A History of Steeple-Chasing

by William C. A. Blew, Henry Alken, text, illustrations

$125 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: John C. Nimmo, 1901. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 27cm ; dark green cloth, with titling and pictorial elements stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover; burgundy endpapers; top edge gilt; iv ,v-xii, 2 ,3-334pp, with tissue-guarded frontispiece and 11 hand-colored plates and 16 head and tail pieces in black & white. Gentle sunning to spine, softening to spine

• Printing: first

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