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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
3
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
4
Day, William, 1823–1908
3
Hislop, John
3
Nimrod, 1778–1843
3
Bird, Thomas Henry, 1890–
2
Browne, T. H
2
Chifney, Samuel, approximately 1753–1807
2
Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas, 1849–1922
2
Acton, C. R. (Cecil Russell), 1893–
1
Bertram, James Glass, 1824–1892
1
Black, Robert, 1829–1915
1
Blew, William C. A. (William Charles Arlington), 1848–
1
British Racehorse
1
Byrne, Ed
1
Campbell, Barry
1
Cathcart, Helen
1
Chetwynd, Sir George, bart., 1849–1917
1
Cox, Harding, 1854–1944
1
Craig, Dennis R
1
Curling, Bill
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Unknown
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
90
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
3
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Under Certain Circumstances
89
Free to Use
3
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88
Available
4
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Books
85
Periodicals
2
Prints
2
Archives & Manuscripts
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1
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
1
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20th century
52
19th century
39
18th century
1
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photomechanical print
6
aquatint
5
engraving
5
wood engraving
4
armorial bookplates (provenance)
3
ephemera
2
keepsake
2
lithograph
2
photograph
2
publisher's advertisement
2
race card
2
soft-ground etching
2
subscription lists (publishing)
2
albumen print
1
anecdote
1
biography
1
booksellers' labels (provenance)
1
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
1
cloth print
1
dentelle bindings (binding)
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Horse racing -- Great Britain.
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Horse racing.
8
Horse sports -- Great Britain.
8
Hunting -- Great Britain.
6
Fox hunting -- Great Britain.
5
Sports -- Great Britain.
5
Horsemen and horsewomen -- Great Britain.
4
Horses -- Training.
4
Clark, Robert Sterling, d. 1956 -- Ownership.
3
Epsom Derby, England (Horse race)
3
Fox hunting.
3
Great Britain.
3
Horse racing -- Ireland.
3
Jockeys -- Great Britain.
3
Race horses -- Great Britain.
3
St. Leger (Horse race : England)
3
Steeplechasing -- Great Britain.
3
Aquatints, Colored -- Specimens -- 1821.
2
Coaching (Transportation) -- Great Britain.
2
Courses (Horse sports) -- Great Britain.
2
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19th century
3
18th century
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Great Britain
81
Newmarket (England)
2
Aylesbury (England)
1
Doncaster
1
Edinburgh
1
Guildford
1
Ireland
1
Malton (England)
1
Newmarket (Suffolk, England)
1
Northampton (England)
1
Salisbury
1
Salisbury (England)
1
Scotland
1
Whitehaven
1
Whitehaven (England)
1
Associated People
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
2
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
2
Balding, Ian, 1938–
1
Bentinck, George, Lord, 1802–1848
1
Boyd-Rochfort, Cecil, Sir
1
Boyd-Rochfort, Cecil, Sir, 1887–1983
1
Dawson, Mathew, 1820–1898
1
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
1
Glanely, Lord, 1868–1942
1
Gully, John, 1783–1863
1
Hislop, John
1
Lewis, Geoff, 1935–
1
Mill Reef (Race horse)
1
Oaksey, John, 1929–
1
Rous, Henry John, 1795–1877
1
Saltãn Muhammad Shãh, Sir, ãgha khãn, 1877–
1
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp
2
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English
91
French
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Whitehaven and West Cumberland steeplechase, hurdle, & hunters' flat race meeting
1890
2
Salisbury races, 1804
1804
3
Album of carte de visite photographs of British jockeys
[1865?]
4
[Portraits of the winning horses of the Great St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster
[1815-1844]
5
Rice, James, 1843–1882
History of the British turf, from the earliest times to the present day
1879
6
Morland, Thomas Hornby
The genealogy of the English race horse
1810
7
Browne, T. H
History of the English turf, 1904-1930,
1931
8
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
The national sports of Great Britain
1821
9
Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), 1863–1935
The history of the St. Leger stakes, 1776-1901,
[1902?]
10
The Steeple chase calendar
1845
11
Hislop, John
From start to finish
[c1958]
12
Logan, Guy B. H
The classic races of the turf,
[1931]
13
Lowe, C. Bruce
Breeding racehorses by the figure system
1895
14
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
Scott and Sebright
1862
15
Curling, Bill
The Captain
1970
16
Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas, 1849–1922
A great year Lord Glanely's horses
1921
17
Chifney, Samuel, approximately 1753–1807
Genius genuine
[1803?]
18
Cox, Harding, 1854–1944
Chasing and racing, some sporting reminiscences,
1922
19
Northampton Grand Steeple Chase
Sept. 2nd, 1833
20
Humphris, Edith Mary
The life of Mathew Dawson
1928
21
Nimrod, 1778–1843
The chace, the road, and the turf
1927
22
Craig, Dennis R
Horse-racing
1963
23
Portraits of the winning horses of the Great St. Leger Stakes, at Doncaster
[1825]
24
Seth-Smith, Michael, 1928–
Bred for the purple
1969
25
Pond, John
The sporting kalendar.
[1751-1757]
26
Blew, William C. A. (William Charles Arlington), 1848–
Racing
1900
27
Tattersall, George, 1817–1849
The pictorial gallery of English race horses ;
1850
28
Bird, Thomas Henry, 1890–
Admiral Rous and the English turf, 1795-1877
[1939]
29
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
A few ideas
1829
30
Taunton, T. H
Racehorses, with their performances,
1872-1876
31
Jerdein, Charles
British Blood lines
[1955]
32
Darvill, Richard
A treatise on the care, treatment, and training of the English race horse
1828-34
33
The 192nd Derby Stakes
[1971]
34
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
The national sports of Great Britain
1825
35
Spencer, Edward, 1844–1910
The king's racehorses;
1902
36
Darwin, Bernard, 1876–1961
John Gully and his times
1935
37
Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas, 1849–1922
The racing world and its inhabitants
1904
38
Racing and steeple-chasing
1889
39
Mountier, Mary
Notable English and Irish thoroughbreds
1984, c1983
40
Bird, Thomas Henry, 1890–
A hundred Grand nationals
1937
41
Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927–
Mill Reef
1971
42
Kent, John, horse trainer
Racing life of Lord George Cavendish Bentinck, M.P.
MDCCCXCII [1892]
43
Portland, William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1857–1943
Memories of racing and hunting
1935
44
Hislop, John
Far from a gentleman
[c1960]
45
Mortimer, Roger, 1909–
The history of the Derby stakes
[c1962]
46
Pollard, James, 1792–1867
The Aylesbury Steeple Chase, Thursday, February 11, 1836
[1836]
47
Richardson, Charles, 1852–
The English turf
1901
48
Good, Meyrick
The lure of the turf
[1957]
49
Lyle, R. C. (Robert Charles), 1887–1943
The Aga Khan's horses,
[1938]
50
Black, Robert, 1829–1915
Horse-racing in England
1893
51
The sporting calendar
1770-
52
Nimrod, 1778–1843
The chace, the turf, and the road
MDCCCXXXVII [1837]
53
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
The national sports of Great Britain
1821
54
Oaksey, John
Oaksey on racing
1991
55
A comparative view of the form and character of the English racer and saddle-horse during the last and present centuries
. Hookham,
56
Roderick, George
Out of the ruck
[1961]
57
Hislop, John
The turf
1948
58
Nimrod, 1778–1843
The turf
1851
59
Lyle, Robert Charles
Royal Newmarket
1945
60
Custance, Henry, 1842–1908
Riding recollections and turf stories
1894
61
Munroe, David Hoadley
The Grand national, 1839-1930,
[c1930]
62
Chifney, Samuel, approximately 1753–1807
Genius genuine
January 9th, 1804
63
Kaye, Richard
The Ladbrokes story
1969
64
Racing and steeple-chasing
1886
65
Russell, Fox
Sporting society
1897
66
Nevill, Ralph, 1865–1930
The sport of kings,
[1926]
67
Wentworth, Lady, 1873–
Thoroughbred racing stock and its ancestors
1960
68
Browne, T. H
History of the English turf, 1904-1930
1931
69
Livingstone-Learmonth, David
Famous winners of the British turf, 1949-1955
1956
70
Day, William, 1823–1908
The racehorse in training, with hints on racing and racing reforms
1889
71
Day, William, 1823–1908
Turf celebrities I have known
1891
72
Thormanby
Kings of the turf
[1899?]
73
Newmarket
Chapters from turf history
1922
74
Chetwynd, Sir George, bart., 1849–1917
Racing reminiscences and experiences of the turf
1891
75
Press Club dinner to celebrate the 200th Derby Stakes
[1979]
76
Acton, C. R. (Cecil Russell), 1893–
Silk and spur
1936
77
Bertram, James Glass, 1824–1892
A mirror of the turf, or, The machinery of horse-racing revealed
1892
78
Scott, Brough
On and off the rails
1984
79
Fairfax-Blakeborough, J. (John), 1883–
Malton memories and IA̓nson triumphs,
1925
80
Siltzer, Frank
Newmarket
1923
81
Day, William, 1823–1908
William Day's reminiscences of the turf
1886
82
Whyte, James Christie
History of the British turf,
1840
83
Sarl, Arthur J
Horses, jockeys & crooks
[1936]
84
Hore, John Philip
The history of Newmarket
1886
85
Lambton, George, 1860–1945
Men and horses I have known,
[1924]
86
Byrne, Ed
Ed Byrne's racing year [in photographs]
1982
87
Cathcart, Helen
The Queen and the turf
[1959]
88
International sport
[1956]
89
Moorhouse, Edward
The romance of the Derby
1908
90
Osbaldeston, George, 1786–1866
Squire Osbaldeston
[1926]
91
British Racehorse
The British Racehorse
92
Campbell, Barry
Horse racing in Britain
1977