Description

The Macmillan Company, New York, 1945. Hardcover; 96 pp; 22 x 29 cm. First edition. Illustrated throughout with black and white pen-and-ink drawings by the author, including full-page and double-page illustrations. In acceptable+ condition / NO dust jacket. Original blue cloth boards show moderate edge wear with some nicking to the cloth at the corner tips and top and bottom of spine; moderate overall surface scuffing, soiling and toning. Binding sound. Interior pages lightly age toned with occasional light spotting and soiling; otherwise unmarked. No dust jacket. Illustrated biographical sketches of ten American thoroughbred racehorses. Combining narrative accounts of racing careers with detailed equine portraiture, Anderson documents major stakes victories, temperaments, and breeding histories. A large-format pictorial work reflecting Anderson's established reputation as both turf historian and equestrian illustrator. Contents include: Display - Bad Boy Makes Good; Marriage - Poor Start, Good Finish; Market Wise - A True Fairy Tale; Dark Secret - And the Red Badge of Courage; Dawn Play - The Lightning Strikes Twice; Bee Mac - Her Father's Daughter; Marguerite - And Motherhood; Billy Barton - A Gallant Rogue; Bolingbroke - A Stayer of the Old School; Wise Counsellor - From the Wrong Side of the Tracks.