Lambourn publications (9 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Used: Acceptable. Hardback with D/J in good condition, cover faded at spine. Signed by the author.ISBN 1-872708-08-0 1872708080. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover in black paper covered boards with sharp tips and lightly bumped spine ends. No names, tears or soil in the tight, crisp 176pp text. 15 glossy color plate reproductions of Vanity Fair portraits of Archer's contemporaries throughout, a forward by Lester Piggott and a 4pp appendix of Archer's racing accomplishments in the rear. Original, un-clipped color illustrated dust wrapper has some repaired scratches but is complete and displays well in new mylar. Fred Archer reigned over the English Turf from 1874, when he was seventeen until his death in 1886. In his day only two others are comparable to him, Sir Gordon Richards and Lester Piggott. However, he also had powerful and deadly enemies - there were accusations of professional misconduct which cost him rides, friends and peace of mind. John Welcome brilliantly vindicates Archer and brings him and the Victorian racing scene triumphantly to life. Many people regard the earlier edition of this book as the greatest biography of a jockey ever written. An enormous amount of work went into the first edition and over the last twenty years John Welcome has continued to update and correct his magnum opus.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. 192 pages, illustrated, index, faded title lettering on dust jacket spine, signed by Jack Berry on a label attached to the front endpaper. Signed by Author(s).

Glazed Red Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 126pp, 25 legal luminaries with a brief two-page biography and full-page colour portrait for each, pages clean and crisp, binding firm, glazed red cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket price clipped but in very good, unfaded condition. This book and its indices are essential reading for all of those interested in the leading personalities of the Victorian and Edwardian Law and a must for all collectore of Vanity Fair caricatures. PLEASE NOTE: THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR OVERSEAS SHIPPING, AS THIS IS A LARGE BOOK. Size: Taller Quarto. Illustrated.…

4to, 126pp, 25 full-page colour plates, appendices at rear, orig. cloth gilt. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper which has one small closed nick.

Hard Boards. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. JACKET HAS WEAR TEAR & STAINING. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 20BK/26.

Condición: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Condición: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 192 pp ISBN 1872708080. Colour and monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper. SIGNED copy by the author to the front end paper 'Best wishes Jack Berry, March 1991.' Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Horse Racing].…

Condición: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 192 pp ISBN 1872708080. Colour and monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to Peter O'Sullevan 'To Peter and the girls, Best wishes Jack Berry, March 1991.' Without inscription. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Horse Racing].…