WENTWORTH, Lady

The Swift Runner. Racing Speed through the Ages, including Standard Points of its Foundation Breed, the Marathon Runner

London, George Allen and Unwin, 1957.

Quarto, 146, [2] (colophon and advertisement) pages with 79 pages of plates plus 5 pages of plates (four in colour).

Gilt-decorated red cloth; an excellent copy.

Studies the changes which have turned the Arabian horse, 'the Swift Runner of the Eastern lands into the world famous swifter runner of Epsom Turf', as developed in England.

Item #120934

Price (AUD): $50.00
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