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Beating the Nobblers
J[ohn] [Freeman] Fairfax-Blakeborough
John Fairfax-Blakeborough (1883-1976), known as 'Jack', was a writer and folklorist who wrote novels about horse racing, of which this is one. His collection of folklore is at the University of Sheffield.
Bibliography code: ALL-33.2
Publisher: Philip Allan
Year: 1933
Format: 8vo
Pages: vi, pp 175, viii adverts
Binding: Plain pale brown cloth with title, author and publisher in black on the spine
Size: 188 x 127 mm
Dust jacket signed: Blam in white, between horse and dog
Internal illustrations: None
Price: 2s 6d
Printed by: William Clowes and Son, Limited, London and Beccles
Dust jacket (click to enlarge)
Notes: The lettering on the jacket is by Blampied. The other two titles listed on the back priced at 2/6 also have a jacket designed by Blampied. This is one of perhaps six novels that Fairfax-Blakeborough published in 1933. The front panel of this jacket is pasted in Blampied's personal album of dust jackets. Blampied's three jackets for the Cree series were also drawn mostly in shades of blue.