The spell of the turf : the story of American racing / by Samuel C. Hildreth and James R. Crowell ; with 32 illustrations.
Hildreth, Samuel C.
Category
Books
Date
1926
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3260177
Summary
Bibliographic description
First edition. viii, 9-286, [2] p., [32] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Pencil price on front free endpaper verso: "18/-". Pencil date on rear pastedown: "7/26". Provenance: Pencil inscription on front pastedown: "Huttleston Broughton / Anglesey Abbey. / 1926." [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (shield on a beaded oval): 'Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's red cloth; gilt stamped horse and jockey on upper board; gilt lettering on upper board and spine; red top edge.
Makers and roles
Hildreth, Samuel C., author Crowell, James R, author