Gift quality, solid and straight hardcover in green cloth covered boards with black title spine. Color loss and rubbing at spine ends and periphery, tips still sharp. Vividly illustrated three color dust wrapper is a professional reproduction that shows age-toning on white portions, color loss in green & black portions, light soil spots on rear panel, but displays well in new mylar with illustrations present in two spur 'frames' and one horseshoe style surround on a third jockey portrait. 253pp with 16 collotype plates. Foreword by J. Wentworth Day. Author Signed First Edition, Coaching & Carriage Driving, Driving Horses, The Mail Coach, Fred Archer, Horse Racing, Shooting and Coursing, The Sidesaddle and it's story, Cricket: W. G. Grace, British Field Sports, The Glory Days of Hunting in England, Halcyon Fields, Foxhunting, Fox Hunting, Lady Masters and their purpose, Strange Hunting Incidents. Foxhounds, The Chase, Sporting History. Seller Inventory # 47673

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Title: Sporting Spectacle : A Cavalcade of Sport in...

Publisher: Methuen & Co. LTD.

Publication Date: 1939

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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