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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
4
Day, William, 1823–1908
3
Hislop, John
3
Nimrod, 1778–1843
3
Bird, Thomas Henry, 1890–
2
Browne, T. H
2
Chifney, Samuel, approximately 1753–1807
2
Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas, 1849–1922
2
Acton, C. R. (Cecil Russell), 1893–
1
Bertram, James Glass, 1824–1892
1
Black, Robert, 1829–1915
1
Blew, William C. A. (William Charles Arlington), 1848–
1
British Racehorse
1
Byrne, Ed
1
Campbell, Barry
1
Cathcart, Helen
1
Chetwynd, Sir George, bart., 1849–1917
1
Cox, Harding, 1854–1944
1
Craig, Dennis R
1
Curling, Bill
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Unknown
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Under Certain Circumstances
89
Free to Use
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85
Periodicals
2
Prints
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Three-Dimensional Artifacts
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unknown
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20th century
52
19th century
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18th century
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photomechanical print
6
aquatint
5
engraving
5
wood engraving
4
armorial bookplates (provenance)
3
ephemera
2
keepsake
2
lithograph
2
photograph
2
publisher's advertisement
2
race card
2
soft-ground etching
2
subscription lists (publishing)
2
albumen print
1
anecdote
1
biography
1
booksellers' labels (provenance)
1
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
1
cloth print
1
dentelle bindings (binding)
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Horse racing -- Great Britain.
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Horse racing.
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Horse sports -- Great Britain.
8
Hunting -- Great Britain.
6
Fox hunting -- Great Britain.
5
Sports -- Great Britain.
5
Horsemen and horsewomen -- Great Britain.
4
Horses -- Training.
4
Clark, Robert Sterling, d. 1956 -- Ownership.
3
Epsom Derby, England (Horse race)
3
Fox hunting.
3
Great Britain.
3
Horse racing -- Ireland.
3
Jockeys -- Great Britain.
3
Race horses -- Great Britain.
3
St. Leger (Horse race : England)
3
Steeplechasing -- Great Britain.
3
Aquatints, Colored -- Specimens -- 1821.
2
Coaching (Transportation) -- Great Britain.
2
Courses (Horse sports) -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain
81
Newmarket (England)
2
Aylesbury (England)
1
Doncaster
1
Edinburgh
1
Guildford
1
Ireland
1
Malton (England)
1
Newmarket (Suffolk, England)
1
Northampton (England)
1
Salisbury
1
Salisbury (England)
1
Scotland
1
Whitehaven
1
Whitehaven (England)
1
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
2
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
2
Balding, Ian, 1938–
1
Bentinck, George, Lord, 1802–1848
1
Boyd-Rochfort, Cecil, Sir
1
Boyd-Rochfort, Cecil, Sir, 1887–1983
1
Dawson, Mathew, 1820–1898
1
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
1
Glanely, Lord, 1868–1942
1
Gully, John, 1783–1863
1
Hislop, John
1
Lewis, Geoff, 1935–
1
Mill Reef (Race horse)
1
Oaksey, John, 1929–
1
Rous, Henry John, 1795–1877
1
Saltãn Muhammad Shãh, Sir, ãgha khãn, 1877–
1
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp
2
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English
91
French
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Whitehaven and West Cumberland steeplechase, hurdle, & hunters' flat race meeting
1890
2
Album of carte de visite photographs of British jockeys
[1865?]
3
Salisbury races, 1804
1804
4
[Portraits of the winning horses of the Great St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster
[1815-1844]
5
Jerdein, Charles
British Blood lines
[1955]
6
Mountier, Mary
Notable English and Irish thoroughbreds
1984, c1983
7
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
The national sports of Great Britain
1821
8
Morland, Thomas Hornby
The genealogy of the English race horse
1810
9
Browne, T. H
History of the English turf, 1904-1930,
1931
10
Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), 1863–1935
The history of the St. Leger stakes, 1776-1901,
[1902?]
11
Rice, James, 1843–1882
History of the British turf, from the earliest times to the present day
1879
12
Curling, Bill
The Captain
1970
13
Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas, 1849–1922
A great year Lord Glanely's horses
1921
14
Pollard, James, 1792–1867
The Aylesbury Steeple Chase, Thursday, February 11, 1836
[1836]
15
Mortimer, Roger, 1909–
The history of the Derby stakes
[c1962]
16
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
Scott and Sebright
1862
17
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
The national sports of Great Britain
1825
18
Chifney, Samuel, approximately 1753–1807
Genius genuine
[1803?]
19
Pond, John
The sporting kalendar.
[1751-1757]
20
Blew, William C. A. (William Charles Arlington), 1848–
Racing
1900
21
Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas, 1849–1922
The racing world and its inhabitants
1904
22
The 192nd Derby Stakes
[1971]
23
Kent, John, horse trainer
Racing life of Lord George Cavendish Bentinck, M.P.
MDCCCXCII [1892]
24
Darvill, Richard
A treatise on the care, treatment, and training of the English race horse
1828-34
25
Tattersall, George, 1817–1849
The pictorial gallery of English race horses ;
1850
26
Craig, Dennis R
Horse-racing
1963
27
The Steeple chase calendar
1845
28
Portraits of the winning horses of the Great St. Leger Stakes, at Doncaster
[1825]
29
Logan, Guy B. H
The classic races of the turf,
[1931]
30
Seth-Smith, Michael, 1928–
Bred for the purple
1969
31
Lowe, C. Bruce
Breeding racehorses by the figure system
1895
32
Nimrod, 1778–1843
The chace, the road, and the turf
1927
33
Racing and steeple-chasing
1889
34
Darwin, Bernard, 1876–1961
John Gully and his times
1935
35
Portland, William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1857–1943
Memories of racing and hunting
1935
36
Hislop, John
Far from a gentleman
[c1960]
37
Bird, Thomas Henry, 1890–
A hundred Grand nationals
1937
38
Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927–
Mill Reef
1971
39
Richardson, Charles, 1852–
The English turf
1901
40
Spencer, Edward, 1844–1910
The king's racehorses;
1902
41
Good, Meyrick
The lure of the turf
[1957]
42
Northampton Grand Steeple Chase
Sept. 2nd, 1833
43
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
A few ideas
1829
44
Taunton, T. H
Racehorses, with their performances,
1872-1876
45
Hislop, John
From start to finish
[c1958]
46
Bird, Thomas Henry, 1890–
Admiral Rous and the English turf, 1795-1877
[1939]
47
Nevill, Ralph, 1865–1930
The sport of kings,
[1926]
48
Lyle, R. C. (Robert Charles), 1887–1943
The Aga Khan's horses,
[1938]
49
Black, Robert, 1829–1915
Horse-racing in England
1893
50
The sporting calendar
1770-
51
Cox, Harding, 1854–1944
Chasing and racing, some sporting reminiscences,
1922
52
Humphris, Edith Mary
The life of Mathew Dawson
1928
53
Cathcart, Helen
The Queen and the turf
[1959]
54
Sarl, Arthur J
Horses, jockeys & crooks
[1936]
55
Chetwynd, Sir George, bart., 1849–1917
Racing reminiscences and experiences of the turf
1891
56
Press Club dinner to celebrate the 200th Derby Stakes
[1979]
57
Day, William, 1823–1908
The racehorse in training, with hints on racing and racing reforms
1889
58
Day, William, 1823–1908
Turf celebrities I have known
1891
59
Thormanby
Kings of the turf
[1899?]
60
Newmarket
Chapters from turf history
1922
61
International sport
[1956]
62
Moorhouse, Edward
The romance of the Derby
1908
63
Fairfax-Blakeborough, J. (John), 1883–
Malton memories and IA̓nson triumphs,
1925
64
Siltzer, Frank
Newmarket
1923
65
Kaye, Richard
The Ladbrokes story
1969
66
Nimrod, 1778–1843
The chace, the turf, and the road
MDCCCXXXVII [1837]
67
Nimrod, 1778–1843
The turf
1851
68
Hislop, John
The turf
1948
69
Roderick, George
Out of the ruck
[1961]
70
Russell, Fox
Sporting society
1897
71
Chifney, Samuel, approximately 1753–1807
Genius genuine
January 9th, 1804
72
Whyte, James Christie
History of the British turf,
1840
73
Lyle, Robert Charles
Royal Newmarket
1945
74
Racing and steeple-chasing
1886
75
Day, William, 1823–1908
William Day's reminiscences of the turf
1886
76
Wentworth, Lady, 1873–
Thoroughbred racing stock and its ancestors
1960
77
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
The national sports of Great Britain
1821
78
Custance, Henry, 1842–1908
Riding recollections and turf stories
1894
79
Munroe, David Hoadley
The Grand national, 1839-1930,
[c1930]
80
Oaksey, John
Oaksey on racing
1991
81
A comparative view of the form and character of the English racer and saddle-horse during the last and present centuries
. Hookham,
82
Acton, C. R. (Cecil Russell), 1893–
Silk and spur
1936
83
Bertram, James Glass, 1824–1892
A mirror of the turf, or, The machinery of horse-racing revealed
1892
84
Scott, Brough
On and off the rails
1984
85
Browne, T. H
History of the English turf, 1904-1930
1931
86
Livingstone-Learmonth, David
Famous winners of the British turf, 1949-1955
1956
87
Hore, John Philip
The history of Newmarket
1886
88
Lambton, George, 1860–1945
Men and horses I have known,
[1924]
89
Byrne, Ed
Ed Byrne's racing year [in photographs]
1982
90
British Racehorse
The British Racehorse
91
Osbaldeston, George, 1786–1866
Squire Osbaldeston
[1926]
92
Campbell, Barry
Horse racing in Britain
1977