Racing Illustrated.  Number 56.  Wednesday July 22nd 1896.  Price Sixpence.

A weekly edition on glossy paper taken from a dis-bound publication of Racing Illustrated Vol III July 1896 to December 1896.  Published at the Offices of Country Life, 20 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, W.C. and Printed by Hudson & Kearns, 83-87 Southwark Street, SE. London.

Condition is good for its age with some minor marks.

Folio comprises of 12 unbound gilt-edge pages ( 24 sides ) and measures 14" x 9.5". Has 36 Black and White Photo prints of which 3 are full page including the frontis.

Full of very interesting info about daily life in horse racing. 

Front page features The Duke of Devonshire KG

Features of this week include articles on the Carlisle Summer Meeting, Cumberland Plate, Lord Ellesmere’s Stud, Stetchworth Park incl. the ground and lake, Newmarket, photos of the horses Hampton, Highland Chief, Lowland Chief, Windlass, Zariba, Belinda, Estafette, Turf Notes and Memories, The Curragh grandstand and enclosure, Baron De Robeck, Col. Frank Forster, Major E R Owen, Stockbridge – The Bibury Club Day.

Ephemera will be sent in a board backed envelope. 

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