Phar Lap - The story of the Big Horse
1971.
Lansdowne Press
, Melbourne, Australia
This would be the quintessential definitive book about this very famous racehorse that captured Australian hearts for years before his mysterious death overseas in 1932. Embellished by several important black and white photographs spaced through the text. It is not a "coffee-table style book'' but rather a rigorous authoritative treatise on an Australian icon.
$45.00
Specifications
| Author | Carter, Isabel |
| Illustrator | Multiple Illustrators |
| Publisher | Lansdowne Press |
| Place Published | Melbourne, Australia |
| Year Published | 1971 |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
Revised Edition |
| Size | Royal 8vo (Royal Octavo) |
| Chapters | XXVII |
| Pages | 166pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Near-Fine - Note: Produced In light blue cloth covered boards with a silver title on the very sound spine devoid of any corner bumping or shelf wear at all. Likewise the wrapper is coloured green/blue with a photograph of the horse and jockey in full stride incorporated on both front and rear covers, is also pristine and protected in clear archival covering now. - With Dust Wrapper |
| Overall | Near-Fine - Note: Pristine internally with no prior owner identifiers at all, the only fault being trivial top edge flecking. |