Search Results: thoroughbred racing stock and its ancestors by lady wentworth

Charles Scribner's Sons. Good+. 1938. Hardcover. 1135767165 . Large oversized red hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. 338 plates in half-tone and 21 plates in color. Because of weight, no international shipping, and priority mail would require additional postage cost. .

UK: George Allen & Unwin. Good. Hardcover. 1960. 2nd Edition. hinges cracked -gilt title on spine -folding map at rear- tape bleed marks on end papers -heavy book check postage with us .

London: Allen & Unwin, 1960. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good copy. No dust jacket. Some soiling, dust and stains to boards; light foxing on fore edge; minor bumps to board corners; light soiling to bottom edge at corners of pages; else very nice copy; pages are bright and free of marks; binding is tight.. Quarto in red cloth boards; illus. and maps; 556 p., [392] pages of plates; 28 cm. With additional chapters from the notes of the late Lady Anne Blunt (16th Baroness Wentworth) and Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, on the arabian breed.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1960. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket in a Good slipcase. DJ spine a little faded and some rubbing t and marking to the solid slipcase. Illustrated with 368 black and white plates, 24 full colour plates and in-text diagrams. Fold-out map to rear. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. xxii, 556 pages. Subtitle - 'Many voices concerning the horses of the world with additional chapters from the notes of the late lady Anne Blunt (16th Baroness Wentworth) and Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, on the Arabian breed, collected, edited, and enlarged with a history of the thoroughbred racehorse and the horses of the East and West. Foreword by Sir Theodore Cook and by HH Aga Khan. . 2nd Edition Revised. Hardback.

London Ruskin House, George Allen & Unwin, 1960 2nd edition. Large hardback, approx 11 x 9 inches. In red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In illustrated dustwrapper. Top page edges red. In hard card slipcase. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (DW rubbed at edges and corners, spine faded, small tears to ends of spine, price clipped, in protective sleeve.)Inside very clean and tight throughout. Slipcase a little rubbed and knocked on corners. 556pp. Large folding map at rear. 368 plates in half-tone and 24 plates in colour. Many b&w illustrations within text.

London : George Allen & Unwin, 1938. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 112 by 8.5". Not Stated. An extensive and richly illustrated history of the horse, in its first edition with colour plates. A first edition copy of this comprehensive volume on horseracing stock. This volume explores the authentic origin of pure blood thoroughbred racing stock. The history of the horse is scattered amongst various documents and records and is a complex ground of geography, history, and science. This volume is a monumental attempt to collect all the true facts of the history of the thoroughbred horse.  Lady Wentworth was a British peer, Arabian horse breeder and real tennis player.Extensively illustrated with twenty one plates in colour and a further 388 plate in half tone and many diagrams in the text and a folding map of Arabia to the rear. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally excellent with some fading to the spine and light bumping to the head and tail… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Near Fine/Good+ in Mylar DJ, Printed in Great Britain by Unwin Bros., unstated 1st American edition 1938, dustjacket missing bottom inch of spine, creases on front, small rub to color glued-on illustration, clean text, fold-out map attached at rear, square corners, attractive red boards with color crest on front, gilt on spine reads perfect, a touch of puffing to front cover, solid binding. Priority & International shipping not available due to size, ships w/ care in a box.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 11.5" by 9.5". Not Stated. The first edition of Lady Wentworth's detailed history of thoroughbred racing blood, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the very scarce publisher's original dust wrapper, price clipped.This volume explores the authentic origin of pure blood thoroughbred racing stock. This volume attempts to collect all the true facts of the history of the thoroughbred horse, gathering information from documents, records, and works of geography, history, and science.Lady Wentworth was a British peer, Arabian horse breeder and tennis player.Extensively illustrated with twenty one plates in colour and a further three-hundred and eighty-eight half tone plates, and many diagrams in the text, and with a large folding map of Arabia to the rear. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to… Read More

London: George Allen, 1938. hardcover. fine. 388 plates in half-tone and 21 paltes in color and many diagrams throughout the text and a large black & white folding map of Iran. Very thick 4to, handsomely rebound in full burgundy morocco, decoratively gilt spine, all edges gilt. Includes errata slips. London: George Allen, (1938). Fine.<br/> <br/>