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