Ana the runner. A treatise for Princes & Generals attributed to Prince Mahmoud Abdul (deluxe edition)

A$440 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

London : Golden Cockerell Press, 1937. Octavo, finely bound by Sangorski Sutcliffe in quarter crushed Niger morocco over canvas bound boards, spine lettered in gilt, the cloth slightly foxed, pp. 108; (2), illustrated, a couple of spots of foxing, a very good copy. No. 51 of 150 copies of the deluxe edition, signed by the author, with 6 wood engravings by Clifford Webb a trade edition was also issued). Printed in Caslon Old Face type on Arnold s hand-made paper. A work of fiction about the allure and majesty of racing horses set in an unspecified location in the Islamic world.

• Binding: Hardcover

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