Ainslie's Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing
New York: Trident Press, 1968. 493 pages. Thick 8vo, 1/2 red cloth, chipped d.w. New York: Trident Press, (1968). First edition. Near fine in very good(-) dust wrapper. More
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The First Steeple-Chase on Record (Set of four)
London: Ben. Brooks, 1839. View (set of four). Aquatint with original hand coloring. Each page measures 14" x 16". Beautiful set of four aquatints depicting the first steeple-chase race on record. Plate I is titled "Ipswich, the Watering-place behind the Barracks", Plate II "The large field near Biles's Corner", Plate III "The last field near Nacton Heath" and Plate IV "Nacton Church and Village". Unusual for depicting night scenes, these four plates were published in "A Monthly Chronicle of The..... More
Every Second Counts
New York: Broadway Books, 2003. 246 pages. 8vo, cloth backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Broadway Books, (2003). First edition. Fine. Signed by Armstrong on flyleaf. More
Very Willing Griffin
New York: Norton, 1974. Lightly illustrated with b/w photos. 237 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Norton, (1974). First American edition. A near fine copy in a very good(-) wrapper, edgeworn with small chip to lower corner. More
To His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, This View of the Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Trains of Running Horses, with the Grooms and Horses in their full Liveries, Taking their Exercise up the Warren Hill, East of the Town of Newmarket,...
London: John Bodger, 1790. Etching with aquatint. 18 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches. Lovely panorama of the Prince of Wales exercising his horses in Newmarket. The town is in the English county of Suffolk, approximately 65 miles north of London. It is considered the birthplace and global center of thoroughbred horse racing. The figures were engraved by Joseph Collyer, after Burney. Proofs & prints in colors of J. Bodger & Mr. Weatherby. Some foxing, toning and chips to right margin..... More
Autogrpahed Letter Signed
Leeds Castle: 1931. 1 page, 7 x 5.5 inches, Leeds Castle, June 14, 1931, in full: "To Billy Nelson From a friend of his uncle's Malcolm Campbell." One natural fold and a faint diagonal crease; very good(+) condition. English racing motorist who once held the world speed record at various times during the 1920s and 1930s. More
Queen's Jockey
London: Stanley Paul, 1966. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. and fore-edge of pages lightly soiled. London: Stanley Paul, (1966). More
Jeux, Sports et Divertissements des Rois de France
Paris: Gallimard, 1937. Illustrated in black and white. 282 pages. Small 4to, blue cloth-backed decorative boards, tattered d.w. Paris: Gallimard, (1937). Binding toned with some wear -- still internally clean and tight. A very good(+) copy in a poor dust wrapper. Forty-eight inserts from the engravings of Cabinet des Estampes de la Bibliotheque Nationale. More
Dick Seaman: Racing Motorist
London: Foulis, 1948. Illustrated. 189 pages, 8vo, black cloth (front panel faded to brown); minor foxing to endpapers, dust wrapper chipped and somewhat sunned. London: G. T. Foulis & Co., 1948. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
A History of the English Turf.
London: Virtue, 1901. Frontispiece, numerous engraved plates protected with tissue, and numerous black & white in-text illustrations. 3 volumes. 741 pages with continuous pagination. Small folio, light green gilt-stramped pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, light rubbing at extremes and some neat repairs at spine ends. London: H. Virtue and Co., 1901. Very good(+). More
Racing Tactics In Questions and Answers
New York: Scribner, 1949. Illustrated profusely in black and white. 253 pages. Tall 8vo, tan cloth with blue lettering. New York: Scribner, 1949. Corners worn, outer edges of text block spotted. Internally clean and tight. Very good. More
Monte Carlo Or Bust!; Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies
London: Dennis Dobson, 1969. Illustrated (color). Thin oblong 4to., brown cloth, lightly edge-worn wrapper. London: Dennis Dobson, (1969). A very good copy. More
Backward Glances: Reminiscences of an Old New-Yorker
New York: Privately Printed, 1914. Frontispiece portrait and many other illustrations, some with lettered tissue guards , facsimile letters and documents. 275 pp., tall 8vo, grey cloth (lightly rubbed). New York: Privately Printed, 1914. First Edition. Scarce. A personal memoir of the horse racing and trotting sport as it evolved in New York through the 19th century. The author's family and he owned and raced thoroughbreds, and trotting horses, and were key members in the Union Course, Long Island. Of..... More
A Gift to the State: The National Stud.
London: Fothergill, 1916. A Memorial of It. Compiled, edited and decorated by Fothergill. Tipped-in color frontis., 17 tipped-in color plates by Lynwood, Palmer and the editor. 235pp., tall 4to, gilt-pictorial blue cloth cover; (stained & corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed). N.p. [London]: George A. Fothergill, 1916. Good (+). Limited Edition, one of 300 copies. More
Framed Signed Photograph
1985. Beautiful color photo of the NASCAR driver posing beside his car on a race track -- 7.5 x 9.5 inches, no place, no date, circa 1985. Signed in ball-point pen near the lower right corner. Quadruple-matted in black, orange, gray, and white with a black frame measuring 16 x 18 inches. Near fine condition. More
The Magic Of Sport; Mainly Autobiographical.
illus. 8vo, cloth; (scattered foxing, cloth soiled, corners bumped). London: John Long, (1909). More
Horses and Courses; A Pictorial History of Racing
New York: Viking, 1972. Many Illus., some in color. 4to, green cloth, d.w. New York: Viking, (1972). Very good. More
Seabiscuit
New York: Random House, 2001. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Random House, (2001). First Edition. The author's first book and basis for a 2003 film. In a first issue dust wrapper, without mention of the audio book. More
Seabiscuit; An American Legend
New York: Random House, 2001. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, (2001). Very good. More
Seabiscuit; An American Legend
New York: Random House, 2003. Nearly 150 photo Illus. 4to, 1/2 black cloth, d.w., front and back boards warped. New York: Random House, (2003). Special Illustrated Collector's Edition. More
In the Winner's Circle; The Jones Boys of Calumet Farm
New York: Mason & Lipscomb, 1974. Illus. xii, 172pp. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, several pages creased in margin of upper right corner, pencil annotations in margins of some pages, a few pages with pencil underlining to text. New York: Mason & Lipscomb, (1974). First Edition. Biography of horse trainers, Ben and Jimmy Jones. More
Far From a Gentleman
London: Michael Joseph, 1960. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. rubbed and lightly soiled, foxing to end-papers. London: Michael Joseph, (1960). Presentation copy. More
Steeplechasing.
London: Hutchinson, 1954. Color and b/w Illus. 8vo, green cloth, corners bumped, cloth lightly soiled. London: Hutchinson, (1954). More
Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914; A Social and Economic History
London: Frank Cass, 2000. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, d.w., corners of cloth bumped, otherwise very good. London: Frank Cass, (2000). More
Das Konigreich des Pferdes
Luzern: C. J. Bucher, 1969. Many Illus., some in color. 4to, brown cloth. Luzern: C. J. Bucher, (1970). Very good. More