Royal Newmarket
by Lyle, R.C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London, Putnam & Co., 1945). Illustrated by Lionel Edwards, R.I.; introduction by Adair Dighton. Quarto, pictorial dustwrapper, somewhat soiled, frayed with some loss, original green cloth, slightly worn, pp. xvi + 108 + (1), plates, including colour. Inscription on the front free endpaper, small marks on the endpapers, very slight browning, slight foxing on the preliminary pages and edges.'From the day when King James I. "did hunt the hare with his own hounds," in the neighbourhood, Newmarket has ever been the playground of the King and his people. In "Royal newmarket" the racy pen of the late Captain Lyle, famous racing correspondent of the Times and B.B.C. commentator on the Classics, combines with the vivid brush of Lionel Edwards to bring to life as they pass across the heath the famous and notorious of every age.' .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2849
- Title
- Royal Newmarket
- Author
- Lyle, R.C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London, Putnam & Co., 1945)
- Keywords
- Newmarket. Equestrian. Equestrianism. Horses. Equestrian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Equestrian;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
All books offered subject to availability. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods.
About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
Glossary
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...