A Guide to the Classics, or How to Pick the Derby Winner
Guy Griffith and Michael Oakeshott
Published by Faber and Faber ltd, London, 1936
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A Guide to the Classics, or How to Pick the Derby Winner by Guy Griffith and Michael Oakeshott. this copy has been signed by Michael Oakeshott, over 45 years after its original publication. The previous owner has included the explanation for this as a pastedown on the last free endpaper in the book. Michael Oakeshott was a highly respected academic, and the owner met him whilst he was serving as an external examiner at Durham University in 1982. This was his only published non-academic work. Published by Faber and Faber ltd, London, 1936. First edition. Uncommon. A very good brown cloth hardback with gilt title to spine. Bookplate of R J Dickinson to first pastedown and Michael Oakeshot's signature to first free endpaper. Covers a little bumped at extremities, with mild shelfwear. Some spotting to endpapers. text is nice and clean throughout. Soundly bound. 136pp Weight approximately 250g unpacked. Dimensions approximately 194mm high x 130mm wide x 14mm deep. More photos on request. Seller Inventory # LAN6752
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Title: A Guide to the Classics, or How to Pick the ...
Publisher: Faber and Faber ltd, London
Publication Date: 1936
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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A Guide to the Classics: Or How to Pick the Derby Winner (Amphora Press)
Seller: Brit Books, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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A Guide to the Classics, or How to Pick the Derby Winner
Published by
Faber and Faber, 1936
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, very slight stain to top margin, pp132, name on front endpaper, Seller Inventory # 019869
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A Guide To The Classics Or How To Pick The Derby Winner
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Faber abd faber, 1936
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Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Slight toning to pages with some spotting/foxing. DJ has little edge wear, fading to spine and light marks. Corners clipped. Seller Inventory # 9999-9990436654
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A Guide to the Classics or How to Pick the Derby Winner. London: Faber and Faber Ltd. [1936].
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First Edition
Seller: Rachel Lee Rare Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Small 8vo: 136 pp., occasional pencilled notes, some spotting mainly to first and last few leaves. Original brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, a little rubbed. First edition. Rare. 'In this book we propose to review again the problem involved in picking the winner of the Derby and to reconsider the principles upon which this problem may at the present time be solved successfully. . The Derby winner cannot be picked often without the use of intelligence, and we can provide no ready-made substitute for an intelligent consideration of the race and the field. Nevertheless, we do not suggest that our way of dealing with the subject is scientific. Our method is that of commonsense .' - from the introduction. 'Perhaps too it called for some courage to publish in 1936 a book written jointly with a colleague, Guy Griffith, entitled A Guide to the Classics or How to Pick a Derby Winner. Though written with dry urbanity, this was a serious effort to 'offer a brief and businesslike account of the rational principles upon which we believe a winning selection may be based.' Fear of raised eyebrows did not deter Oakeshott from agreeing to a second edition [entitled 'A New Guide to the Derby'] of this light-hearted work in 1947.' From the obituary by Nevil Johnson. Oakeshott (1901-1990), Professor of Political Science, was educated at and was later a fellow at Cambridge, was Professor at the LSE from 1951-68, also a member of the Fabian Society; he published numerous books and articles, and this work is his only non-academic publication. Seller Inventory # 073536
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A Guide to the Classics, or How to Pick the Derby Winner
Published by
Faber and Faber Ltd, 1936
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Respublica Books LLC, Wilmette, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. An uncommon copy of Michael Oakeshott's (1901-1990) only non-academic published work, which offers a studied analysis on-of all things-how to successfully bet on horse racing. Co-authored with Oakeshott's Cambridge colleague, Guy T. Griffith, A Guide to the Classics, or How to Pick the Derby Winner analyzes how to successfully evaluate and reduce the field to a handful of likely contenders. The dust jacket to this interesting work provides that "[t]his is not just a joke but a serious study of an enthralling problem. The authors explain how to draw commonsense conclusions from the facts of Breeding and Form, and so reduce the list of possible winners to three or four." The book's final chapter "brings together all the considerations which must be taken into account in picking the winner, and ends with two fully worked out examples-1933 and 1936." Oakeshott, the influential conservative scholar and author of Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays, here marshals his towering intellect to help horse racing enthusiasts realize their dreams at the track. A quirky and interesting work by one of the twentieth century's greatest political thinkers-and a work that is uncommon in this condition. Octavo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket (not price-clipped). One-inch closed tear to top of front dust jacket, one-inch chip to top of rear dust jacket and head of spine, and chip to bottom spine, else minor edgewear and smudging to dust jacket. Minor spotting to pastedowns and free endpapers. Near-fine in very good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 62
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