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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. 1831130
Published by The Lambourn Press. 1st 1988. 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.

SNAFFLES: THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHARLIE JOHNSON PAYNE (SNAFFLES) 1884-1967
Written by John Welcome; Rupert Collens. Illustrated by Snaffles; Charlie Johnson Payne.
Stock no. 1831129
Published by Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd.. 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A full range of Snaffles's work from the war at sea and on land, hunting, shooting, fishing, polo, show-jumping. big game. pigsticking, point-to-point, horse dealing and otter hunting. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0091726670. A very nice copy, no visible marks. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded and lightly scuffed.

SNAFFLES ON RACING AND POINT TO POINTING
Written by John Welcome; Rupert Collens. Illustrated by Snaffles; Charlie Johnson Payne.
Stock no. 1829241
Published by The Lambourn Press. 1st 1988. 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.

HORSE TALES
Written by Mary Boyle. Illustrated by Isabel Watkin; et al..
Stock no. 1321520
Published by Ernest Nister. Good condition.

Grey pictorial boards with black titles to spine. Pen and ink drawings by Watkin. Some full-page colour illustrations. 64 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby and unevenly faded. Front joint cracked. Light browning and foxing to contents.

RIGHT ROYAL
Written by John Masefield. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1318013
Published by William Heinemann. 1st thus 1922. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles and horsehead vignette to front. 4 tipped-in colour plates. A horse-racing poem. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Browning to endpapers, light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some slight chipping with loss and a grubby mark with some slight surface paper damage to author's name on front panel.

FIFTY YEARS OF RACING AT CHEPSTOW
Written by Pat Lucas.
Stock no. 1817956
Published by H.G. Walters. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 090190614X. Top of spine bumped. Heavy browning to contents but clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is heavily scuffed.

RIGHT ROYAL
Written by John Masefield. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2114104
Published by William Heinemann. 1st thus 1922. Very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt titles and horsehead vignette to front. 4 tipped-in colour plates. A horse-racing poem. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine is faded. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present.

RACECOURSES ON THE FLAT
Written by John Tyrrel.
Stock no. 2113084
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A description of every British course and a true sense of character for each, from the stands and straights, the paddocks and prize-monies and the personalities who played a part in the creation of a unique collection of sporting venues. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 251 pages plus index. ISBN: 1852232684. Spine slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut with grubby mark to rear and light creasing at top edge.

ON THE EDGE
Written by Jenny Pitman.
Stock no. 1802250
Published by MacMillan. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A novel set in the world of horse training and racing. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0333908074. SIGNED by the author to title page. Second printing. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper.

RACECOURSES ON THE FLAT
Written by John Tyrrel.
Stock no. 609879
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A description of every British course and a true sense of character for each, from the stands and straights, the paddocks and prize-monies and the personalities who played a part in the creation of a unique collection of sporting venues. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 251 pages plus index. ISBN: 1852232684. Small mark to lower edge of front pastedown. Wrapper sunned to spine and slightly grubby to rear.