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SNAFFLES ON RACING AND POINT TO POINTING

Written by John Welcome, Rupert Collens
Illustrated by Snaffles, Charlie Johnson Payne
Published by The Lambourn Press in 1988
ISBN: 0951369709

SNAFFLES ON RACING AND POINT TO POINTING
Written by John Welcome, Rupert Collens. Illustrated by Snaffles, Charlie Johnson Payne.
Stock no. 1831130
1st. 1988. Hardback. Large format. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Snaffles (Charlie Johnson Payne) work gives an accurate and interesting development of point-to-poinnting and steeplechasing between 1907 and 1953. Large oblong format. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 159 pages. ISBN: 0951369709. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and lightly creased across top edge.

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SNAFFLES ON RACING AND POINT TO POINTING
Written by John Welcome, Rupert Collens. Illustrated by Snaffles, Charlie Johnson Payne.
Stock no. 1829241
1st. 1988. Hardback. Large format. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Snaffles (Charlie Johnson Payne) work gives an accurate and interesting development of point-to-poinnting and steeplechasing between 1907 and 1953. Large oblong format. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 159 pages. ISBN: 0951369709. Light fading to front board. Heavy foxing to top edge of text block, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to front panel and is scuffed, creasing to top edge of rear panel.

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Front cover

Cover of SNAFFLES ON RACING AND POINT TO POINTING by John Welcome; Rupert Collens

Contents

  • Foreword by Molly Keane
  • 1. The Start
  • 2. The First Obstacle
  • 3. Irish Banks
  • 4. The Yeomanry and World War I
  • 5. Peace
  • 6. India and Ireland Again
  • 7. The Second World War and The Finish
  • Appendix A - Prints 1905-1955
  • Appendix B - Publications
  • Appendix C - Modern Reproductions