Foreword William V C Roxton Note (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Limited, Numbered Edition. Gift quality first limited, numbered edition published 1930, hand numbered #249 of 501 copies. Cream cloth covered boards quarter-bound in red cloth with age-toned but complete paper spine label still with straight tips and spine ends. Beautiful, different illustrations on center of both boards, cream cloth moderately hand soiled, spine lightly sunned. Not ex-lib, no tears or writing seen. Color frontispiece and folding racecourse map. 147pp with chronology & index. Does not have the slipcase it was originally published with but does possess all the tissue guards on all plates. The colorful history of the great English Steeplechase, the horses and jockeys, with a chronology including weather, purse, odds, winners and field for each year. B/w plates (photographs). The Blue Riband of Steeplechasing/ The Grand Liverpool and the Stone Wall Years/ 1843 to 1871 and the Grand National Committee/ Captain Machell, and the National from 1873 to 1885/ Developments of the Aintree Course - The Significance of Times/ Breeding and Blood Lines in the National/ Some Great Jockeys Who Won the National/ Some Great Jockeys who did not win/ 1907 to 1928/ The Last Two Years/ The Problem of Interference The Bookmaker and Totalizer/ Table of Statistics 1839 to 1930/ Key to Abbreviations/ Index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Regular Edition. Gift quality first trade edition hardcover published 1931. Olive green cloth covered boards show bumped spine foot, head and four tips still sharp. Clean and complete paper spine label. Not ex-lib, no tears or writing seen. Black/white frontispiece and folding racecourse map. 147pp with chronology & index. Very uncommon, original illustrated dust wrapper is complete, shows light handling soil and displays beautifully in new mylar. The colorful history of the great English Steeplechase, the horses and jockeys, with a chronology including weather, purse, odds, winners and field for each year. B/w plates (photographs). The Blue Riband of Steeplechasing/ The Grand Liverpool and the Stone Wall Years/ 1843 to 1871 and the Grand National Committee/ Captain Machell, and the National from 1873 to 1885/ Developments of the Aintree Course - The Significance of Times/ Breeding and Blood Lines in the National/ Some Great Jockeys Who Won the National/ Some Great Jockeys who did not win/ 1907 to 1928/ The Last Two Years/ The Problem of Interference The Bookmaker and Totalizer/ Table of Statistics 1839 to 1930/ Key to Abbreviations/ Index.