Author: Munroe, David Hoadley.
Title: The Grand National 1839-1930. By David Hoadley Munroe. Foreword by William V.C. Ruxton. And a Note by E.A. C. Topham.
Description: New York: Huntington Press, (1930). (1930). - Quarto, 10-7/8 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide. Cream cloth backed with a red buckram spine, with a printed title label on the spine and illustrated with vignettes in red on both covers. The covers are soiled and stained and there are some short green crayon lines on the rear cover. 147 & [144] pages plus the colophon, illustrated with a color frontispiece and 33 black & white aquatone plates. THE BOOK IS LACKING THE COLOR FOLDING MAP AT BACK. The front hinge is starting to crack and the endpapers are slightly foxed. A bookplate of a sailing ship is mounted at the bottom of the front pastedown. A good working copy.

Limited edition of 501 numbered copies printed by the printing house of Williman Edwin Rudge. Fair .

Keywords: SPORTING; SPORTS; HORSE RACING; HORSES; EQUESTRIAN; DAVID HOADLEY MUNROE; HUNTINGTON PRESS; THE GRAND NATIONAL; 1839-1930; WILLIAM V.C. RUXTON; LIMITED EDITION; E.A.C. TOPHAM; AQUATONE PLATES; COLOR FRONTISPIECE; ANIMALS; WILLIAM EDWIN RUDGE.

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