Miscellaneous horse racing books.
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Miscellaneous horse racing books, publication dates between the 1930s and 2000s, annuals & yearbooks, also directories, plus some biographies, general writing etc., a little duplication, a full inventory is viewable in images for this lot (89 vols), sold together with a trio of photographic souvenirs relating to Australian horse racing between 1939 and 1941, all using a similar process to button badges with the images printed on plastic film mounted on metal, the larger example, 25.5 by 35.5cm., commemorating the victory of "Hero" winning the two-year-old handicap at Victoria Park on 29th March 1941, owned & trained by Mrs P Lonsdale and ridden by C Leesue, the two smaller examples 15 by 20cm., commemorating the wins of "Celeris" in the Juvenile Handicap at Morphettville 4th March 1939, owned & trained by J E Bond and ridden by R Medhurst; and "Morkool" winning the Jervois Purse Handicap at Tailem Bend 19th July 1939, owned by C H Pritchard, trained by A Mitch and ridden by G Wallace, all published by Walker & Atkins, Adelaide, all with metal easel supports, surface cracking to the Celeris example, others good, (qty).