![Item #32860 Racing in America 1665-1865 [2 vols.]. John Hervey.](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32860.jpeg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1771359183)
Racing in America 1665-1865 [2 vols.]
New York: The Jockey Club, 1944. Limited edition. Hardcover (boards, cloth spine). Ca. 750p total + over 130 ills. total from old photos, paintings, and prints, 1 in color. No. 437 of 800 sets. Printed in red and black by letterpress, with tissue guardsheets over the frontispieces. Very good (covers lightly smudged; edges shelf scuffed, as usual; spine labels stained; scattered light foxing throughout). Item #32860
The first two volumes of The Jockey Club's monumental history of American Thoroughbred racing--the personalities, horses, farms, tracks, races, organizations, etc.--which is still unsurpassed. Amazingly, this luxurious set was published during paper rationing in World War II, when many publishers were forced to use thin "wartime" paper. Very large and heavy; shipping/handling will be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering. Sold as a set. Cannot be sent outside the US.
Price: $350.00