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OAKSEY ON RACING. Thirty Years of Writing and Riding

by OAKSEY, John

First Edition

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Book description: London: Kingswood Press, 1991. Book in fine condition. Author's inscription on front free endpaper - "To Kevin. Best of luck from John Oaksey." Dustjacket in very good condition, top spine edge very slightly bumped. xiv, 432pp, including index. With 70 illustrations. A rich selection of Oaksey's writings on horses, people and issues from his thirty years as 'Audax in 'Horse and Hounds.' The highs and lows of the Grand National, his eye-witness accounts of famous races. His account as an amateur jockey. Describes an extraordinary variety of racing personalities - equine and human., and discusses the use of the whip and the level of stable lads' pay to the length of jockeys' leathers and the behaviour of racing journalists." Selection from Horse and Hound edited by Sean Magee.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

Bookseller: Clent Books of Bewdley (GB)
Bookseller Inventory #: 5972
Format/binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Fine
Jacket condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0413652300
ISBN 13: 9780413652300
Publisher: Kingswood Press
Place: London
Date published: 1991
Keywords: Autobiography sport Horse Racing jockey journalist Grand National Horse and Hound Whitbread Gold Cup Proud Tarquin John Oaksey Audax Carrickbeg Arkle Ayala Mill House Mill Reef Brigadier Gerard Grundy Bustino Monksfield Sea Pigeon The Dikler Chel
Subjects: SPORTS & RECREATION / General;

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