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West Nyack, N.Y: Parker Publishing, 1975. First edition
Hardcover. 155 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 155 pages. ENG
Condition: NEAR FINE / VERY GOOD
Green boards with gilt titles to spine. Dust jacket has fading to spine and a short closed tear to top edge of back panel.
London: Hutchinson, 1954. First edition
Hardcover. 325 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 325 pages. ENG
Condition: GOOD
Spine is cracked between signatures but is still fairly strong. Faint cup ring on front cover. Front panel only of dust jacket pasted inside front cover. Gilt titles and decorations are bright. Black and white photo plates and pedigrees throughout.
North Sydney, Australia: Jack Pollard Pty Ltd, 1976. Sixth edition
Softcover. 487 pages. ENG
Softcover. 487 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD
Old gift inscription on title page. Light foxing to edges of text block.
Includes photos, charts, index of winners, general index.
Ballantine, 2002
Softcover. 399 pages. ENG
Softcover. 399 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD
Back corner creased. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Pages are slightly tanned.
Collins, 2007. First edition
Hardcover. 157 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 157 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE / FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 1975
Hardcover. 208 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 208 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD
Lower corners lightly bumped. Foxing to edges of text block. Dust jacket spine is faded. Light wear to tips, short tear to upper front corner. Not price clipped.
Includes index. Illustrated with B&W photos.
Mariner Books, 1995
Softcover. 239 pages. ENG
Softcover. 239 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
Handicapping using his Beyer Speed Figures.
London: Pelham Books, 1988. First edition
Hardcover. 112 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 112 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD
Green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Gift inscription on half-title page. Dust jacket is slightly rubbed, with a tiny dent in front gutter.
Illustrated throughout with cartoons.
Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1993
Hardcover. 367 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 367 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE / FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
Many b/w and colour illustrations, appendices, notes on sources, index.
Documents the business from the early era in Tallahassee in the 1800s to its unprecedented growth in Marion County, where limestone deposits in the rolling green countryside provide the perfect nutrients for healthy bones and cartilage in livestock. Interviews with first- and second-generation horse people, including Fred Hooper, winner of more breeder's awards and racing honors than anyone in the United States, and Frank David ("Buddy") Yates, Needles' gallop boy in the fifties and the son of Needles' trainer, Roy Yates. Among more than a hundred photographs in the book are shots of the famous captive flamingoes at Hialeah, Rough 'n Tumble's swimming pool at Ocala Stud, Needles exhibiting his characteristic displeasure during morning exercise, Carryback, the second Florida thoroughbred to win the Kentucky Derby, and Affirmed, the first to win the Triple Crown. Appendixes provide information on tracks, earnings, winners, breeder awards, and more.