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Longmans, Green & Co., 1886. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1886. No Edition Remarks. 419 pages. Quarter bound leather with cloth covered boards. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate marking and tanning to pages and rough-cut text block edges. Cracking to front hinge, with heavy foxing and pencil inscription to title page. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Moderate tanning overall.

Kessinger Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. 1436663512 . Facsimile reprint of the 1886 edition. .

London: Longmans, Green, 1893. Fourth edition thoroughly revised. Hard Cover. VERY GOOD+. CLEAN BROWN CLOTH PICTORIAL BOARDS AND SPINE WITH LIGHT WEAR AT SPINE ENDS. BINDING TIGHT. HINGES STRONG. TEXT FINE. VERY LIGHT OWNER NAME.

Longmans, Green and Co., 1893-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Cloth cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned with minor scattered foxing.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1886. Book. Good. Half-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue 1/2 leather, light brown cloth, bordered and lettered in gilt, with front cover emblem and top text block edge in gilt. xii,419 pp., color frontis., many illus. in text. Leather shows several closed tears with minor loss along spine panel, which is somewhat discolored by age, with mild rubbing to front joint and corners. Firm binding, clean interior beyond light foxing to frontis. tissue guard and a few spots on the frontis. itself. Former owner's book plate mounted on front pastedown. Spine panel wear suggests Good only, otherwise solid VG or better..

London, Longmans, Green, , 1900.. FIFTH EDITION. 8vo. viii+440pp. Colour frontispiece and other Illustrations. A history of horse racing. A volume in the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1901. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. A touch faded at the spine. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Pages a touch age-toned with scattered spotting, more so to the start and end.. J. Sturgess. Hardback. Physically 7½” x 5½” (1.3 kg); (xii) 440pp; Index; In the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes series; Illustrated by J. Sturgess; Includes: 4pp. publisher's list; Black & white plates; Black & white drawings; Colour frontispiece (tissue-guarded); || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #197708|| Condition:

London and Bombay: Longmans, Green and Company, 1900. Covers with gilt floral bordersPanelled spine with red spine leather label, gilt designs. Marbled endpapers and free edges. Front hing weakened but intact. Spine extremities worn. Color frontispiece and many text drawings in black and white. From the "Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes". A comprehensive look at both horse sports. 440pp.. Fifth Edition. Full Emerald Green Morocco. Moderate Corner and Edge Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.

London: Longmans Green and Co., 1886. Book. Illus. by John Sturgess;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. (xii) 419 pp. Burgundy leather decorated in gilt on the panels and spine; marbled endpapers; headband. Edge and corner wear with a previous owner's name in pencil inside; hinges tight, gutters intact. Both titles in a single volume: RACING by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, and Mr W. G. Craven: the Chapters are: History of Horse Racing; Horses of Ancient Britain; The Progress of the Sport; History of the Jockey Club; Racing Officials: Clerk of the Course; The Starter; The Judge; The Clerk of the Scales; The Handicapper; The Stakeholder; The Stewards; Newmarket; Racing in the Provinces; Racing Servants: Old Style and New; Breeding; Treatment of Yearlings; Early Trials; Three Year Olds; Over a Distance of Ground; Upon Trainers; Upon Jockeys; and Betting. STEEPLE-CHASING by Arthur Coventry and Alfred E. T. Watson: the Chapters are: The Origin and Development of Steeple Chasing;… Read More

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. Fourth edition. Contemporarily rebound in green morocco and marbled papercovered boards. Some modest and rubbing and wear at the extremities, a nice very good copy.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , 1889. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". J Sturgess . The third edition of this work concerning racing and steeple-chasing from the Badminton Library series, with illustrations by John Sturgess. The third edition of this work, a comprehensive guide to racing and steeplechasing. In the Badminton Library series, a sporting project aiming to cover all major sports and pastimes, edited by Henry Somerset. The racing part was written by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire and W G Craven, while the steeple-chasing part was written by Arthur Coventry and Alfred E T Watson. With a general history and the development of the two sports, and chapters focused on rules, races, betting, and more. Illustrated in text throughout by John Sturgess. A special copy signed Charles Kemeys-Tynte April 1892, Eton College, and A C James. Tynte was a British aristocrat and Justice of the Peace, son of Halswell Milborne Kemeys-Tynte and 8th Baron Wharton JP. This volume is heavily inscribed to the… Read More

1901. London & Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. Orig. pictorial full cloth. Small stamp on tissue guard and first leaf. XII,440 pp., coloured frontispiece. Textillustrations. Clean and fine.

London, Longmans, Green, , 1886.. 4to. xiv+454pp. Illustrated. LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION of 250 numbered copies. A volume in the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes.

London: Longmans Green & Co, 1886. Hardcover. F- Cover has general wear, discoloration,significant corner/edge damage. Spine has top/bottom damage. Leather peeling. Bookblock has age toning and page edge damage, Interior pages have minor age toning,staining, foxing, some edge damage, minor tearing.. Brown boards with black leather corners and spine. Gilt decorative elements on cover. Spine has gilt lettering and gilt highlights. Top edge gilt. Rough cut bookblocks. xii, 419 pages including plates color frontispiece, illustrations. Volume is from the large paper edition limited to 250 copies. Number 224 of 250 copies.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1887. Second Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Large. Sturgess, F. viiipp; 419pp. A charming copy of this second edition from The Badminton Library. Decoraative cloth boards with gitl embossed authors names and vignette of a horses head to the spine. There is a prize presentation bookplate to the front paste down from Wellingboro' Lawn Tennis Tournament, August 5th, 1889 - Gentlemen's Singles Handicap First Prize, Basil L. Thompson. Numerous sketches throughout illustrate the text and a colour frontispiece plate as called for. There are bumps to the head and tail of the spine and three board corners are a little turned in. Slight splitting to the front and rear inner hinges - the boards are firm and tight. Some foxing to the upper fore edges and the rear blank page. There is a short tear of 1 cm to the head of the title page, now expertly repaired and a slight chip adjacent to the… Read More