Search Results: Horses from M & A Simper Bookbinders

Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma. 1988. First Paperback printing. Paperback. 0806121440 . With 16 pages of colour illustrations, a very good copy, This book is the first comprehensive history of an admirable American breed of horse that has at last come into its own. It is a ready reference for the breeder and a broadly based account for the historian of the equine species. The authors searches out the past, describing the origin of painted horses in ancient times, their movement across Europe, their arrival in the Americas, and their acceptance in the 1960s as a distinctive breed. ; 230 x 150mm; xvi, 351 pages .

Australia: The Arabian Horse Society of Australia Limited. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0947256032 . With many photographic illustrations in full colour, A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; 290 x 220mm; 307 pages .

Melbourne: Racing Services Bureau. Hardcover. With 24 page supplement to Australian Turf Register 1977 Trophies which is a list of races for which trophies were awarded by club race, with total value of trophies awarded to the owners, trainers, jockeys and strappers of the winning horse, a very good copy, Heavy book may require extra postage cost. ; 250 x 170mm; xxxii, 1408 pages .

NSW: KLK Bloodstock. Very Good with no dust jacket. Soft Cover. 336pp; 285 x 215mm .

Racing Services Bureau/Bloodhorse breeders' Association of Australia. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. Soft Cover. v, 638pp Sires of Winners, Sires of Dams of Winners. !39pp Supplementary Information. ; 270 x 205mm .

Racing Services Bureau/Bloodhorse breeders' Association of Australia. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1979. Soft Cover. vii, 665pp. Sires of Winners, Sires of Dams of Winners,143pp supplementary information. ; 270 x 205mm .

Clare S. A.: Kim Porter. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. With illustrations, dustjacket has very minor damage to spine, tape marks on endpapers, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; 230 x 170mm; [viii], 122 pages .

NSW: KLK Bloodstock. Very Good with no dust jacket. Soft Cover. 480pp;; 285 x 215mm .

Sydney: Racetrack Magazine. 1988. Hardcover. One of the finest Thoroughbred reference manuals available to breeders, fully illustrated in colour, a very good copy, Heavy book may require extra postage cost. ; 290 x 220mm; 656 pages .

Forest Hill: Australian Trotting Council. Near Fine. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. With 168 unpaginated pages of black/whire plates of horses at the rear of book, A fine copy. ; 608 + 168 pages .

London: J. A. Allen. Near Fine. 1992. Reprint. Hardcover. 0851314082 . With illustrations in colour and black & white, a very good copy. ; 235 x 155mm; 144 pages .

Australia: ABC Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. 073333136X . With illustrations in colour and black & white, A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Written by acclaimed journalist and broadcaster Gerard Whateley, with a foreword by trainer Peter Moody, BLACK CAVIAR documents the career of the racehorse who transcended the track to become an Australian icon. ; 240 x 160mm; x, 390 pages .

Adelaide: Tim Gard. Fine. 2007. First Edition. Paperback. 0980309603 . With many illustrations in colour and black & white, a fine copy. The thoroughbred is more than just a racehorse; he is a global phenomenon that has been refined over the ages - a masterpiece of natural engineering in today's world. As explained within, a single member of his breed could today be valued at one billion dollars. This is a story of passion and perseverance, involving man's long and intimate association with the thoroughbred. The breed's history unwinds from the time of the Romans in England two millennia ago - through battles, the crusades, migrations and the development by royal lineages to the 17th century where the direct taproots of today's thoroughbred come into effect. You will learn how the thoroughbred has evolved, through the relationship of time and geography, into the universal commodity he is today. In tracing the foundation sires, the influence of the great classic races,… Read More

Kew: Hudson Publishing. Very Good+. 1999. First Edition. Paperback. 0949873799 . With illustrations, previous owners name on title page, a very good copy. ; 215 x 140mm; [vi], 218 pages .

London: Hurst & Blackett. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 13th Thousand. Hard Cover. New and Revised edition, no date stated, this book production conforms with the authorized economy standards. Translated by M.H. Hayes. xii, 13 - 160 pages, frontispiece and 69 illustrations,; 220 x 140mm .

Hardcover. Compiled by the late C. Bruce Lowe, edited by William Allison, with numerous illustrations of celebrated horses, Facsimile edition, Libra Books Canberra, 1977. Limited edition of 750 copies, this being number 234. First published in 1913 in London Lowe researched this book in Australia in conjunction with Frank Reynolds of Patterson NSW. Very good copy in a good dustjacket with chipping at spine ends. .

Kent Town, South Aust.: Wakefield Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 1862546878 . With many illustrations, Notes, Glossary, Chronology, Bibliography, A very good copy in a very good dustjacket. ; 240 x 170mm; [viii], 359 pages .

Ballarat: Ten Bag Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 0646910981 . A 192-page, full colour, hard cover, photo-documentary book capturing a day at the Camperdown Cup. Featuring photos by three of Australia's best documentary photographers: Andrew Chapman, Noel Butcher and Jaime Murcia. Introduction by Adam McNicol. The book also features photos of Camperdown's notable buildings, including the historic local homesteads that are rich in racing history. Dustjacket has short closed tear on top edge of back panel otherwise a fine copy in near fine dustjacket. ; 210 x 275mm; 192 pages .

Melbourne: Victoria Racing Club. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Many illustrations, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket. ; xiv, 522 pages .

Norman, Oaklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1977. Second Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. 080611049X . With many photographs and drawings, 8 charts, bibliography and glossary, index, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; 195 x 130mm; xviii, 286 pages .