Description
Faber and Faber, Published 1992. Paperback, xi, 362 pp.; 20 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates.
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition. Green pictorial paper covers show light bumping increasing to edges and corners, a small chip to the color at the head of the spine, and a little color loss along the edges. Spine lightly creased but binding still tight. Pages mildly toned. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Anthology of writing on English horse racing, edited by John Hislop, amateur rider and owner-breeder of Brigadier Gerard, and David Swannell, former senior Jockey Club Handicapper. More than a hundred pieces are grouped as Personalities; Training and Breeding; Horses; Eight Outstanding Racehorses (Alycidon, Abernant, Ribot, Petite Etoile, Sea-Bird II, Nijinsky, Mill Reef, Brigadier Gerard); Jockeys; Victory and Defeat; and A Mixed Card. Contributors include Roger Mortimer, the Hon. George Lambton, Sir Gordon Richards, Peter O'Sullevan, Henry Cecil, Sir Alfred Munnings, Lord Oaksey, A. B. Paterson, and Paul Mellon. Illustrated with photographic plates of horses and jockeys from W. W. Rouch, Clarence Hailey, Gerry Cranham, and the National Horseracing Museum. First published in 1990; this is the first paperback edition of 1992.