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The Ladbroke's Story
by Kaye, Richard; Peskett, Roy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0720703107
- ISBN 13
- 9780720703108
- Seller
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About This Item
London, UK: Pelham Books, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 304pp. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine head. Bottom edge sun faded. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear; especially on rear. Chipping to edges, price unclipped. 8vo. Among the most comprehensive racing books ever written as the author traces the story of betting from the days of Tattersall's Newmarket Rooms, through the riotous villainy of the betting booths in Hyde Park, the first ticker-tape racing machine, birth of the Blower, the leisurely Victorian era to the battle for the right to call themselves 'the world's greatest bookmakers'.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007681
- Title
- The Ladbroke's Story
- Author
- Kaye, Richard; Peskett, Roy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0720703107
- ISBN 13
- 9780720703108
- Publisher
- Pelham Books
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Cyril Stein, bookmakers, gambling, betting
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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