Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Racing and steeple-chasing.
Published / Created:
London : Longmans, Green, 1886.
Physical Description:
xiv, 454 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sporting 1788
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sporting 1789
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Large paper edition of 250 copies.

Slater, Illustrated sporting books, p. 14-16

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 230

BAC: British Art Center Sporting 1788 copy: The Badminton Library Series. Dark violet-blue half sheepskin, and smooth calico-texture brownish-yellow cloth covers; pictorial stamping of a gold crest on front cover, gold lines on front and back covers, gold lettering on spine, top edge gilt, blue silk place-marking ribbon. Half-title, frontispiece, title-page, 1 plate of color lithograph, 56 wood-engravings in text, 1 wood-engraving on title page. Illustrations by J. Sturgess. All wood-engravings printed on grey backgrounds. Number 20 of 250 copies on "Large Paper." Spine height: 9 7/8 inches.

BAC: British Art Center Sporting 1789 copy: The Badminton Library Series. Large paper copy. Dark violet-blue half sheepskin, and smooth calico-texture brownish-yellow cloth covers; pictorial stamping of a gold crest on front cover, gold lines on front and back covers, gold lettering on spine, top edge gilt, blue silk place-marking ribbon, untrimmed. Color frontispiece, illustrations, plates. Number 214 of 250 copies. Spine height: 9 7/8 inches. Provenance: Ernest Richard Orlando Bridgeman.

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 230
Contents:
Racing / by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire and Mr. W.G. Craven with a contribution by the Hon. F. Lawley -- Steeple-chasing / by Arthur Coventry and Alfred E.T. Watson.
Subject Terms:
Horse racing -- Great Britain. | Horse racing. | Great Britain.
Contributors:
Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833–1898. Racing. | Craven, William George, 1839–1906. Racing. | Lawley, Francis Charles. Racing. | Coventry, Arthur. Steeple-chasing. | Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas, 1849–1922. Steeple-chasing.