Display Signed Copies Only Display All Inventory on Abebooks

Available Copies from Independent Booksellers

Lechmere, Joscelyne. Pretty Polly: The History of Her Career on the Turf. John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1907.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Review copy, with embossed stamp on the title page reading: "Review Copy, With John Lane's Compliments". A history of the famous race horse, with chapters on "The Coming of Polly", "The Treble Event", "The Reverse at Longchamp", "The Coronation Cup - and After", "The Last Coronation of Pretty Polly", "The Tragedy of Ascot" and appendices tracing Pretty Polly's pedigree and a complete record of her races. 23 plates, including photogravure frontispiece. Bumping to corners and extremities, mild foxing throughout. [viii], 63pp. 10 x 8"

Seller: B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB, San Mateo, CA, U.S.A.

Lechmere, Joscelyne. Pretty Polly The History of Her Career on the Turf. John Lane the Bodley Head, 1907.

Price: US$192.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Full cloth binding. Gilt lettering on spine dimmed, but quite legible. First and last flyleaves (4 pages) pretty much foxed. Otherwise, slight foxing here and there throughout. Top edges gilt, still fairly bright. Right-hand edges rough cut. 63 pages. Photos. Includes listing of all races won by Pretty Polly in England in the first few years of the 20th century. along with names and betting odds of the horses she ran against. The DJ is a wreck and not worth talking about, but will be included. Binding tight, square.

Seller: Frank Hofmann, Yorba Linda, CA, U.S.A.

Lechmere Joscelyne. Pretty Polly : The History Of Her Career On The Turf. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907.

Price: US$294.54 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: No Jacket. Green cloth covers with gilt titles and border. A few slight marks to covers. Slight fading to spine and rear. Photogravure frontispiece and twenty-two other illustrations. 63pp.

Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom