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BROWN, PAUL, Aintree. Grand Nationals - Past and Present.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1930. First edition, deluxe issue, no. 13 of 50 copies with a full page pen-and- ink drawing signed and dated by Brown. 4to. Illustrated by the author and from photographs. Introduction by Henry G. Vaughn, M.F.H. xxi, [ii], 191 pp. Bound in full red morocco with gilt-stamped emblematic tooling. Fine copy of a rare and desirable book. In custom quarter red morocco slipcase with cloth chemise. Siegel 35; Frazier B-17-D; Podeschi p. 375. ΒΆ The magnificent deluxe issue of this classic of steeplechasing. The original illustration appears in the printed book at p. 119, the chapter on the 1929 Grand National, where Tipperary Tim "cuts across in front of the hard-galloping American entry."
Offered for US$ 8000.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 239191