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The Poetry of Sport -
Hedley Peek (editor)
1896 - Longmans, London and Bombay - First Edition
‘Haste, ranger, to the Athol mountains blue! Unleash the hounds, and let the bugles sing! The thousand traces in the morning dew, the bounding deer,the black-cock on the wing, bespeak the rout of Scotland’s gallant king...from cairn of Bruar to the dark Glen-Morre, the forest’s in a howl, and all is wild uproar!’
A handsomely bound edition, with a distinctly Glaswegian accent, being bound in Glasgow and owned by the renowned medical Professor David Fyfe Anderson.
Containing a chapter on classical allusions to sport by Andrew Lang, and a lively preface to the Badminton Library by A.E.T Watson. Accompanied with illustrations by artists A. Thorburn, Lucien Davis, and C.E Brock, among others, this is a lovely compilation of poetry on the subject of sport for young men in the late eighteen-hundreds, primarily depicting activities such as fishing, hunting, and shooting.
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1896 - Longmans, London and Bombay - First Edition
‘Haste, ranger, to the Athol mountains blue! Unleash the hounds, and let the bugles sing! The thousand traces in the morning dew, the bounding deer,the black-cock on the wing, bespeak the rout of Scotland’s gallant king...from cairn of Bruar to the dark Glen-Morre, the forest’s in a howl, and all is wild uproar!’A handsomely bound edition, with a distinctly Glaswegian accent, being bound in Glasgow and owned by the renowned medical Professor David Fyfe Anderson.
Containing a chapter on classical allusions to sport by Andrew Lang, and a lively preface to the Badminton Library by A.E.T Watson. Accompanied with illustrations by artists A. Thorburn, Lucien Davis, and C.E Brock, among others, this is a lovely compilation of poetry on the subject of sport for young men in the late eighteen-hundreds, primarily depicting activities such as fishing, hunting, and shooting.
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History of the British Turf. From The Earliest Times To The Present Day -
James Rice
1879 - Sampson Low, London - First Edition
An appropriately bound set, of this comprehensive work on the history of British horse racing, retaining the original gilt illustrated covers.
Race tracks, famous horses, famous races, peppered with anecdotes, betting, successful jockeys, owners, pedigrees, race tracks. Entertaining and comprehensive.
Penned by James Rice, a Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn, educated at Queens’ College Cambridge. Illustrated with frontispieces, a plan of Newmarket Heath, enhanced with tables listing winners, and a bibliography.
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1879 - Sampson Low, London - First Edition
An appropriately bound set, of this comprehensive work on the history of British horse racing, retaining the original gilt illustrated covers.Race tracks, famous horses, famous races, peppered with anecdotes, betting, successful jockeys, owners, pedigrees, race tracks. Entertaining and comprehensive.
Penned by James Rice, a Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn, educated at Queens’ College Cambridge. Illustrated with frontispieces, a plan of Newmarket Heath, enhanced with tables listing winners, and a bibliography.
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The Gentleman's Stable Directory or Modern System of Farriery -
William Taplin
1791 - G. G. J. and J. Robinsons, London - The Tenth Edition, Considerably Enlarged and Carefully Corrected.
Two volumes in fine contemporary bindings, volume I with an engraved portrait of Taplin. The second volume contains "Experimental Remarks upon Breeding, Breaking, Shoeing, Stabling, Exercise, and Rowelling. To which are added, particular Instructions for the General Management of Hunters and Road Horses; with Concluding Observations upon the present State of the Turf".
During the latter part of the eighteenth century there appears to have been a considerable demand for veterinary knowledge, and William Taplin (d.1807), part of a group of British surgeons who switched to become veterinarians, sailed on this tide into a fortune by selling medicine for horses by agencies all over the kingdom and advertising them by means of his books.
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1791 - G. G. J. and J. Robinsons, London - The Tenth Edition, Considerably Enlarged and Carefully Corrected.
Two volumes in fine contemporary bindings, volume I with an engraved portrait of Taplin. The second volume contains "Experimental Remarks upon Breeding, Breaking, Shoeing, Stabling, Exercise, and Rowelling. To which are added, particular Instructions for the General Management of Hunters and Road Horses; with Concluding Observations upon the present State of the Turf".During the latter part of the eighteenth century there appears to have been a considerable demand for veterinary knowledge, and William Taplin (d.1807), part of a group of British surgeons who switched to become veterinarians, sailed on this tide into a fortune by selling medicine for horses by agencies all over the kingdom and advertising them by means of his books.
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Newmarket & Arabia. An Examination of the Descent of Racers and Coursers -
Roger D. Upton (Captain Late 9th Royal Lancers)
1873 - Henry S. King & Co., London - First Edition
A fine, thus scarce, first edition of this important work, by former cavalry officer, Roger Upton, a prominent early expert in purebred Arabians and the English thoroughbred horses.
Illustrated with hand-coloured wood engraved front, and to the rear ‘contains a list of Arabians, Barbs, Turks, and foreign horses which were employed, more or less, in the formation of the English stud from the time of King James I, until about the end of the 18th century’ [Loder] including four large folding charts.
Written ‘to encourage. deeper insight into the history of the horse in this country, more especially ‘the thoroughbred’. A great champion of the Arabian horse, he examines its history, defends it from its detractors, and strongly urges that the then degenerate English stock, as he saw it, be re-founded on a pure Arabian bloodline. In his conclusion he outlined radical plans for a national stud to regenerate the English horse, to the advantage of racers, hunters and cavalrymen. [Ithaca Press]
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1873 - Henry S. King & Co., London - First Edition
A fine, thus scarce, first edition of this important work, by former cavalry officer, Roger Upton, a prominent early expert in purebred Arabians and the English thoroughbred horses.Illustrated with hand-coloured wood engraved front, and to the rear ‘contains a list of Arabians, Barbs, Turks, and foreign horses which were employed, more or less, in the formation of the English stud from the time of King James I, until about the end of the 18th century’ [Loder] including four large folding charts.
Written ‘to encourage. deeper insight into the history of the horse in this country, more especially ‘the thoroughbred’. A great champion of the Arabian horse, he examines its history, defends it from its detractors, and strongly urges that the then degenerate English stock, as he saw it, be re-founded on a pure Arabian bloodline. In his conclusion he outlined radical plans for a national stud to regenerate the English horse, to the advantage of racers, hunters and cavalrymen. [Ithaca Press]
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