Tote Racing Annual 1966

Tote Investors, London,1966. hardback. 1st edition. VG/VG

Book: Tight and clean copy with no inscription.
Dust jacket: Not price-clipped [£1.] Cover slightly rubbed but generally VG with some edgewear.

There are portraits of owners, trainers, jockeys and officials, detailed records of big races, and a valuable section devoted to Britain's racecourses. Black and white and colour illustrations. The pen and ink drawings are by the French artist Jacquot. Contributors include Michael Williams , Peter Willett , Peter Scott , Humphrey Hutchison-Bradburne , Francis Byrne , Tom Forrest , Julian Wilson , Peter Bromley , John Hislop , Roger Mortimer , Clive Graham , Geoffrey Gilbey , Tom Nickalls , Peter Burrell and Kenneth Harris. Also 'Juliet Macleod's Royal Ascot sketchbook'. Foreword by Viscount Allendale. Pictorial endpapers.