Skeaping John Foreword (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A good+ copy of the apparent first hard cover edition (no explicit edition or printing statement), lacking a dust-jacket. Previous owner's name in ink with address stamp to front endpaper; purchase information in ink to rear endpaper, with short newspaper articles pasted to endpapers (front and rear. Else the text is wholly unmarked, pristine. Moderate wear to the green cloth binding, with the gilt lettering on the spine quite faded. Skeaping, John (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. (1954) 256 pp. Original green paper covered boards, very bright and clean. Spine ends a bit bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Toning from paper that was once laid-in (?) to half-title page. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and few closed tears to edges. Tiny chip to bottom edge of front panel near spine. Price clipped. Illust. w/ color and b/w drawings. John Skeaping (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback copy in green boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in removable protective clear sleeve. 249pp. B/w photographs and diagrams. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (40/5).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. [1951] 256 pp. Original dark green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and several short tears to edges. Approx. 1" closed tear at bottom edge of rear panel near spine. Tiny chip to top edge of front panel; small chip near bottom corner of rear panel. Illust. w/ color plates and b/w drawings. Contents nice. John Skeaping (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine with silver horse and jockey illustration to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 208 printed pages of text with monochrome drawings throughout. Lower spine end scuffed, foxing to the free end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow nicks to the spine ends, shelf rubs to the rear panel, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Horse Racing].…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First English Edition / Second Print. Hardback copy in red cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 228pp. Colour and b/w plates. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (37/1).…