Search Results: Sports - Horse Related from W. Fraser Sandercombe

New York: Bantam Books, 1947. Book. Illus. by Bob Kuhn;. Very Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 150 pp. Bantam Book 551. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Bob Kuhn. The Contents are: Horse Racing in America; Origin of the Thoroughbred; Horse Horoscopes; How to Beat the Races in Three Words; Barnum Was Conservative; How Much Did I Win; Reading the Hieroglyphics; How Is Your System; Mechanical Policeman; What Racing Needs; The Buggy Dashers; Big Red; and Rules of Racing; followed by American Race Tracks; and Racing Glossary..

New York: Bantam Books, 1947. Book. Illus. by Bob Kuhn;. Very Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 150 pp. Bantam Book 551. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Bob Kuhn. The Contents are: Horse Racing in America; Origin of the Thoroughbred; Horse Horoscopes; How to Beat the Races in Three Words; Barnum Was Conservative; How Much Did I Win; Reading the Hieroglyphics; How Is Your System; Mechanical Policeman; What Racing Needs; The Buggy Dashers; Big Red; and Rules of Racing; followed by American Race Tracks; and Racing Glossary..

London: Michael Joseph, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 277 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket: price intact; book plate beneath the front flap of the dustjacket. Tim Ekaterin's merchant bank, like all banks, invests only in sure things. Now he is about to involve it in a £5 million stallion. Top breeders reckon it's the safest bet in racing, but racing is riddled with dubious dealmakers - people to whom no bet is safe until it's paid in blood....

New York: Broadway Books, 1989. Book. Illus. by E. F. Prince;. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. (xx) 425 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams; and line drawings by E. F. Prince. The Chapters are: Part One: The Art of Training: The Psychology of Training Horses; General Conditions of Training. Part Two: Basic Training: Foal Training; Longeing; Suppling Bitting and Driving; Training to Ride; Producing a Pleasurable Mount; Cavalletti and Jumping; Basic Trail Training. Part Three: Basic Advanced Training: Advanced Ground Training; Advanced English Training; Advanced Western Training. Part Four: Competition: Training to Show; Training for Competitive and Endurance Riding. Part Five: Corrective Training and Special Problems: General Considerations Concerning the Problem Horse; and Correcting the Problems; followed by an index..

London: Michael Joseph, 1986. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 240 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket: price intact; book importer's stamp on the front pastedown. Kit Fielding, champion jockey, has problems with racing and his fiancee, as well as the old Fielding-Allerdeck feud....

London: Pan Books, 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 188 pp. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the front hinge and on the spine; no interior markings. Set in Newmarket, this centres around Neil Griffon who is abducted by two ruthless men. When he is set free he is the victim of vicious threats, weird extortion, and a nerve-wracking war of attrition..

London: Michael Joseph, 1985. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 272 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket: price intact; no interior markings. Family ties mean trouble, chains and fatal obligations. And when steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding comes to the aid of his twin sister and her husband, even death threatens....

London: Michael Joseph, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 272 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket: price clipped; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Andrew Douglas works for a company specializing in returning kidnap victims to their families. Italy's foremost woman jockey is kidnapped, then a racehorse owner's son and finally the Senior Steward of the Jockey Club. Douglas is brought in to deal with these cases....

Okotoks, Alberta: Furlongs, 1989. Book. Illus. by Elaine MacPherson;. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 32 pp. Oblong softcover. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings. Illustrated in colour by Elaine MacPherson. The Contents are: They're Off; Racing's a Popular Sport; The Thoroughbred; Blueprint of a Champion; Owners; Trainers; Grooms; The Jockey; Silks; Tack; The Paddock; The Racetrack; It's Time to Bet; Handicapping Horses; and The Race..

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 351 pp. Patterned cloth with a green, black and white pictorial paste-on on the front panel; black and green paste-on on the spine; pale green upper edge; headband; colour frontis; illustrated wtih black and white plates. Light wear on the corners with some darkening on the spine; no dustjacket; no interior markings; hinges tight; gutters intact. The Chapters are: The Derby; Ascot; Off to the Grand National; A Book Collector Goes to the Dogs; Adventures in London: Morning; Adventures in London: Noon and Night; Adventures in Gough Square; Franklin and Johnson Meet at Mr Strahan's; Adventures Westward; The Course of Empire; Adventures at the Hearst Ranch; Adventures in San Francisco; Vienna and I; I and Budapest; The Bronte Country: My First Visit; and The Bronte Country: My Second Visit; followed by an index..

London: Michael Joseph, 1992. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 277 pp. Trade paperback format. Proof copy. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. At 35, Freddie Craft has retired as a steeplechase jockey and now runs a fleet of motor horseboxes transporting runners from their stables to the races, or brood mares to the stud farms. When a hitch hiker is picked up and someone dies, Freddie is drawn into a complicated conspiracy..

London: Pan Books, 1975. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 206 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; faintly store stamped. Kelly Hughes is a jockey, labelled a cheat by a Steward's enquiry. To clear his name he investigates all those who gave evidence, including the Chief Steward who was being blackmailed. Kelly, helped by Roberta, his employer's daughter, finds out who the real villain is and saves the stables..

London: Pan Books, 1970. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 205 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Bert Checkov was a Fleet Street racing correspondent with a talent for tipping non-starters. But the advice he gave to James Tyrone a few minutes before he fell to his death, was of a completely different nature. James investigates, and soon finds his own life, and that of his wife, at risk..

New York: Avenel Books, 1984. Book. Illus. by Cliff Spohn;. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. 596 pp. Please note, this is a very heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. All four titles in a single volume: Odds Against; Flying Finish; Blood Sport; and Rat Race. Red boards lettered in gilt; headband. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a crease at the upper right corner of the front panel; no interior markings. Cover art by Cliff Spohn..

London: Pan Books, 1976. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 190 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; initialled inside by a previous owner. Steven Scott owns horses but does not know much about them. He sacks his trainer because he suspects underhand dealings going on. He is soon to find out that moneymaking drives some people to manoeuvering and they will go a long way to protect themselves..

London: Michael Joseph, 1986. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xi) 338 pp. Black boards lettered in silver on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Light rubbing at the corners; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Author's Note; Introduction; Origins; Childhood; Apprenticeship; Jumping; The Shape of Racing Year; Never Say Die; Suspensions Part 1; Crepello Carrozza and Petite Etoile; Susan Maureen and Tracy; St Paddy; Injuries Part 1; Suspensions Part 2; Sir Ivor; Nijinsky; The Row Over Roberto; The Roberto Rheingold and Hard to Beat Circus; Empery; The Minstrel and Alleged; Injuries Part 2; Trainers; Teenoso; Choosing the Horses Riding the Courses; Travels; Commanche Run and After; and The Man Inside the Myth; followed by appendices and an index..

New York: Random House, 1962. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 339 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Man o' War was the mightiest racer ever seen on the American turf. He had beauty and surging power - courage and blistering speed - and an overwhelming desire to run..

Kitchener, Ontario: Private Printing, 1990. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 12mo. 205 pp. Signed by Filby Holden on the title page. Edge and corner wear with a crease on the front hinge and a flat uncreased spine; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. The Contents are: Prologue; Introduction; Early Days; Family Life; On the Move; The Odd Collection; The Great Escape; The Police Horse; Lady Jane Grey; The Birth of a Foal; Rider in Flight; To Mate a Nanny Goat; Gymkhana Time; Our Farmer Friends; A Horse's Brush with the Law; Sad Tidings; Two to Go a-Hunting; Farewell to a Friend; Welcome Melody; Anniversary Adventures; The Gypsy; Frosty; Accidents Will Happen; Coach and Pair; Horsey Holiday; and The Last Good-byes; followed by an epilogue..

Toronto: Longmans Canada, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 152 pp. Turquoise boards lettered in black on the spine. Chipping on the corners of the dustjacket with some wear around the edges and some rubbing on the panels; no interior markings. The Chapters are: The Day the Dancer Did It for Canada; Who'd Want to Be a Jockey; Frank Merrill's Winning Way with Horses; This Was Longden: World's Youngest Cowboy; The Greatest Horse He Ever Rode; The Injuries Can Kill You; The Lure of Race Riding; It's All in the Way You Feel; The Peaks and Hollows Life of Lou Cavalaris; Everybody's Welcome - Just Bring Money; Horses Run for Turcotte; and The Five Internationalists..

London: Michael Joseph, 1984. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 269 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket: price clipped; no interior markings. Tony Beach, wine merchant, knows his whisky, so to be asked to give his opinion of one particular bottle seems harmless enough - until he realizes that the bottle contains firewater of a highly-explosive nature....