Publicado por Gale Ecco, Print Editions, 2010
ISBN 10: 1170885217 ISBN 13: 9781170885215
Librería: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New.
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Publicado por Gale Ecco, Print Editions, 2018
ISBN 10: 1385427450 ISBN 13: 9781385427453
Librería: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New.
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Publicado por Sold for the Author
Librería: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Hardcover. Condición: Fair. A reprint of the edition of 1804, ca 1870, original cloth, covers damp stained, but contents nice and clean, pp127 + adverts,
Publicado por Sold for the Author
Librería: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Hardcover. Condición: Fair. A reprint of the edition of 1804, original cloth, rebacked, covers little worn, pp127 + adverts,
Publicado por Henry Angel, 1871
Librería: Lincolnshire Old Books, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Uncommon title. 8vo. 127pp + many pages of ads. Blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & Royal Arms to front board. Respined professionally using original publishers blue boards and original spine laid on. Internally complete with no inscriptions. Atractive heraldic bookplate of H. R. Maunsell on front blank endpaper.
Publicado por Sold for the Author, 1803
Librería: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. modern quarter calf, marbled boards, without half title, , vii, [2], 12-170pp.
Publicado por Henry Angel, London, 1871
Librería: James Hawkes, London, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. R. Woodman, Benjamin Marshall Ilustrador. Reprint. London: Henry Angel, no date [1871?]. vi,[ii],127,[1]pp.,+[8]pp. of advertisements. Full title reads: 'Genius Genuine by Samuel Chifney, of Newmarket. A Fine Part in riding a Race, known only to the Author. Why there are so few good Runners; Or, Why the Turf Horses degenerate. A Guide to recover them to their Strength & Speed; As well as to train Horses for running, and Hunters and Hacks for Hard Riding. To preserve their Strength and their Sinews from being so often destroyed; With Reasons for Horses changing in their Running; Likewise a Full Account of the Prince's Horse Escape running at Newmarket on the 20th and 21st Days of October, 1791. With Other Interesting Particulars.' §Originally published in 1795, the book reached a second edition in 1804, which was succeeded by this later nineteenth version (tentatively dated 1871 from one of the advertisements). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with a portrait frontispiece of the author (engraved by R. Woodman from a sketch by Benjamin Marshall), and five other black-and-white racing illustrations from late eighteenth and nineteenth century sources. Three of the illustrations - dated 1795, 1796, and 1804 - are published by J[ohn] Wheble and are seemingly culled from early numbers of The Sporting Magazine, which commenced publication under his editorship in 1792. Original diced calf, decorated with a double gilt line around edges, top edge gilt, sympathetically professionally rebacked in similar style. A few slight rubs or marks to covers, preliminaries and last leaves slightly foxed, but a very good copy, handsomely and neatly bound.
Publicado por Sold for the author, 232, Piccadilly, and no where else. 1804, 1804
Librería: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, Reino Unido
Bound without half title in 20th-century quarter tree calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt; head & tail of spine sl. chipped. Samuel Chifney, 1753-1807, was an English horsemen and the retained jockey of the Prince of Wales (later George IV). He had a distinguished career riding for the Duke of Bedford and Lord Egremont winning both the Epsom Derby and The Oaks many times before he was hired by the Prince in 1790. After only a year in the Prince's service, Chifney was involved in a scandal at Newmarket for losing his first and winning his second race on the same horse, Escape. He had placed a wager on his second race and not his first, leading the Jockey Club to conclude that he had thrown the first race deliberately in order to increase the odds and therefore his profit on the second. Chifney denied the charges but his reputation was ruined; despite inventing a bit that is still named after him today, he died in Fleet Prison after going into debt trying to market his invention. This work, which was first published c.1795, outlines not only his distinct riding and training style but also his account of the Escape scandal.
Publicado por Sold Only For The Author. 0, London.
Librería: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, c. 1804. complete with the half title and the price of £5 beneath the half title. Light foxing in places. Endpapers yellowed. Bound in a full pebbled cloth of c. 1850. Gilt lettered title on spine. Generally in very good solid condition. Bookplate of Francis Crawley on front endpaper. Scarce first edition. 170 p. Book.
Publicado por Sold for the Author, 1804
Librería: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. An unusual large paper, With the date Jan 9th 1804, printed at the botton of the title page, without half title, , modern quarter calf , marbled boards, , endpapers foxed, vii, [2], 12-170pp. inscription on front endpaper,
Publicado por Sold for the Author, 1803
Librería: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Original boards, uncut, spine very worn, enclosed in cloth folder and slipcase, vii, [2], 12-170pp.,complete with the half title and the price of £5 beneath the half title.
Publicado por Sold for the Author, 232 Picadilly, and no where else, London, 1804
Librería: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Second Edition, with half-title. Printed by D.N. Shury, Printer, Berwick Street, London. vii, [3], [11]-170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Samuel Chifney (1753?-1807), inventor of the Chifney bit, was a prominent jockey and trainer, and, states the DNB, "He was long considered the best horseman of his time". In 1790 he was engaged as "rider for life" by the Prince of Wales (later George IV), and on October 20, 1791, rode the Prince's horse, Escape, at Newmarket, narrowly losing, although the Prince, not having placed a bet, was not out of pocket. The following day, under Chifney, Escape won: this time, both the Prince and Chifney had placed bets, and the Prince realized a substantial sum. Chifney was called before the Jockey Club, but nothing was proved against him. However, as the result of a resolution by the Club, the Prince sold his stud and left the turf. Chifney continued to race, but in 1806 he left Newmarket for London and never returned, dying in poverty the following year. In 1795 Chifney published this book in an attempt to clear his name and to raise money--the work of 170 pages in wrappers was priced at an extraordinary five pounds. This second edition appeared in 1804 and was still priced £5/ as stated here on the half-title (the price has been struck through ink and re-priced one pound). A VERY RARE WORK, DEALING WITH ONE OF THE CENTURY'S GREATEST RACING SCANDALS. DNB; Podeschi, Horse and Horsemanship, 80; Loder 1038 Contemporary half black calf and marbled boards. Bookplate of Kenneth Baker Schley. Minor rubbing, near fine vii, [3], [11]-170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo Second Edition, with half-title. Printed by D.N. Shury, Printer, Berwick Street, London.