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London: Vanity Fair magazine, 1906. 1st Edition. No binding. Near Fine. Vanity Fair Supplement Nov. 28, 1906. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. 14 x 11 inch Green mat with print 10-3/4 x 6-1/2 inches showing title black double line border. Printed by Bemrose Dalzel Ltd. One of a fine group of thirty four portraits of Jockeys produced by Vanity Fair. This portrait shows the jockey William Griggs. William ('Willie') Griggs was the brother of jockey/trainer Walter Griggs. Willie Grigg's best year was in 1907 when he rode 67 winners. Major victories during his career included the Chester Cup, Stewards Cup, the Lincoln and Goodwood Cup. His one Classic success came on Cinna in the 1920 1,000 Guineas. He retired from the saddle two years later. Near fine condition. Vanity Fair was a British weekly magazine published from 1868 to 1914. Subtitled "A Weekly Show of Political, Social and Literary Wares", it was founded by Thomas Gibson Bowles, who aimed to expose the contemporary vanities of Victorian society. A full-page, color lithograph of a contemporary celebrity or dignitary appeared in most issues, and it is for these caricatures that Vanity Fair is best known today. These prints are often referred to as "Spy Cartoons" after Leslie Ward, perhaps Vanity Fair's most prolific and celebrated cartoonist, who usually signed his works "Spy

Los Angeles: DeVille Galleries, 1986. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. [32]pp. Very good in publisher's stapled wraps.

Michael Di Capua Books, HarperCollins, 1994. HBDJ, 1994, stated 1st edition, small light stain pgs edge bottom, F-/F, AS-IS. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1996. Advance Reading Copy edition. ARC/Proof. Very Good/Wraps. 20 x 13 cm. Very good condition with lightly rubbed wraps. ARC. Little Brown & Co. Ownership signature on half title page. tanning but unmarked and clean. Reading creases but spine tight. ... Wraps . ISBN: 075151375X. Catalogs: Literature and Fiction.

(New York: Bantam, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. Advance Reading Copy. Wrappers. Very good with ink marks on the front free endpaper, wrinkles on rear panel, and a faintly darkened top page edge.

W. B. Conkey, Chicago. HBNODJ,no date, ca. 1900, Pictorial Gold Gilt decorated Cloth Cover has minor rub, Wear, spine darkened, inner hinge starting,176 pgs, VG+/VG-, AS-IS, NODJ, ads in back of bk, Top pages edges Gold Gilt, Nice & Tight, . Hard Cover.

Garden City: Anchor / Doubleday, 1974. Hardcover. xix, 243p., illustrated with a fullpage dust jacket photoportrait of the author and of course with the Gorey front cover drawing in blue on peasoup green. Hardbound in blue papered boards with a fabrikoid backstrip titled gilt, casing a bit handled and edgeworn, with the same plus some abrasion to the dust jacket. A good to very good copy: sound, square, unmarked and otherwise clean.

Morris Plains, NJ: Unicorn Publishing, , 1992. Hard Cover. No Jacket.1992. 1st Edition Thus/ 1st Printing. with #1 Intact in Number Line, 4to - over 934" - 12" tall.Glossy color illustrated board with purple cloth spine Gold Gilt decoration & title slightly rubbed,Interior Nice, tight Clean, VG-/F-,NO DJ AS Issued.. First Edition. Hard Cover.