The analysis of the turf : or, the duties and difficulties of racing officials, owners, trainers, jockeys, bookmakers and bettors, with stories of horses and courses / by J. Fairfax-Blakeborough, M.C. ...
Major John Fairfax-Blakeborough O.B.E, M.C.(1883-1976)
Category
Books
Date
1927
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3256822
Summary
Bibliographic description
vii, [5], 321, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Pencil date on rear pastedown: "12/27". Provenance: Pencil inscription on front pastedown: "Fairhaven / Anglesey Abbey / 1929" [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's green cloth; single blind fillet to form an outer border on upper board; gilt lettered spine. Uncut leaves.
Makers and roles
Major John Fairfax-Blakeborough O.B.E, M.C.(1883-1976), author