The Guv'nor: A Biography of Sir Noel Murless.
Tim FitzGeorge-Parker

ISBN:0002162962

Collins, 1980. Hardback. 1st edition. Fine/VG.

Jacket has two small tears one to rear flap fold and one on rear spine fold both just under 1inch also general Light Shelf and handling wear. Book Fine+ in Original cream clothboards with green and gilt blocking to spine, 248 pages including appendices (Racing Records) and index, b/w photo illustrations. Tight and clean copy. Not inscribed or price-clipped.

One of the greatest trainers of all time he trained 21 classic winners and was champion trainer 8 times. The enthralling biography of a supernaturally gifted animal lover - a man who disliked racing but became the world's greatest trainer of racehorses, who won 21 classic races for owners including the Queen and Prince Aly Khan, with the great jockeys including Sir Gordon Richards and Lester Piggott.