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Edité par Edmund Seale, London
Vendeur : Jacques Gander, Fairford, Royaume-Uni
The Horse Breeders' Handbook: Containing a History of the Rise and Progress of The British Stud, Together with the Tabulated Pedigrees, and Full Particulars of Thirty Eight of the Most Famous Blood-Sires From Whom it has had Its Origin. Also introductory comments on the pedigrees and performances of ninety-four of the principal stallions advertised to cover during the seasons 1895-6. Embellished with Portraits of Stockwell, Bendigo, Cabin Boy, Donovan, Kendal, Orme, Ormonde and St. Simon Green cloth with gilt lettering, gilt border and standing horse decoration on the front in gilt. lxxix, 216 pages, illustrated with eight plates, with tissue guards, except the frontispiece which is missing its tissue guard. 6.5 X 10 inches. Corners a bit pushed in covers slightly marked, owners name and date on the half title page in ink. Very good.
Edité par Published by the Author, 1889
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG- ex library. Slight wear to head and foot of spine (small chips, fraying); slight rubbing to extremities (chiefly to lower edges and corners); ex-library markings (chiefly to front attached endpaper); previous bookseller's printed paper labels present; slight starting to few leaves (chiefly to frontispiece, tissue guard and few other preliminaries); slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to edges, endpapers and preliminaries). lxxxix, [1], 253, [1] pages + plates. Includes a few short indexes, plus a general index. BMC, volume 19, page 11, columns 598-99; originally published in Great Britain in 1881. Scarce in any edition and/or condition.2 b/w Photographs / Plates (including frontispiece).
Edité par Edmund Seale
Vendeur : Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Dark green cloth-covered boards with decorative gilt stamping of a horse on front cover, and gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Beveled boards. Fore edge foxed. Front and rear gutters cracked through; but binding is secure and holding steady. Light pencil marks on half-title page and opposite page that read 13 plates . Black-and-white frontispiece with tissue-guard of a figure on horseback, titled Isinglass: By the kind permission of H. McCalmount Esq. M. P. From Mon s Emile Adams Picture in the Gallery at Cheveley Park New Market. . No printed publication date, but stated fourth edition. Divided into individually paginated sections i. e. Horse pedigrees, sires, and very detailed indexes. Interiors are clean and unmarked. Overall, a fair readable copy.
Edité par Epsom: Published by The Author. Price One Guinea. [1889]., 1889
Vendeur : Offa's Dyke Books, LUDLOW, SALOP, Royaume-Uni
Tall 8vo., pp: lxxxix,[1]-253,[1], tissue guarded photo frontispiece of 'Ormonde' plus 1 horse photo. plate, frontispiece & plate loose, incribed in ink to head of half title page 'F. C. Osborne, Esq/Smithstown House/with Old Osborne's compliments', black endpapers, original green cloth with gilt title & large gilt vignette of a horse to front cover, spine gilt lettered, very slight wear to spine, otherwise bright & very good indeed. "Mr. Joseph Osborne, who wrote as "Beacon" in Bell's Life in London won the Grand National with Ab-del-Kader in 1851 and all his life he has taken an absorbing interest in the breeding of the thoroughbred. He writes of horses as far back as Harkaway (his pet horse) from personal knowledge of them. Mr. Osborne is an admitted authority on his subject, and although the figure-system school votes him out of date, all he writes is worth reading. There are some beautiful plates of well-known horses in the book, and extended pedigrees of nearly every prominent horse at the stud in England. The Horse-breeders' Handbook is very cheap at a guinea.".
Edité par London: Edmund Seale. Price One Guinea. [1896]., 1896
Vendeur : Offa's Dyke Books, LUDLOW, SALOP, Royaume-Uni
Together With the Tabulated Pedigrees, and Full Particulars of Thirty-Eight of the Most Famous Blood-Sires From Whom it has had its Origin, Also Introductory Comments on the Pedigrees and Performances of Ninety-Four of the Principal Stallions Advertised to Cover During the Seasons 1895-6 Etc. Embellished with Portraits of Stockwell, Bendigo, Cabin Boy, Donovan, Kendal, Orme, Ormonde, and St. Simon. Tall 8vo., pp: lxxix,216,[1], tissue guarded photo. frontispiece of 'Ormonde' & 7 photo. plates of horses as called for, black endpapers, original green cloth, gilt with gilt title and large gilt vignette of horse & gilt rule to front cover, spine gilt lettered, rubbed to tail of spine, otherwise bright & very good indeed. "Mr. Joseph Osborne, who wrote as "Beacon" in Bell's Life in London won the Grand National with Ab-del-Kader in 1851 and all his life he has taken an absorbing interest in the breeding of the thoroughbred. He writes of horses as far back as Harkaway (his pet horse) from personal knowledge of them. Mr. Osborne is an admitted authority on his subject, and although the figure-system school votes him out of date, all he writes is worth reading. There are some beautiful plates of well-known horses in the book, and extended pedigrees of nearly every prominent horse at the stud in England. The Horse-breeders' Handbook is very cheap at a guinea.".
Edité par London: Edmund Seale [1897] Price One Guinea., 1897
Vendeur : Offa's Dyke Books, LUDLOW, SALOP, Royaume-Uni
Together With The Tabulated Pedigrees, and Full Particulars of Thirty-Eight of the Most Famous Blood-Sires From Whom it has had its Origin. Also Introductory Comments on The Pedigrees and Performances of One Hundred and Ten of the Principal Stallions Advertised to Cover During the Seasons 1895-6-7 Etc. Embellished with Portraits of Carbine, Galopin, Isinglass, Ladas, Stockwell, Bendigo, Cabin Boy, Donovan, Kendal, Orme, Ormonde, and St. Simon. Tall 8vo., pp: lxxix,216,lii,37, frontispiece tissue guarded photo. portrait of 'Isinglass' & 12 photo. portrait plates of horses as called for, including a different photo. portrait of Isinglass & with an extra plate, inscribed to head of title page in ink 'J. C. Osborne with Uncle Joes (sic) love and warmest good wishes. Joseph Osborne.', black endpapers, original green cloth, gilt with gilt title & large gilt vignette of a horse within gilt rule to front cover, spine gilt lettered, a little wear to spine, otherwise bright & very good indeed. "Mr. Joseph Osborne, who wrote as "Beacon" in Bell's Life in London won the Grand National with Ab-del-Kader in 1851 and all his life he has taken an absorbing interest in the breeding of the thoroughbred. He writes of horses as far back as Harkaway (his pet horse) from personal knowledge of them. Mr. Osborne is an admitted authority on his subject, and although the figure-system school votes him out of date, all he writes is worth reading. There are some beautiful plates of well-known horses in the book, and extended pedigrees of nearly every prominent horse at the stud in England. The Horse-breeders' Handbook is very cheap at a guinea.".
Edité par London: Edmund Seale. [1898]. Price One Guinea., 1898
Vendeur : Offa's Dyke Books, LUDLOW, SALOP, Royaume-Uni
Together with A History of the Rise and Progress of The British Stud Including The Tabulated Pedigrees and Full Particulars of Fifty of the Most Famous Blood-Sires From Whom It Has Had Its Origin. Tall 8vo., pp: c,1-161,lxxix,1-89, tissue guarded photo frontispiece of 'Persimmon' & photo portrait of Joseph Osborne plus photo portraits of 19 horses, complete as called for, black chalked endpapers, original green bevelled cloth with gilt title & large gilt vignette of a horse within gilt rule to front cover, spine gilt lettered within gilt rule, slight wear to spine, otherwise bright & very good indeed. Embellished with Portraits of Benvenuto, Cabin Boy, Carbine, Carnage, Donovan, Endurance, Galopin, Greenlawn, Isinglass, Kendal, Kilwarlin, Ladas, Oakwood, Orme, Persimmon, St. Frusquin, St. Simon, Savile, Stockwell, and Worcester.
Edité par Epsom: Joseph Osborne, 1889., 1889
Vendeur : Owl Books, County Leitrim, Irlande
Together With Full Pedigrees and Particulars of Thirty Six of the Most Celebrated Old Sires. lxxxix, 253 pp. Frontispiece portrait of 'Ormonde' and 1 other plate - 'Stockwell'. Occasional neat annotations in margins of text. Notes concerning horses on rear eps in pen and pencil. Newspaper clippings concerning sires pasted onto eps. ffep loose. Hinges cracked internally. A few spots of foxing on prelims and very occasional spot in text. Original dark green bevelled cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Gilt vignette of horse on front board. Edge of spine split for about 2 inches at top of front board and for about 2 inches at bottom of rear board. Corners rubbed. Overall condition VG-.
Edité par London: Edmund Seale, 1890., 1890
Vendeur : Owl Books, County Leitrim, Irlande
Together With Full Pedigrees and Particulars of Thirty Six of the Most Celebrated Old Sires. Embellished with Portraits of Stockwell, Ormonde, St. Simon and Bendigo. Second edition (Enlarged by the Addition of Twenty More Pedigrees and an Obituary of the Celebrated Sires Since 1723). lxxxix, 304 pp. Hinges cracked internally. Browning on half-title only. Frontispiece loose. Text clean. Original dark green bevelled cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Gilt vignette of horse on front board. Top and bottom and edges of spine rubbed. Corners rubbed and bottom edge of boards. Internally binding tight. Overall condition VG.
Edité par London: Edmund Seale, 1896., 1896
Vendeur : Owl Books, County Leitrim, Irlande
Also Introductory Comments on the Pedigrees and Performances of One Hundred and Ten of the Principal Stallions Advertised to Cover During the Seasons 1895-6-7. Fourth edition. Embellished with Portraits of Carbine, Galopin, Isinglass, Ladas, Stockwell, Bendigo, Cabin Boy, Donovan, Kendal, Orme, Ormonde, & St. Simon. lxxix, 216 pp + Supplemental List of Sires for 1896 - lii, 37 pp. Previous owner's inscription on half title and rear of frontispiece. Text clean throughout. Hinges cracked internally. Original dark green bevelled cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Gilt vignette of horse on front board. Split of about 2 inches at top edge of spine at rear and short split at bottom edge of spine on front. Two further small nicks in cloth along front edge of spine. Cloth at top and bottom of spine chipped and frayed. Corners bumped and well rubbed. Boards lightly faded in a few places. Internally binding tight. Overall condition VG.