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RIGHT ROYAL
Written by John Masefield. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1318013
Published by William Heinemann. 1st thus 1922. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles and horsehead vignette to front. 4 tipped-in colour plates. A horse-racing poem. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Browning to endpapers, light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some slight chipping with loss and a grubby mark with some slight surface paper damage to author's name on front panel.

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MR. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by John Leech.
Stock no. 2130945
Published by Bradbury & Evans. 1st 1853. Good condition.

Brown leather spine and corners; black title label with gilt title to spine. Red cloth covers. Hand coloured plates and b/w illustrations. Heavy wear with some chips and a little loss to spine and corners. Scuffing and grubby marks to covers. Front joint is almost entirely broken. Inscription in ink to prelims. Foxing throughout.

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STABLE TALK AND TABLE TALK: OR, SPECTACLES FOR YOUNG SPORTSMEN (VOLS 1 & 2)
Written by Harry Hieover.
Stock no. 1817634
Published by Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. 2nd 1846. Very good condition.

Two volumes bound in one. Brown leather spine & corners, 5 raised bands to spine and gilt title with horse vignettes. Marbled paper sides and endpapers. B/w frontispiece. Red ribbon page marker. Top edge gilt. A nice, tight binding. Board edges lightly rubbed. Red ribbon page marker is detached but present.

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HANDLEY CROSS OR MR. JORROCKS'S HUNT - VOLUME I
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2130785
Published by Edward Arnold. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth covers with gilt vignette to front and title to spine. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations throughout. 363 pages. Spine is grubby and faded. Bumping to corners. Spotting/marks to covers. Foxing.

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JORROCKS ON 'UNTING
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2129968
Published by William Heinemann. 1st thus 1909. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards, with pictorial onlay to front cover. 6.75 x 5.25". B/w text illustrations and 3 tipped-in colour plates. 31 pages. Chipping to paper on spine, with loss. Corners are bumped. Some marks to covers. Small amount of ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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SADDLETRAMP
Written by Jeremy James.
Stock no. 2125821
Published by Merlin Unwin Books. 1st thus 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the Ottoman Hills to Offa's Dyke on horseback. B/w photos. Originally published in 1989. ISBN: 9781910723005. Light bumping along cover edges. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased with couple of nicks to corners.

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THE ROYAL OFFICE OF MASTER OF THE HORSE
Written by M.M. Reese.
Stock no. 1609533
Published by Threshold Books. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0901366900. SIGNED by author and also the Duke of Beaufort on title page. Price-cut wrapper. Tape marks to endpapers and wrapper flaps. Wrapper is a little edge rubbed.

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THE HORSE A BIOGRAPHY OF OUR NOBLE COMPANION
Written by Wendy Williams.
Stock no. 2117046
Published by Oneworld. 2015. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A captivating and compelling account of the early history of the horse and of our great romance with this most majestic of animals. Brown boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 304 pages includes index. ISBN: 9781780747934.

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HORSEMANSHIP THE WAY OF A MAN WITH A HORSE
Written by Geoffrey Brooke.
Stock no. 1606798
Published by Seeley, Service & Co.. 1932. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth. B/w photos. Lonsdale Library Volume I. A Practical Book on Horsemanship Together with Veterinary Notes and a Chapter on Pig-Sticking. Spine bumped. Covers scuffed with patches of surface damage. Some pages corner creased.

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RIGHT ROYAL
Written by John Masefield. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2114104
Published by William Heinemann. 1st thus 1922. Very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt titles and horsehead vignette to front. 4 tipped-in colour plates. A horse-racing poem. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine is faded. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present.

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FEARFUL SYMMETRY GEORGE STUBBS PAINTER OF THE ENGLISH ENLIGHTENMENT
Written by Nicholas H.J. Hall; Malcolm Cormack; Judy Egerton; Richard Godfrey.
Stock no. 2111388
Published by Hall & Knight Ltd. 2000. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Edited by Hall. With essays by Cormack, Egerton and Godfrey. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition from January 21st to February 28, 200 in New York. Creasing and wear to covers.

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THE ART OF GEORGE STUBBS
Written by Venetia Morrison.
Stock no. 1605081
Published by Headline. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, white title to spine. A visual celebration of one of the masters of British art. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0747201617. vertical crease to front endpaper. Corners rubbed.

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