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RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF RACING, TROTTING AND BETTING As Adopted By The Principal Turf Associations Throughout The United States And Canada Compiled At The Office Of "Wilkes' Spirit Of The Times"

M.B. Brown: NY, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #21-6458

7 x 5", green cloth, gilt lettering, 272pp + ads. Covers worn and stained, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, lettering rubbed, front inner hinge cracked, bookplate, pencil names, pencil notes/marks in margins, creased corners, foredge spotted, margins stained, free endpaper has a small tear else good. Bound with: "THE TURMAN'S REFEREE; Containing Numerous Decisions On Disputed Points On Racing, Trotting, And Betting Compiled From The "Answers To Correspondents" As Given In "Wilkes' Spirit Of The Times", M.B. Brown: NY 1867, (66)pp. Ads for S.S. Bent Stable Fittings, Tiffany & Co. Timing-Watches, Doughty's Interfering Hoof Cushions. Bookplate of Geo. Jerome, most likely the lawyer for the Detroit & Mackinac Railway as this book was acquired from a Detroit estate. Another 1866 edition of this title doesn't have "Turfman's" and has only 232pp. SCARCE.

Price: $495.00