R.C. The Aga Khan's Horses … illustrated by Lionel Edwards.

by LYLE

£750 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

LYLE, R.C. The Aga Khan's Horses … illustrated by Lionel Edwards. London: Putnam. [1938]. 8vo. Original cloth with illustrated dust-wrappers (not price-clipped); p. xii, colour-plates after paintings with tissue guards captioned in red, others after drawings and photographs; minimal spotting to the very rarely seen wrappers, near-fine. First edition. Here, the leading British writer on race courses and horses with his collaborator and illustrator Lionel Edwards takes on documenting the impressive thoroughbreds owned by the Ismaili ruler and Muslim modernizer. Among his horses were five winners of The Derby (Blenheim, Bahram, Mahmoud, My Love, Tulyar) and a total of sixteen winners of British Classic Races. SKU: 2122284

• Binding: Hardcover

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