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Paperback-9780373255245 [TITLE, ELISE] TAYLOR MADE FORTUNE BOYS (HT #424)

Paperback-9780373255160 [TITLE, ELISE] FOR THE LOVE OF PETE FORTUNE BOYS (HT #416)

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

E. M. Hale, Eau Claire, Wisc. HBNODJ,no date, Dark Blue embossed Cloth Cover minor Rub & Wear, about 6 of pgs have small corner water stain, VG/G+, AS-IS, NODJ. Hard Cover.

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardback. Good. First edition, hardback. 19.5 × 12.5cm, 518pp. This copy has a prize label to the ffep from The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club which has been signed by Eric Linklater (as President), Allan C Frazer (as Secretary) and another member of the Council whose name I can't decipher. A collection of verse in Scots (as popposed to an anthology of Scottish poems) starting with anonymous verse of the 1300s through to poets born in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Also includes a glossary of early Scots and modern Scots. Condition: A good solid copy, though the spine has a water-stain and is faded, and a few spots of fraying to the rear joint. The contents are very good.

Book of Month Select, 1st Edit, 1962. HBDJ , 1962, book club, PC top & bottom inner flap DJ, Nice red cloth with Gold Gilt, DJ light rub, wear tiny chips tears Extremities, tiny stain bottom pgs edge, Interior nice, tight clean light Fox & tiny stain bottom corner 5 or so pgs, F-/NF,AS-IS, 305 pgs, . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.

London: The Sylvan Press, 1944. viii+62p., introduction, publisher's note, bevelled boards in waxed blue cloth gilt-titled, in dj; endsheets and preliminaries very heavily foxed, an otherwise very nice copy with no damage or markings. Political and battle poems by Southey, plus Edmonds' WWI poetry. The woodengraved titlepage portrait is a modernization of an old image.

Los Angeles, Calif: DeVille Galleries, 1986. Softcover. VG. White & color illus. stapled wraps, unpaginated (32), 26 color plates. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of works by American artist Carl W. Peters. with landscapes a specialty.