Sports - Horse Related from W. Fraser Sandercombe

New York: Pocket Books, 1948. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Pocket Book 458. (xi) 211 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faint crease on an otherwise flat spine; no interior markings. The Contents are: Foreword; Where the Public Gets Its Horses; Common Procedures of Novices; Progressive Betting; Mutuels and Real TAke; Extra-Hazardous… Read more about this item

Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing, 2005. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo. Signed by Sandy Hawley on the title page. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings..

Omaha, Nebraska: The Farnam Horse Library, 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. 64 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with colour photographs. The Contents are: Introduction; But First, a Few Words About the Mare; The Newborn; Training Begins Immediately; Turning Out; Feeding; Preventive Shots;… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 351 pp. Patterned cloth with a green, black and white pictorial paste-on on the front panel; black and green paste-on on the spine; pale green upper edge; headband; colour frontis; illustrated wtih black and white plates. Light wear on the corners with some darkening on… Read more about this item

London: Pan Books, 1976. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 190 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; initialled inside by a previous owner. Steven Scott owns horses but does not know much about them. He sacks his trainer because he suspects underhand dealings going on. He is soon to find out that… Read more about this item

London: Pan Books, 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 188 pp. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the front hinge and on the spine; no interior markings. Set in Newmarket, this centres around Neil Griffon who is abducted by two ruthless men. When he is set free he is the victim of vicious… Read more about this item

London: Pan Books, 1975. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 206 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; faintly store stamped. Kelly Hughes is a jockey, labelled a cheat by a Steward's enquiry. To clear his name he investigates all those who gave evidence, including the Chief Steward who was being blackmailed.… Read more about this item

London: Pan Books, 1970. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 205 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Bert Checkov was a Fleet Street racing correspondent with a talent for tipping non-starters. But the advice he gave to James Tyrone a few minutes before he fell to his death,… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1992. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 277 pp. Trade paperback format. Proof copy. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. At 35, Freddie Craft has retired as a steeplechase jockey and now runs a fleet of motor horseboxes transporting runners from… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1984. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 269 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket: price clipped; no interior markings. Tony Beach, wine merchant, knows his whisky, so to be asked to give his opinion of one particular bottle seems harmless enough - until he… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1981. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 249 pp. Black boards lettered in silver on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket: price intact; no interior markings. A computerized horse-betting system falls into Jonathan Derry's hands - and unless he returns it to the rightful owners, the odds of his survival are… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1985. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 272 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket: price intact; no interior markings. Family ties mean trouble, chains and fatal obligations. And when steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding comes to the aid of his twin sister and her husband,… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 272 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket: price clipped; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Andrew Douglas works for a company specializing in returning kidnap victims to their families. Italy's foremost woman jockey is kidnapped,… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1986. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 240 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket: price intact; book importer's stamp on the front pastedown. Kit Fielding, champion jockey, has problems with racing and his fiancee, as well as the old Fielding-Allerdeck feud....

London: Michael Joseph, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 277 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket: price intact; book plate beneath the front flap of the dustjacket. Tim Ekaterin's merchant bank, like all banks, invests only in sure things. Now he is about to involve it… Read more about this item

New York: Avenel Books, 1984. Book. Illus. by Cliff Spohn;. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. 596 pp. Please note, this is a very heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. All four titles in a single volume: Odds Against; Flying Finish; Blood Sport; and Rat Race. Red… Read more about this item

Okotoks, Alberta: Furlongs, 1989. Book. Illus. by Elaine MacPherson;. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 32 pp. Oblong softcover. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings. Illustrated in colour by Elaine MacPherson. The Contents are: They're Off; Racing's a Popular Sport; The Thoroughbred; Blueprint of a Champion; Owners; Trainers; Grooms; The Jockey; Silks; Tack; The… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 1947. Book. Illus. by Bob Kuhn;. Very Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 150 pp. Bantam Book 551. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Bob Kuhn. The Contents are: Horse Racing in America; Origin of the Thoroughbred; Horse Horoscopes; How to Beat… Read more about this item

Toronto: Longmans Canada, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 152 pp. Turquoise boards lettered in black on the spine. Chipping on the corners of the dustjacket with some wear around the edges and some rubbing on the panels; no interior markings. The Chapters are: The Day the Dancer Did It for Canada; Who'd Want… Read more about this item

New York: Broadway Books, 1989. Book. Illus. by E. F. Prince;. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. (xx) 425 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams; and line drawings by E. F. Prince. The Chapters are: Part… Read more about this item