From Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since May 18, 2007
About this Item
A fascinating work on training horses for cavalry, illustrated with photographs throughout. This work is in two sections, covering in the snaffle and in the double-reined bridle.A scarce U.K. edition of this work.Illustrated with photographs throughout the text.Written by Edward L. Anderson, the author of 'Modern Horsemanship'.With the ownership bookplate of Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, a member of the Nimrod Expedition to Antarctica led by Ernest Shackleton. He was awarded the Silver Polar Medal in 1909, and was due to join Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914, but was deployed to Flanders instead. In the publisher's original quarter calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally rather worn; loss tot he head of the spine, which is rubbed to the joints and the tail. Boards are discoloured. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good Only. Seller Inventory # 796R6
Bibliographic Details
Title: Curb, Snaffle and Spur
Publisher: David Douglas, Edinburgh
Publication Date: 1894
Binding: Leather
Illustrator: Not Stated
Condition: Good Only
Book Type: book
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