The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race by Christopher Dodd

The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race by Christopher Dodd was first published in 1983 by Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd of London, an imprint of the Hutchinson Publishing Group.

It was set in Linotron Sabon by Rowland Phototypesetting of Bury St Edmunds, printed by The Anchor Press and bound by Wm Brendon & Son, both of Tiptree, Essex. This is the first edition hardcover, bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine.

The British Library cataloguing data files The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race under the history of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.

It is illustrated with photographs, and the acknowledgements credit a long list of sources, among them All Sport, the BBC, the British Museum, the Hulton Picture Library, the Illustrated London News, the Guardian, the Observer, the Oxford Mail, the Cambridge Evening News, Jesus College, Cambridge and Goldie Boat Club.

The dust jacket of The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race reproduces a lively painting of the race day crowds on the Thames, with steamers, launches and spectators following the crews.

The copyright page also lists the Hutchinson Group’s South African office in Bergvlei, a small local touch for South African collectors.

The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race will appeal to rowers and rowing clubs, alumni of Oxford and Cambridge, followers of British sporting history and collectors of books on the Thames and its traditions.

Condition – Good

Brown cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, clean and square, with a tiny mark to the cloth near the spine.

The dust jacket is in good condition: it has been torn on the inside and repaired with tape on the reverse, and shows edge wear, small chips and short tears at the head, and light creasing.

Foxing is present to the top edge and as scattered spots on the endpapers. A small “HIRSCH” ink stamp appears in the upper corner of the front free endpaper.

The binding of this copy of The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race is firm and the text block clean.