Thoroughbred Racing Stock and its Ancestors

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 11.5" by 9.5". Not Stated. The first edition of Lady Wentworth's detailed history of thoroughbred racing blood, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the very scarce publisher's original dust wrapper, price clipped.This volume explores the authentic origin of pure blood thoroughbred racing stock. This volume attempts to collect all the true facts of the history of the thoroughbred horse, gathering information from documents, records, and works of geography, history, and science.Lady Wentworth was a British peer, Arabian horse breeder and tennis player.Extensively illustrated with twenty one plates in colour and a further three-hundred and eighty-eight half tone plates, and many diagrams in the text, and with a large folding map of Arabia to the rear. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, with boards exceptionally bright. Minor fading to back strip. Dust wrapper age toned to back strip, with significant chipping to back strip head, and further loss and chipping to back strip tail. Significant closed tear to tail of rear wrap. Perimeter of pictorial onlay of front wrap detaching slightly towards the back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine