Title:The University Boat Race Official Centenary History (1829-1929)
Author:Drinkwater (G. C.) and T. R. B. Sanders, compilers
Price:GBP£50.00 (about USD$68.00)
Item ID:TP01-19232
Quantity:1
Publisher:Cassell, London, 1929
Condition:spine very slightly browned, boards bumped, and shallow dent on rear board, occasional pages with some foxing.
Commemorative edition, one of 600 copies, 4to., 244pp., photographic frontispiece, fold-out map of section of Thames, white cloth with gilt, includes folded 'seat plan' for the Boat Race Centenary Dinner at Lincoln's Inn Hall, July 1929 laid in. Some foxing throughout. The list of names at the rear is hillariously annotated here and there in pencil by someone who clearly knew! "Mad as a hawk" "Hell of a thing having a father like his", "Passenger afloat, nuisance ashore" and many other gems! Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Sports & Pastimes;