The Horse's Friend. The Only Practical Method of Educating the Horse and Eradicating Vicious Habits, Followed by a Variety of Valuable Recipes, Instructions in Farriery, Horse-Shoeing, The Latest Rules of Trotting, and the Record of Fast Horses up to 1876
Published by The Burland-Desbarats Lithographic CO., Montreal, 1877
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA), DeLand, FL, U.S.A.Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA)
AbeBooks seller since September 1, 2011
Condition: Used - Fair
US$ 75.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Decorated purple cloth with stamped design and titles in gilt and black; beveled edges; 8.5 inches tall; 541 pages with an index; illustrated with over 140 engravings. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Heavy shelf handling wear with open rubs on the edges; joints and spine tips. A popular and complete overview of the entirety you ever needed to know for educating a colt not to be afraid of his heels, a horse to walk on its hind feet, some handy information about cows and dogs, and more. Includes section on the intelligence of animals, with the rules and regulations of the National Association of the American Trotting Turf.
Seller Inventory # 16863
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Horse's Friend. The Only Practical Method of Educating the Horse and Eradicating Vicious Habits, Followed by a Variety of Valuable Recipes, Instructions in Farriery, Horse-Shoeing, The Latest Rules of Trotting, and the Record of Fast Horses up to 1876
- Author
- Pratt, O.S.
- Publisher
- The Burland-Desbarats Lithographic CO., Montreal
- Publication year
- 1877
- Condition
- Fair
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket As Issued
- Binding
- Decorated Cloth Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- 19th CENTURY PUBLICATIONS, AMERICAN DECORATED CLOTH BINDINGS, NATURAL HISTORY, REFERENCE & TEXTBOOKS
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Blind Horse Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) and adheres to its Code of Ethics. We specialize in travel, exploration, fine press, and documentary material, with particular emphasis on printed ephemera, maps, photographic archives, and institutional publications from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Our inventory regularly includes material appropriate for academic, library, and museum collections. We work carefully with provenance, condition, and bibliographic accuracy, and stand fully behind all descriptions and attributions. Items are selected with long-term research and collecting value in mind. Blind Horse Books is operated by Richard and Dottie Oates and based in DeLand, Florida. We have been active in the antiquarian book trade since 1999 and are members of the ABAA, FABA, IOBA, and the Ephemera Society of America. Building Your Great Collection, One Fine Book at a Time. …
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