Isbn: 9780241107607 - Bad Bet (5 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. jacket is shelf rubbed. tanning. light marks. well bound. good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bad Bet by Roger Longrigg. 1982. Hardback. UK first edition. Book in good condition, pages sunned. Jacket in very good condition, jacket has not been price clipped. Address label to facing front end-paper. Clean throughout. Bookseller Inventory #HFB002052. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 374 pages. Mathew Carver is a successful Kentucky bloodstock breeder and racehorse owner wi th a considerable reputation. He is also a member of a syndicate consisting of m en significantly richer than himself. Through him the reader is immersed in the world of racing from bloodstock sales at Newmarket, to the classic countryside o f Normandy, the Bluegrass of Kentucky and the mansions of Virginia. Racing?s a ristocracy and its hard men, the touts, the fraudsters, the stable lads, tipster s and jockeys all provide the action and the sometime dubious underlying moralit y associated with the many sub-plots that develop. And Mathew himself is pulled in many different directions, not least by the three women in his life, two of w hom love him and his wife who hates him.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This fine unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in mint condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. Mathew Carver is a successful Kentucky bloodstock breeder and racehorse owner with a considerable reputation. He is also a member of a syndicate consisting of men significantly richer than himself. Through him the reader is immersed in the world of racing from bloodstock sales at Newmarket, to the classic countryside of Normandy, the Bluegrass of Kentucky and the mansions of Virginia. Racing s aristocracy and its hard men, the touts, the fraudsters, the stable lads, tipsters and jockeys all provide the action and the sometime dubious underlying morality associated with the many sub-plots that develop. And Mathew himself is pulled in many different directions, not least by the three women in his life, two of whom love him and his wife who hates him. There is an extraordinary array of characters involved, and Longrigg s deep knowledge of racing is apparent as he weaves together the passion, disasters, hopes, triumphs, tragedies and humorous interludes that befall them. Ref YY6.…