The Master by Les Carlyon - 2011

Macmillan, Sydney, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photography. Includes a select bibliography, index, and profusely illustrated with both black-and-white and colour plates celebrating the life of this amazing man. Gilt coloured end pages. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Green coloured place marker shows no damage. Photographic dustwrapper with gilt grey and white coloured titles to the front panel and gilt white coloured titles to the back strip. Bart Cummings, who won 12 Melbourne cups, and yet, had a laconic wit and indifference to the trappings of wealth and fame. A gentleman – The Master. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip corners. Some ruffling of the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of the panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIII, 344 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photography. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped… Read More

Sydney, NSW, Australia: Pan Macmillan Australia, 2011. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 1415gms, 343 pages, gold endpapers. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards and dust jacket are also in good condition with only very light shelf wear and scuffing, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Book weighs over 1kg and may incur additional postage..

Sydney: Pan Macmillan. 2011. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 343 pages. The Story of Bart Cummings, The Master. It tells the story of his horse racing history and also his life away from the sport. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: Pan Macmillan. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 174261051X . Index, bibliography. 1.5kg weight; Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 346 pages .

Sydney, NSW : Macmillan, 2011. First Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Quarto. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges all neat and clean Boards have some wear on bottom edge and some soft smudged marks on the endpapers In the world of horse racing, Bart Cummings is the master. His astonishing tally of twelve Melbourne Cup wins arguably makes him the greatest trainer in Australia's history and, by statistical measures, as freakish as Bradman. His laconic wit and indifference to the trappings of wealth and fame have seen him recognised as a national treasure in his own lifetime. He is one of Australia's great characters. As Les Carlyon writes, he simply isn't like anyone else. Cummings doesn't come into it: to everyone he's just Bart.Carlyon is Australia's most revered observer of racing. For close to forty years he has known Bart and chronicled… Read More

Sydney: Macmillan, 2011. HEAVY. vii, 343pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw & col photographs. Or black boards in jacket, with placemarker ribbon. Light edge wear to jacket, slight lean to spine. Biography of arguably Australia's greatest horse race trainer, Bart Cummings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large 8vo.

MacMillan, Sydney, 2011. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. In the world of horse racing, Bart Cummings is the master. His astonishing tally of twelve Melbourne Cup wins arguably makes him the greatest trainer in Australia's history &, by statistical measures, as freakish as Bradman." Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 240mm. 335 pages. Old book shop stamp on the inside of front cover. Previous owner's signature in ink. Covers have some shelf-wear, a few creases, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Sports & Pastimes. ISBN: 174261051X. ISBN/EAN: 9781742610511. Inventory No: 50592. . 9781742610511

Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 343 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 2011. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Remainder mark on page edges. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In the world of horse racing, Bart Cummings is the master. His astonishing tally of twelve Melbourne Cup wins arguably makes him the greatest trainer in Australia's history and, by statistical measures, as freakish as Bradman. His laconic wit and indifference to the trappings of wealth and fame have seen him recognised as a national treasure in his own lifetime. He is one of Australia's great character. As Les Carylon writes, he simply isn't like anyone else. Cummings doesn't come into it: to everyone he's just Bart. *** Quantity Available: 3. Category: Biography &… Read More

Sydney: Pan MacMillan Australia. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 174261051X . With more than 100 illustrations and paintings, A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; 255 x 190mm; viii, 343 pages .

Sydney: Pan MacMillan Australia. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 174261051X . With more than 100 illustrations and paintings, A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; 255 x 190mm; viii, 343 pages .