1970, ISBN: 9780002719506

Macmillan, London, 2002. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 518 pages. Covers have no creasing. Spine has minor lean and moderate reading creases. Pages are lightly tanned. High adventure, … More...

Macmillan, London, 2002. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 518 pages. Covers have no creasing. Spine has minor lean and moderate reading creases. Pages are lightly tanned. High adventure, furious plotting, blackmail and betrayal...'The Colonel' is rumoured to have masterminded several of the most successful robberies in the UK over the last forty years. But who is he? Edward de Jersey, now a wealthy man, owns a very successful racing yard and stud farm and his pride and joy is his horse, Royal Flush, who he has always dreamed will one day win the Derby. But de Jersey's luck runs out when his trusted financial advisor invests his fortune in a fledgling internet company which goes bust, leaving de Jersey with no capital and mounting debts. In danger of losing everything, De Jersey resurrects his criminal past, turning to the internet to find a team of specialists who will help him pull off the most audacious heist in history. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Crime; ISBN: 0333905539. ISBN/EAN: 9780333905531. Inventory No: 13120398.. 9780333905531, Macmillan, 2002, xiv, 536 pp. Contents: Racing Authorities and Officials, Owners, Trainers and permit Holders, Jockeys, Studs (English, Irish, French, German, Italian), Bloodstock Agencies and Sales Companies, Racecourses, The Racing Press, Trade Directory. With many photographic illustrations and ads. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Overall condition VG to VG+. In Good+ dust wrapper., London: Stud & Stable Ltd., 1967., London : Haymarket Publishing Group, 1991. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket (as published). 8.5" x 11.5. The 1992 horse racing stud directory. Plenty of pictures, pedigrees and results for the stallions at stud in Britain and Ireland for 1992. A large book with glossy cover. A clean and sound copy but with some reading wear and some evidence of beverage splashes on the first few pages. Extra shipping may be needed depending on destination, but will try to avoid that if possible, please enquire. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK. Please call or email with any queries you may have., Haymarket Publishing Group, 1991, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.Neat ink,gift presentation inscrptn to top edge/corner of ffe,and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,generally clean, glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Barbosa illustrated upper wrap,b/w publisher's advert to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - a tiny,tiny closed tear to top,rear edge and one to upper bd's right-hand lower corner - else VG+.Top edge slightly dust-soiled and therefore slightly aged/tanned,sporadically spotted/foxed,fore-edges less and lightly spotted/foxed,so cleaner and brighter; contents bright tight and clean except for some near imperceptible,light,sporadic spotting/foxing throughout - nothing oppressive or pervasive though.Bright,clean,publisher's original black+ green speckled cloth bds with crisp,bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and generally clean,plain white eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-192pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and dedication. There had never been such a mare as Zara,thought Richard Proud who coveted her.He could not afford her,but he bought her nevertheless, to breed him winners on the racecourse,foals that would restore the fortune of his Yorkshire stud,where he bred and trained racehorses. Nothing was going to stop him racing her: personal crises,caused by his reckless wife; a snowstorm which isolated the stud only a few days before the race that was to prove her paces; the accident to her jockey only the day before the race was run.The race itself was the crux of his career and its ending changed Zara's future too.The story of the Proud Stud shows the utter dedication of those who rear and tend the aristocratic beauties that strive for victory on racecourses all over the world. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.HARVILL PRESS,1970.<

1970, ISBN: 9780002719506

Paperback. New. When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the oth… More...

Paperback. New. When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking. To, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.Neat ink,gift presentation inscrptn to top edge/ corner of ffe,and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,generally clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Barbosa illustrated upper wrap,b/w publisher's advert to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - a tiny,tiny closed tear to top,rear edge and one to upper bd's right-hand lower corner - else VG+.Top edge slightly dust-soiled and therefore slightly aged/tanned,sporadically spotted/foxed; fore-edges less and lightly spotted/foxed,so cleaner and brighter, contents bright tight and clean except for some near imperceptible,light,sporadic spotting/foxing throughout - nothing oppressive or pervasive though.Bright,clean, publisher's original black+green speckled cloth bds with crisp,bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and generally clean,plain white eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-192pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and dedication.                                                            There had never been such a mare as Zara,thought Richard Proud who coveted her.He could not afford her,but he bought her nevertheless,to breed him winners on the racecourse, foals that would restore the fortune of his Yorkshire stud, where he bred and trained racehorses. Nothing was going to stop him racing her: personal crises, caused by his reckless wife; a snowstorm which isolated the stud only a few days before the race that was to prove her paces; the accident to her jockey only the day before the race was run. The race itself was the crux of his career and its ending changed Zara's future too.The story of the Proud Stud shows the utter dedication of those who rear and tend the aristocratic beauties that strive for victory on racecourses all over the world., LONDON.HARVILL PRESS,1970.<