Foreword by john hislop (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 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. Skeaping, John (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 2nd Printing. Second printing hardcover in green paper covered boards showing fairly sharp tips and spine ends. One former owner name on fep, no other writing, no tears or soil in the 192pp text. Photo frontis only, no other illustrations. Original, illustrated, un-clipped dust wrapper shows light, even handling soil on white background, has a few small repairs on inside, now in new mylar and displays well. Author Dick Francis says of this book: "Colonel Fenwick-Palmer's sound, sensible and comprehensive manual for amateur racehorse trainers describes in accurate, step-by-step detail how to breed, buy, break, train and generally manage a small string of horses. A young man with the will and the means to train his own horses could profit at least as much from studying this book as from working as an assistant in a racing stables. I would recommend it to all beginners as a thoroughly reliable short-cut to experience".…

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine with silver horse and jockey illustration to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 208 printed pages of text with monochrome drawings throughout. Lower spine end scuffed, foxing to the free end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow nicks to the spine ends, shelf rubs to the rear panel, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Horse Racing].…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Gift quality first edition hardcover in blue cloth boards quarter-bound in grey cloth w/bright gilt titles. Tips and spine ends sharp, no names, tears or soil in the tight, crisp 463pp text. Illustrated with b/w photos. Original, un-clipped (unpriced) dust wrapper shows color loss at extrems, periphery and back panel, but is complete and displays very well in new mylar. The most comprehensive work ever published describing some 600 different stallions the world over, all important in their own way to producing today's Thoroughbred race horse.…