Racing books etc

Desert Orchid

Desert Orchid

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Mrs O has just showed an upcoming entry at Great Western Auctions in Glasgow ('home' patch of wee Anita from the antuques programmes) in January.

Timeform books and other stuff including the print of 'We Three Kings' (the one I have on my wall at home, as mentioned not long ago).

Guide price £40-60.

They're not mine, honest.

But it would be nice for whoever is selling them to get a decent price for them.
 
"I read a book once - green it were."

But I stopped reading books once I discovered television.

And I stopped watching television when I discovered the internet.
 
I still get a wee twist in my gut when I think about taking all my form books, Flat & NH, going back to the mid-70s, to the local waste recycling centre when I moved house three years ago. :( :sick:
 
My local (quite large) WH Smiths seems no longer stock horse racing books and there's very few at the even bigger Waterstones, although the latter had lots for sports of no interest to me.

I've accumulated quite a few books over the years, including a big pile of Odds On magazine that I bought new in my early years of being into horse racing. Plus some smartsig mags, the first time I tried analyzing the results data myself was via data they sold at one point. Another one I bought sometimes was "The Racing Times"
Theses days there's "Racing Ahead" but I've just never been that big a fan of it.

I just like to browse through all my stuff like that sometimes, my office is heading towards a big reorg so no doubt they'll side track me for a long time.

I did have a fair few Superform annuals but they got incinerated at one point as part of a house move.
 
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I collect racing books. Excluding mags and Timeform etc I have over 100. A good source can be in the book section of charity shops.
 
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