Royal Newmarket

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Putnam & Co. Ltd.

BINDING
Green cloth boards.

BOOK CONDITION
Some foxing to outer leaves and page edges, but printed pages and illustrations remain largely clear. Scuffing to edges of boards. Small previous owners name label pasted inside front cover.

DUST JACKET
Intact but with tearing and some pieces missing around edges. Staining and some water damage, especially to back cover. The front illustration appears to have been pasted over the original and is quite torn and damaged. Price clipped .Protected with removable book wrap.

EDITION
Believed first edition, 1945.

DESCRIPTION
Illustrated throughout with coloured paintings, line drawings and sketches by Lionel Edwards. Introduction by Adair Dighton. 108 pp. Quarto.

SYNOPSIS
A lively history of Royal Newmarket, by the late racing correspondant of the Times and BBC commentator.