British Sports and Sportsmen: Racing, Coursing and Steeplechasing [2 Volumes: Part I and Part II]

edited and Complled by "the Sportsman"

Published by London: British Sports And Sportsmen, 1911

About this Item

First Edition and Limited Edition of 740 of 1000 copies comprising of two volumes - Part I and Part II. Very good maroon deluxe folio size bindings in tooled morocco leather. Marbled endpapers. Some shelf wear and damage to edges of the bindings in places and to part of corner of first volume. All pages are complete and very good indeed, some light water staining to edge of last few pages of second volume, but does not affect the content. PART I: i-xv, a, 3-272. Numerous photogravures and illustrations. Contents include Early Days; In Feudal Times and Seventeenth Century Progress; Early Official Records; The Classic Races the St Leger and the Oakes; The Derby, the Guineas, the Ascot Cup; Two-Year-Old Racing; About Some Matches; The Handicaps, Royalty and Racing. PART II: i-ix, 2m, 257-619, index. Numerous photogravures and illustrations. Contents include Steeplechasing; The Nationals; The Jockey Club; Old Time Trainers and Jockeys; On Breeding and Breeders; Notabilities On The Turf; The Ontario Jockey Club; Coursing; General Index; Index to Horses; Index to Notabilities on The Turf; Index to Coursing. Leather bound hardback, Fine binding.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: British Sports and Sportsmen: Racing, Coursing and Steeplechasing [2 Volumes: Part I and Part II]
• Publisher: London: British Sports And Sportsmen, 1911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good