Lambourn publications ltd (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover in black paper covered boards with sharp tips and lightly bumped spine ends. No names, tears or soil in the tight, crisp 176pp text. 15 glossy color plate reproductions of Vanity Fair portraits of Archer's contemporaries throughout, a forward by Lester Piggott and a 4pp appendix of Archer's racing accomplishments in the rear. Original, un-clipped color illustrated dust wrapper has some repaired scratches but is complete and displays well in new mylar. Fred Archer reigned over the English Turf from 1874, when he was seventeen until his death in 1886. In his day only two others are comparable to him, Sir Gordon Richards and Lester Piggott. However, he also had powerful and deadly enemies - there were accusations of professional misconduct which cost him rides, friends and peace of mind. John Welcome brilliantly vindicates Archer and brings him and the Victorian racing scene triumphantly to life. Many people regard the earlier edition of this book as the greatest biography of a jockey ever written. An enormous amount of work went into the first edition and over the last twenty years John Welcome has continued to update and correct his magnum opus.…

Glazed Red Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 126pp, 25 legal luminaries with a brief two-page biography and full-page colour portrait for each, pages clean and crisp, binding firm, glazed red cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket price clipped but in very good, unfaded condition. This book and its indices are essential reading for all of those interested in the leading personalities of the Victorian and Edwardian Law and a must for all collectore of Vanity Fair caricatures. PLEASE NOTE: THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR OVERSEAS SHIPPING, AS THIS IS A LARGE BOOK. Size: Taller Quarto. Illustrated.…

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 192 pp ISBN 1872708080. Colour and monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to Peter O'Sullevan 'To Peter and the girls, Best wishes Jack Berry, March 1991.' Without inscription. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Horse Racing].…

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 192 pp ISBN 1872708080. Colour and monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper. SIGNED copy by the author to the front end paper 'Best wishes Jack Berry, March 1991.' Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Horse Racing].…