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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

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.

Northwestern Press Minnesota, 1941. PBO, Decorated pictorial Color Wraps, 1941, 1st edition,Cover minor rub, Wear with light owner Stamp, Interior nice, tight clean with pgs slightly yellowed, 94 pgs, NF/VG+, AS-IS, SOFTCOVER. First Edition. Soft Cover.

Cheval Books Simon & Schuster NY, 1979. HB NODustJacket, 1979, 1st US Revised edition,with #1 Intact in Number Line, blue & white embossed illustrated cloth Cover, Interior nice condition but some dogeared pgs, 169 pgs, NF/F, NODJ. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Nelson, Editeurs, Paris. HBDJ,no date, 1930s, minor rub, wear, Scuff & tiny Chips DJ mainly on spine & edges , slight fox , beautiful decorated red cloth gold gilt, minor wrinkling few pgs , VG/VG-, AS-IS. Hard Cover.

Dodge Publishing, NY, 1906. HBNODJ issued,1906, Reddish Leather with Gold Gilt decorations has much Rub & Wear & Scuff & Spinestrip MISSING, Good condition,144 pgs, Interior VG+, AS-IS, NODJ. Full-Leather.

Chicago A. Flanagan, 1912. HB NODustJacket, 1st edition, 1912, VG/G, NOJACKET, AS-IS, X-LIBRARY, usual Wear, Blue pictorial Cloth cover rub, wear, Soil & tiny small chips Extremities & along Spine, Interior relatively nice, tight clean light wear FoX & tiny edge tears & tightness due to RePair, 128 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover.