FIRST EDITION. Oblong folio (35 x 49 cm). Title +16 plates+ advertisement. Original half blue cloth-backed pictorial printed boards. Ex libris 'Douglas Peter Crossman' to front pastedown. Wood engraved title page and 16 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates plus additional (uncoloured) advertisement leaf in a similar style for Finch Mason's "Humours of the Hunting Field 1886". Spine repaired covers soiled endpapers browned contents generally very good. Hinges fragile. Coloured plates in order: 1. "A REAL GOOD THING. " A large central vignette surrounded by numerous smaller ones. 2. BACK STOPPERS. Numerous small vignettes. 3. THE OAKS AS IT OUGHT TO BE. A large central vignette surrounded by numerous smaller ones. 4. GENTLEMEN RIDERS. Two large vignettes, surrounded by smaller vignettes and some written 'notes.' 5. NEWMARKET NOTES - No1. Six distinctive vignettes with accompanying 'notes.' 6. NEWMARKET NOTES - No 2. Large central vignette, surrounded by smaller ones, accompanied by 'notes.' 7. A RED HOT COAT RACE. Large central vignette, surrounded by smaller ones, accompanied by 'notes.' 8. JOHN OSBORNE WINS! Large single vignette plate. 9. GRAND NATIONAL RECOLLECTIONS. Central vignette surrounded by smaller ones, accompanied by 'notes.' 10. ODDS AND ENDS. Several smaller vignettes with 'notes.' 11. A RATTLING FINISH. Large single vignette plate. 12. CROSS COUNTRY NOTES. Large central vignette, surrounded by smaller ones. 13. A FEW FRIENDS IN THE PADDOCK. Some smaller vignettes, with shrewd 'notes' to accompany them. 14. NOTES, BY THE WAY. A series of vignettes and 'notes.' 15. MORE HASTE - LESS SPEED. A large single vignette plate. 16. "JUST SO. " Central vignette, surrounded by a number of smaller ones, with added 'notes.'