Racing and steeple-chasing, 1886
- Title(s):
- Racing and steeple-chasing.
- Published/Created:
- London : Longmans, Green, 1886.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 454 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsSporting 1788Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12277150
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Large paper edition of 250 copies.
Slater, Illustrated sporting books, p. 14-16
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 230
BAC: British Art Center Sporting 1788 copy: The Badminton Library Series. Dark violet-blue half sheepskin, and smooth calico-texture brownish-yellow cloth covers; pictorial stamping of a gold crest on front cover, gold lines on front and back covers, gold lettering on spine, top edge gilt, blue silk place-marking ribbon. Half-title, frontispiece, title-page, 1 plate of color lithograph, 56 wood-engravings in text, 1 wood-engraving on title page. Illustrations by J. Sturgess. All wood-engravings printed on grey backgrounds. Number 20 of 250 copies on "Large Paper." Spine height: 9 7/8 inches.
BAC: British Art Center Sporting 1789 copy: The Badminton Library Series. Large paper copy. Dark violet-blue half sheepskin, and smooth calico-texture brownish-yellow cloth covers; pictorial stamping of a gold crest on front cover, gold lines on front and back covers, gold lettering on spine, top edge gilt, blue silk place-marking ribbon, untrimmed. Color frontispiece, illustrations, plates. Number 214 of 250 copies. Spine height: 9 7/8 inches. Provenance: Ernest Richard Orlando Bridgeman. - Subject Terms:
- Great Britain.Horse racing -- Great Britain.Horse racing.
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- Racing / by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire and Mr. W.G. Craven with a contribution by the Hon. F. Lawley
- Steeple-chasing / by Arthur Coventry and Alfred E.T. Watson.
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