Observations on Breeding for the Turf, Containing also Remarks on the Comparative Excellence of the English Race Horse on the Present Day and Former Times:; With an Account of the Foreign Stallions and Mares Imported into England ...

  • Very good
  • London: G. Whittakler, 1825
By Smith, Nics. Hanckey (but Hankey)
London: G. Whittakler, 1825. First edition. Very good. Hardcover. 8vo. vii, [1], 303, [1] pp. Recent half green morocco, leather lettering labels, gilt; marbled paper boards and endpapers. A fine copy.


A fairly scarce work on horse breeding and racing. Includes "remarks on the comparative excellence of the English race horse of the present day and former times: with an account of the foreign stallions and mares imported into England, and the performances of their produce on the turf, etc."


With 'Hanckey' instead of 'Hankey' on the title page.

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Title

Observations on Breeding for the Turf, Containing also Remarks on the Comparative Excellence of the English Race Horse on the Present Day and Former Times:; With an Account of the Foreign Stallions and Mares Imported into England ...

Author

Smith, Nics. Hanckey (but Hankey)

Binding

Very good

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

G. Whittakler: London

Date

1825

Edition

First edition


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