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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-33.1
Publisher: Philip Allan
Year: 1933
Format: 8vo
Pages: vi, pp 176, viii adverts
Binding: Plain red cloth with title, author and publisher in black on the spine
Size: 188 x 129 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 taller man may be modelled on Blampied's elder brother, Wilford Charles 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.