Privately Trained by Brock (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. green boards with titles to spine, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, marked, 138pp, page clean, overall good condition.

Green Cloth. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Not Sigend or Inscribed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 140pp, 8 black and white plates, numerous black and white illustrations. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine ends, corners rubbed and rounded; quite cocked. Text block edge moderately foxed. Endpapers foxed and tanned. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring the occasional spotting. Dust jacket has heavy shelf wear with loss to head of spine, small loss to heel, chipping to edges, not price clipped. The authors experiences in making and training a thoroughbred, how to handle and prepare a young horse for hunting and later hurdling and steeplechasing. Biegel, Peter (illustrator). …

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. First Edition. Some loss to the rear of the dust jacket. A slight tan to the page edges. Contents clear, firm and unmarked. A nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition 1945 in dark green cloth covered boards with bright gilt spine title. 138 pp text is tight and bright, hinges fine, light foxing on blank endpapers, beautifully illustrated with line drawings by Peter Biegel. Price-clipped original dust jacket is illustrated in brown and white and shows a 1.5" x 2" sticker pull at frt cover lower tip, small hole in spine title that took the small Libr out of the word Library (The Sports & Pastimes) above the regular title on dj backstrip. Jacket also shows light color loss at other tips and along frt fore-edge, now in new mylar and displays well. The author describes his experiences in making and training a thoroughbred. The author and a friend had bought the horse together and the story of their joint enterprise is full of valuable information on how to handle and prepare a young horse for hunting and later, hurdling and steeplechasing. …

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 138pp. This book descibes the experiences in making and training a thoroughbred. Green cloth cover, name of previous owner on the first page, some faint spotting on the first few pages, otherwise clean inside and out, firm, sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Peter Biegel (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st. Dust Jacket: Yes. Unclipped. External Condition: Closed tear on back cover and slight wear at edges, otherwise a very nice bright dust jacket. Internal Condition: Excellent, clean. Author/Editor: Brock, D.W.E. Publisher: Witherby Ltd. Year: 1946. Edition: 1st. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrated: Yes, B&W. Language: English. Page Count: 138. Keywords: Point to Point, Permit Holder, National Hunt, Steeplechasing, Hunting. The book for sale is the one in the photo. Biegel, Peter (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Missing DJ, slight bowing to boards, corners lightly bumped, small original dealer sticker to inside front cover, some foxing to inside covers and endpapers. ; First edition, first printing with no other printings listed, 1946. Post war economy standard edition with consequent low quality paper due to rationing. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; Sports And Pastimes Library. ; B&W Illustrations; 144 pages; A true account of a horse. It tells of how it was bought and why; how he was broken, ridden, and hunted; and lastly how he was prepared for racing and raced. More importantly it tells of the mistakes that were made along the way so that others may learn from the author's experience and not make the same ones. Illustrated by Biegel, Peter (illustrator). …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. This very good copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper has some edge wear and one or two closed tears so best described as good 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. Ref A6. Peter Biegel (illustrator).…

Condition: very good in torn dust jacket. Peter Biegel (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original aquamarine cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9" x 5½". Contains 138 pages. Monochrome illustrations. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Horse Racing].

Hardback. Condition: VG+. nrVG DW. 1st Edition. Green publisher's cloth, lettered in gold. Slight spotting else Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. DW (10/6) has slight edge loss with minor internal repair. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original aquamarine cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9" x 5½". Contains 138 pages. Monochrome illustrations. Former pencil message and stamp to front end paper. Very Good in near Very Good dust wrapper with closed tear to upper panel, rubs to edges and corners, not price clipped 10/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. EQUINE & EQUESTRIANISM.…