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Perkins, Kevin:  The Gambling Man
Book Number: 44385
Tonga, Polynesian Press. 1991. 8vo. softcover. 569pp. index. + b/w plates. Scarce. good, owner's signature and date on fep, Binding has come apart in middle of book, no loose pages.
Keywords: australian horses racing track gambling bookmaker bookmaking waterhouse fine cotton ringin crime
Price: $65.00
Beadman, Darren with Craig Heilmann.:  Daylight ahead : the Darren Beadman story
Book Number: 44704
Rozelle, N.S.W. K.E.G. Publishing 1998 8vo softcover 247pp, b/w illus. very good. Po name on ffl.
Keywords: Beadman Darren Jockeys Australia Biography Daylight ahead the Darren Beadman story Beadman Darren with Craig Heilmann
Price: $12.00
Mottram, Murray:  Beating the odds : the fall and rise of Bev Buckingham
Book Number: 44959
Crows Nest, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin 2004 8vo softcover 275pp very good. Includes index. Illustrated with photo's. In this riveting autobiography, jockey Bev Buckingham tells her story of triumph and tragedy on and off the racetrack. Buckingham had conquered the entrenched sexism of the horse racing industry to become her state's leading rider and the first woman in the world to win a jockey's premiership. When a dramatic fall left her with a broken back, she was told she would never walk again. This is a remarkable story of recovery from both a broken back and a broken heart.
Keywords: Beating the odds the fall and rise of Bev Buckingham Mottram Murray
Price: $15.00
Woodcock, Tommy:  Tommy Woodcock 1905-1985 : The life story of Tommy Woodcock, horseman, best friend to Phar lap and Reckless, as he told it to Jan Wositzky.
Book Number: 45263
Richmond, Vic. Greenhouse 1987 Large 8vo hardcover 136pp, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w. Ill. on lining papers.
Keywords: Woodcock Tommy Racehorse trainers Australia Biography Training racing Phar lap Reckless
Price: $22.00
Perkins, Kevin:  Against all odds : Gai Waterhouse : woman in a man's world
Book Number: 45315
Sydney Macmillan 1996 8vo hardcover 422pp b/w plates. very good, page edges slightly browned. / very good d/w.
Keywords: History Australia horse racing Australia Against all odds Gai Waterhouse woman in a man's world Perkins Kevin
Price: $22.00
Perkins, Kevin:  The Gambling Man
Book Number: 45316
Tonga, Polynesian Press. 1991. 8vo. softcover. 569pp. index. + b/w plates. Scarce. Good+, page edges browned, light foxing to cover.
Keywords: australian horses racing track gambling bookmaker bookmaking waterhouse fine cotton ringin crime
Price: $75.00
Hayes, Mike:  The track: The story of good breeding and bad behaviour
Book Number: 45358
ABC Books 2000 Large 8vo softcover 217pp index, b/w illus. very good.
Keywords: The track The story of good breeding and bad behaviour Hayes Mike
Price: $14.00
Armstrong, Geoff; Thompson, Peter.:  Melbourne Cup 1930: How Phar Lap won Australia's greatest race.
Book Number: 46760
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, Crows Nest, 2005 Small 4vo. hardcover. 220pp. Near Fine, pages just slightly browned. / Near Fine d/w.
Keywords: Melbourne Cup 1930 Phar Lap Australia horse race racing
Price: $19.00
Du Bourg, Ross.:  The Australian and New Zealand Thoroughbred 3rd Edition Fully Revised and Expanded Edition
Book Number: 47748
1991 West Melbourne, Vic. Nelson 8vo. hardcover. 430pp. b/w illus, + colour plates. very good, very good d/w. Index.
Keywords: Race horses Australia.Race horses New Zealand. The Australian and New Zealand thoroughbred Du Bourg Ross.
Price: $25.00
Perkins, Kevin:  The Gambling Man
Book Number: 47766
Tonga, Polynesian Press. 1991. 8vo. softcover. 569pp. index. + b/w plates. Scarce. good, owner's signature and date on fep, Binding has come apart in middle of book, no loose pages.
Keywords: australian horses racing track gambling bookmaker bookmaking waterhouse fine cotton ringin crime
Price: $65.00
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