Very informative book with chapters on the origin & development of steeplechasing, riding good and bad jumpers, seat and hands, seat over a fence, the start, equipment, keeping fit, tactics, use and abuse of the whip, breeding of jumpers, training, courses and more.

Good plus or better, light general wear, corners lightly bumped. Cloth Worn, soiled jacket with tears and chips. Prev owner's name on front fly. Pages browned, endpapers foxed. Friday, December 18, 2009 12:27:08 PM.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Second printing, 1954. Text by Hislop, illustrations (some in color) by Skeaping. Bound in green cloth-covered boards with black lettering on the spine. A former owner name and date (4/20/61) on the half-title page, else unmarked; spine slant; corners and spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is price-clipped; chipped and edgeworn; a one-inch closed tear to top of front panel; Brodart protected.

Condition: Good. 1954. 1954 Reprint. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Good/Good. Black & White Illustrations, Color Plates (illustrator). Reprint. London, UK: Hutchinson. Good/Good. (1954). Reprint. Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 256 pp., Dj rubbed, frayed, price-clipped, writing on ffe, bumped .

Condition: Good. 1954. Reprint. 256 pages. Dust jacket over paper covered boards. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Book has forward lean. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Moderate foxing. Heavy tanning to spine. Moderate rubbing and marking all over. Sticker to rear panel.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hard Cover. First U.S. Edition, First printing. NEAR-FINE (SLIGHT SHELF WEAR TO BOTTOM EDGE) IN VERY GOOD DUST JACKET WTH ORIGINAL $7.50 PRICE AND ONE CLOSED TEAR ON FRONT PANEL.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 256 pp; End pages foxed ret of book is fine. Remains a Very nice attractive book in dust jacket with edge tear and a 3 inch chip out of the top of the spine. A nice clean book with great color illustrations.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations, 7 full-page color plates, pictorial endpapers. Very good/good plus. Large chip at head of spine of otherwise-decent jacket. Tight, nice first U.S. edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. John Skeaping (illustrator). 1st Edition. Excellent colour illustrations throughout from Skeaping in this racing classic. Light toning and very occasional foxing, but in general good order throughout. Light wear to green boards. D/j distressed . This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 256pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. John Skeaping (illustrator). (1954) 256 pp. Original green paper covered boards, very bright and clean. Spine ends a bit bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Toning from paper that was once laid-in (?) to half-title page. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and few closed tears to edges. Tiny chip to bottom edge of front panel near spine. Price clipped. Illust. w/ color and b/w drawings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1970 EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (horse racing, steeplechasing, horsemanship ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed presentation copy from the author to The New Astley Club, good copy in slightly faded dustjacket, Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Skeaping, John (illustrator). Large 8vo in very good condition, in dark green cloth, with slight wear to cloth at spine ends and small nick on top edge of back board. Front flap of dust jacket is laid in, with short description and price. Undated. Some foxing on endpapers. Light green top edge. Eight one-sided color plates, with lots of black and white sketches and diagrams. 255 pp. Sports & Recreation, Steeplechasing, Horsemanship, Horses, Horse-back riding, Education.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardback book in fair condition with many illustrations by John Skeaping , the outer cover has faded on the spine but the pages are intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. John Skeaping (illustrator). This is a clean and tight copy with some light feint foxing to the page edges. Presented in an unclipped wrapper with worn corners and edge. Illustrated with drawings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1951 first edition hardback in very good condition. A little foxing to end papers. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding. The green cloth boards have wear to the bottom of the spine, otherwise fine. In its original, unclipped dust jacket with a little wear to the top edge, otherwise just light shelf wear. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Hardback. 1 St UK. colour and bw illustrations a very detailed book on steeplechasing. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. John Skeaping (illustrator). [1951] 256 pp. Original dark green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and several short tears to edges. Approx. 1" closed tear at bottom edge of rear panel near spine. Tiny chip to top edge of front panel; small chip near bottom corner of rear panel. Illust. w/ color plates and b/w drawings. Contents nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New Edition. Type: Book Signed and inscribed by the Author to title page. DJ shows light use. Spine sun faded.

Hutchinson, London, 1954, second printing. Illustrated with color plates and drawings. 6" x 9.5". 256 pp. Green paper covered boards, decorated endpapers, endpapers darkened, small paper owner name label on the endpaper. ".a comprehensive book on steeplechasing.From its history.to the finer points of riding, training and racing tactics.full of hints and reminiscences, based on personal experience". Very good in very good wrapper.