The History of Steeple-Chasing by Michael Seth-Smith
1966. First Edition. 272 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with authors signature to front endpaper and photographic black and white plates throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Creasing and pen inscriptions to front endpaper and visible foxing to text block edges. Boards have minor rubbing and light bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket with heavy edge wear and rubbing. Pen marks to front and visible sunning to spine. Distinctive foxing and sunning to interior and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends.