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