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HORSE RACING -- Anecdotes on the Origin and Antiquity of Horse-Racing, from the Earliest Times. London: Thomas Gosden, 1825. 12° (172 x 98mm). Fine mezzotint proof frontispiece. Gosden binding of blindstamped and gilt polished calf, gilt spine, gilt jockey stamped at centre of sides, gilt tool of a jockey's cap at corners (rather rubbed). FIRST EDITION of a history of racing from earliest times until Queen Anne.
[POWNALL, Henry]. Some Particulars relating to the History of Epsom ... containing a Succinct and Interesting Description of the Origin of Horse Racing, and of Epsom Races. Epsom: W. Dorling, 1825. 8° (190 x 114mm). Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 5 aquatint plates, list of subscribers. (Occasional very light spotting and offsetting.) Contemporary half calf (very rubbed). Abbey: Scenery, 138; Mellon Podeschi 125.
DIBDIN, Charles. The High-Mettled Racer ... To which are added many Interesting Anecdotes of the Race-Horse. London: William Kidd, 1831. 12° (150 x 88mm). Wood-engraved title-vignette and 9 illustrations in the text, 6 full-page, by Bonner after Robert Cruikshank. Early 20th-century polished half calf gilt, top edges gilt. Podeschi 139; and 5 others similar: The Sportsman, No.I, vol.I, (London, 1823, THE SCHWERDT COPY); Pierce Egan's Key to the Trip to Ascot Races, (London, 1827); Samuel Chifney's The Narrative or Statement, (London, ?1792); Genius Genuine, by Samuel Chifney of Newmarket (London: 1804), 8°, original boards (rebacked preserving original spine label) slipcase, and [Pierce Egan], Sporting Anecdotes, (Albion Press, 1804). 8°, original pink paper-backed boards, wide margins, uncut. (8)
[POWNALL, Henry]. Some Particulars relating to the History of Epsom ... containing a Succinct and Interesting Description of the Origin of Horse Racing, and of Epsom Races. Epsom: W. Dorling, 1825. 8° (190 x 114mm). Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 5 aquatint plates, list of subscribers. (Occasional very light spotting and offsetting.) Contemporary half calf (very rubbed). Abbey: Scenery, 138; Mellon Podeschi 125.
DIBDIN, Charles. The High-Mettled Racer ... To which are added many Interesting Anecdotes of the Race-Horse. London: William Kidd, 1831. 12° (150 x 88mm). Wood-engraved title-vignette and 9 illustrations in the text, 6 full-page, by Bonner after Robert Cruikshank. Early 20th-century polished half calf gilt, top edges gilt. Podeschi 139; and 5 others similar: The Sportsman, No.I, vol.I, (London, 1823, THE SCHWERDT COPY); Pierce Egan's Key to the Trip to Ascot Races, (London, 1827); Samuel Chifney's The Narrative or Statement, (London, ?1792); Genius Genuine, by Samuel Chifney of Newmarket (London: 1804), 8°, original boards (rebacked preserving original spine label) slipcase, and [Pierce Egan], Sporting Anecdotes, (Albion Press, 1804). 8°, original pink paper-backed boards, wide margins, uncut. (8)
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