{"product_id":"horse-racing-its-history-and-early-records-of-the-principal-and-other-race-meetings-saunders-otley-and-co-1863","title":"Horse-Racing; Its History and Early Records of the Principal and other Race Meetings, Saunders, Otley, and Co., 1863","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1579\" data-end=\"2392\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAn uncommon early history of British horse-racing, tracing the development of the sport and the establishment of its principal race meetings, together with accounts of notable races, horses, owners and sporting personalities. Published anonymously in 1863, the work combines historical records with anecdotes and observations on racing culture, providing an interesting contemporary account of a sport which by the mid-nineteenth century had become firmly established as a major national pastime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHorse-Racing; Its History and Early Records of the Principal and other Race Meetings. With Anecdotes, etc. Anon\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2394\" data-end=\"2745\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003ePublished by Saunders, Otley, and Co., London. 1863 first edition. Uncommon - Worldcat reports only 3 institutional holdings (all in the USA).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2394\" data-end=\"2745\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA very good hardback volume, with red grained leather spine and corners (a little sunned to spine). The boards with marbled papers. Spines with gilt tooled decoration and title. Covers with light wear and boards are rubbed. Soundly bound.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3171\" data-end=\"3500\"\u003eSome offsetting to free endpapers. Text pages are bright and clean with speckled text block edge (as issued). Occasional small corner crease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3623\" data-end=\"3639\"\u003eText in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3623\" data-end=\"3639\"\u003ex + 446pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3716\" data-end=\"3778\"\u003eDimensions: approximately 217mm high x 145mm wide x 35mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3780\" data-end=\"3818\"\u003eWeight: approximately 712g (unpacked).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"7c4puz\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3820\" data-end=\"3829\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56355192766849,"sku":"LAN10434","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/files\/Horse-Racing_ItsHistoryandEarlyRecordsofthePrincipalandotherRaceMeetings_Saunders_Otley_andCo._1863IMG_8021.jpg?v=1791278217","url":"https:\/\/www.lannaantique.com\/products\/horse-racing-its-history-and-early-records-of-the-principal-and-other-race-meetings-saunders-otley-and-co-1863","provider":"Lanna Antique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}