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Robert L. Gerry Copy
Pacific Coast Jockey Club. San Francisco, California. [Half-title reads:] Inaugural Meeting, 1923. Tanforan Race Course, San Bruno, California.
[San Francisco: Printed by Worthington Gates Independent Press, 1923].
Price: $750.00
About the item
Illustrated throughout. Unpaginated, [67] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Robert L. Gerry Copy. Original white kid, upper cover stamped in green with club logo, green silk pastedowns. Bound for Robert L. Gerry, with his name in gilt. Near fine (ink title to spine). Card slipcase. OCLC records seven copies in three records, most in California.
Item #352494
Elegant illustrated prospectus for California stud farms, recording the revival of horse racing at the Tanforan racetrack near San Francisco.
This copy bound for Robert L. Gerry (1877-1957), American banker, thoroughbred horse owner, and member of The Jockey Club. His wife was Cornelia, née Harriman, sister to the governor of New York, and herself an owner of successful thoroughbreds.
