Vincent Orchard (71 results)

Hardcover. Condition: GOOD. First edition. Spine is cracked between signatures but is still fairly strong. Faint cup ring on front cover. Front panel only of dust jacket pasted inside front cover. Gilt titles and decorations are bright. Black and white photo plates and pedigrees throughout. 22 cm. 325 pages. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hutchinson, London, 1953. Hard cover. Condition : Very good. Clean unmarked text. Appears little read. Previous owners paste down inside cover.Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #JT023808.

Condition: Good. 1954. Reprinted. 312 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips and some small areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. Spine sunned.…

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Book Club Edition. Maroon cloth boards without a jacket, back free end paper torn out exposing the webbing, browning on the last page with small paper loss in the margin.

Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 320 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over pink cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Condition: Good. 1955. No Edition Remarks. 304 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Price sticker to front panel.…

Condition: Fair. 1954. First Edition. 325 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Sticker to rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. No Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gift quality, undated, circa 1950s hardcover in pink cloth covered boards with sharp tips and bumped spine ends. No names, tears or soil in the 304pp text. Hinges fine, very light soil on edge of page block. Unclipped facsimile dj shows action racing art by Ley Kenyon that wraps around to the rear gutter, shows tiny rubs at tips and spine ends, displays beautifully in new mylar. A belting selection of stories chosen by Vincent Orchard, a leading authority on racing, racing history and Thoroughbred breeding. His choices range from the improbable to the dramatic to the humorous. Some stories told in 'first-horse-person'.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. Firmly bound, red cloth boards. Faded spine. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1953 first edition hardback in good condition. Previous owner's inscription on inside cover. Slight foxing to page edges and some tanning to inside covers. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding. The grey cloth boards have just light shelf wear. In its original, unclipped dust jacket with a sticker to front face and a small marks and chipping to all faces, but no major flaw. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day.…

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with heavier fading to the spine. Boards sunned at the edges. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. Prize plate to the first blank, causing a slight ripple to the leaf. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Pages lightly age-tanned; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8¼" x 5¼" (0.7 kg); pp 320; Cover art by Charles Mozley; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #185141 ||. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Copy in pink cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Light rubbing to head/foot of spine. Jacket chipped and creased around edges with a few small pieces missing and upper section of spine cover missing. Clean text.

Hard with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very good+ in very good dust j. First impression. Very good+ in very good dust jacket. DJ a little corner-worn with chip from spine tail. Neatly penned ownership inscription to free front endpaper. All else fine. 304pp. Dust jacket by Lee Kenyon. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The jacket is torn and a bit marked but has suffered little paper loss. Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), 312pp. Colour frontispece, b&w plates. Original grey cloth, dustwrapper. Light foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good condition (edges chipped). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Hardback. No dust jacket.

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered pink cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 320 (no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book is in very good condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is intact, with wear at edges and some soiling. 8vo. 320 pp. In protective Mylar.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback, grey cloth binding. 23.5cm x 16cm. 312pp. Colour frontis. Illus. 1st edition 1953. Spine slightly discoloured and marked. Previous owner's details to front pastedown. Private ownership. (bs58).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. "every kind of racing has its place in this collection of 20 Short Stories chosen by Vincent Orchard. Authors include Ernest Hemingway, D H Lawrence, Enid Bagnold, Liam O'Flaherty, a brilliant account of e regimental point to point by Robert Henriques and much more. 304 Pages. Red Cloth Cover with gilt lettering to spine. 2 closed tears to dustjacket about 1" long and a few tiny tears and a little wear to top and bottom of jacket which is not price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition,Pages generally clean and bright,Binding firm,Light wear to edges,Dust jacket unclipped. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pink cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 304 printed pages of text. Spine ends creased, ghosting to the free end papers, tan age spots to the closed fore edges. Very Good condition book in Good condition period art work dust wrapper with 30 mm v-shaped piece of paper missing to the top of the front panel, nicks and chips to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped 12s 6d. 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].…

Hardback. Condition: VG. No DW. 1st Edition. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. With colour frontis., plus plain illustrations, octavo, pp. 312.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardback.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardback 0.

1st ed. Spine darkened, with wear at head & foot & badly worn & dulled gilt lettering Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).