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London: Virtue and Company [no date]. (4to) 582-741pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Green cloth with black and dark blue decorations and gilt lettering to the cover and spine. All edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations, and plates with tissue guards. The spine is lightly worn at the top and bottom, the corners are just lightly beginning to fray where they have been worn, and there is a small abrasion on the front free endpaper where a sticker has been removed. "The date at which men first began to jump fences on horseback cannot even be surmised. I find in no book or record whatever any expression of surprise that any horseman of old time had jumped a hedge, a brook, a stile, or anything else. Jumping, like other things, must have been a matter of gradual advance. The earliest war-horses may have been called upon to 'negotiate' some ditch or gully; they may have cleared the body of some fallen steed or a portrion of a broken chariot; and this may have been the… Read More

London: H. Virtue and Company 1901. (4to) 124pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Green cloth with black and blue decoration and gilt lettering. All edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations, and plates with tissue guards. The bottom of the spine and the bottom corners are lightly frayed where they are worn and the front free endpaper has a small abrasion where a sticker has been removed. "To the memory of His Grace the First Duke of Westminster, owner of the finest stud of thoroughbreds ever seen in England who won the triple crown of guineas, derby and st. Leger twice and has now, to the lasting regret of all who valued honesty, courage, and the truest sportsmanship joined the great company of his predecessors, those noble patrons of the English Turf now settling in the Elysian Fields the problem we must still debate whether Eclipse or Ormonde was the faster horse" - from the Dedication. Book about English Turf. Vol. 1. Locale: England. (Sports, Equestrian Sports,… Read More

H. Virtue & Co., 1905-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Three volume set first editions on green decorative gilded cloth vols 1& 2 generally in good condition some ripplying and staining but very minimal and volume three whilst in tact has large tear to spine cover misisng an inch at top of spine plus inside end paper loose. The price has been reduced by over �100 due to the damage but can be reopstored repaired or rebound

London: Virtue, 1901. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. 6 volumes, complete. Quarto, 12.25 x 10 inches, publisher's decorated green cloth gilt, beveled edges, all edges of text blocks gilded, very good, light wear and soil, occasional signs of dampstaining to top inner corners and some volumes have corner bumping, but a tidy clean set replete with lovely gravure and engraved plates.

London: Virtue, 1901. hardcover. very good(+). Frontispiece, numerous engraved plates protected with tissue, and numerous black & white in-text illustrations. 3 volumes. 741 pages with continuous pagination. Small folio, light green gilt-stramped pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, light rubbing at extremes and some neat repairs at spine ends. London: H. Virtue and Co., 1901. Very good(+).<br/> <br/>

London : H. Virtue and company, limited, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine set in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 6 volumes fronts., illus., plates, ports. ; 32 cm. Notes; Title in red and black. Subjects; Horse racing England History. Horse racing England. Genre; Illustrated.