New Sporting Stories

G.G. AKA: Harper, Henry George

Published by Bellairs & Co., 1896

Condition: Good Hardcover

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1st edition hardcover in green cloth with lively color race illustration and red title on cover, color horse head in horseshoe with gilt titles on spine. Spine ends quite rubbed and split but book still displays well on the shelf. 203pp, several pages uncut in rear. Former copy of Fox Hunter, Sportsman, Author J. Stanley Reeve with his attractive armorial bookplate on frt pastedown. Uncommon title that offers many hours of fireside chuckles for the actual or armchair sportsman. Chapters include horse racing, foxhunting and more beginning with: McGinty's Racehorse/ A Mare of Sense/ Poppet's Dream/ A Great Fight/ Mr. Laker's Luck/ Killed in the Open/ An Unlucky Man/ Days with the Drag/ A Fine Finish/ A Little Spill/ Pulling Together/ Mr. Bugster's System/ Playing for Safety/ The Gaffer's Champion/ That Whip!/ "The Bruiser"/ A Bit of Baccarat/ An Epsom Triumph/ Mozart's Little Ways. Seller Inventory # 48312

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Title: New Sporting Stories

Publisher: Bellairs & Co.

Publication Date: 1896

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition.

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