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WOODWARD, WILLIAM R. 1876-1953.:Cherished Portraits of Thoroughbred Horses. [New York]: The Derrydale Press, privately Printed for Ernest R. Gee, 1929.
4to. 68 black and white plates. Red morocco by Sangorski Sutcliffe Joints starting, rubbed, bookplate on front paste-down.
LIMITED EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, with just 300 unnumbered copies produced. The inscription reads \”To my friend, Wm. Arkham Hoffman, with best regards, William Woodward.\” Woodward, who was President of Hanover Bank, spent time in the Foreign Service as the assistant the Ambassador to the Court of St. James during the Reign of Edward VII. He and the King had become friends, sharing their love of horse racing. He recruited the services of Walter Vosburgh (1854-1938), a handicapper for the American Jockey Club and accomplished racing historian, to provide the text and editorial input for this work. Frazier V-4-A; Podeschi 373; Siegel 22.
威廉·伍德沃德,1876-1953年。 珍贵的纯种马肖像。[纽约]:德里代尔出版社,为欧内斯特·R·吉私人印刷,1929年。