Summary

This book was written by Australian authors Maurice Cavanough and Meurig Davies, and published in Australia by F.W. Cheshire in 1960.

It presents itself as the first complete history of the Melbourne Cup, and was published to celebrate the centenary of the race.

This copy belonged to lifetime Phar Lap fan and devotee Marie Davie, who inserted a handwritten poem into the book.

Physical Description

Hard covered book consisting of 185 double sided printed pages and a number of glossy black and white photographic pages bound inside white cloth covered binders, with a black and white image of a Victorian horse race on it. Around the outside is a glossy dust jacket, with details of the book and the author printed on it, which has been covered with protective plastic. The owner's name and address are handwritten on the first page of the book. There is a sheet of lined paper with a handwritten poem on one side, which appears to be in the same handwriting.

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