The Jockey Club by MORTIMER, Roger-1958:RARE

Description

Edition:London : Cassell , 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. 184 pages

Dust jacket torn in half and in poor condition. Inscription of previous owner inside front cover. Book very neat and binding tight.

Price commensurate to condition of dust jacket.

A beautifully illustrated history of horse racing in England.

The Jockey Club is the largest commercial horse racing organisation in the United Kingdom. It owns 15 of Britain’s famous racecourses, including Aintree, Cheltenham, Epsom Downs and both the Rowley Mile and July Course in Newmarket, amongst other horse racing assets such as the National Stud, and the property and land management company, Jockey Club Estates.