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Other Sports » Horse Racing » Books » Racing Biographies » ASHGILL - OR THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN OSBORNE

ASHGILL - OR THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN OSBORNE

ASHGILL - OR THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN OSBORNE

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The extensive horseracing biography of the great Victorian jockey, featuring numerous reproductions of paintings and photographs.

First edition. 8vo. 500pp. Original cloth-covered boards with gold lettering and cover illustration. Boards rubbed and worn at spine. Binding weak in places. Fair/good condition. Clippings from the article in 'The Graphic' of 18 January 1913 celebrating Osborne's 80th birthday pasted to inside covers and endpapers.

Date
1900
Publisher
Sands & Co.
Author
John RADCLIFFE

£30.00 (Code: 94146)

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