MODERN PRACTICAL FARRIERY: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ALL THAT RELATES TO THE HORSE. It's History, Varieties, and Uses-Breaking, Training, Feeding, Stabling, and Grooming- How to Buy, Keep, and Treat a Horse in Health and Disease Etc. + Essay on the Diseases and Management of Cattle Sheep, and Pigs.

Half Brown Calf Leather with Five raised Bands gilt hand tooled lettering and horse image to compartments, with Burgundy Victorian cloth boards. Applied original head and tail bands. 310 x 265 mm approx. All edges to book block marbled. Colour Frontis, Illustrated Title, Plain Full Title+536pp + viii +96 Essay on Diseases and Management of Cattle, Sheep and Pigs+ iv index. All colour and b/w plates as called for in instructions for binding. Undated circa 1870's (By reference to the most recent Turf celebrities mentioned in the Horse Racing chapters being 1872 and previous owner name and date slip 1876). Whilst the book is redundant as regards many of the medicinal remedies and treatments there is much of enduring interest for the Equine enthusiast including much on horse racing and pedigrees of turf celebrities. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG ( Restoration work - The book was bought in by us as a tight back with the leather to the front hinge failing. We have therefore re backed it with replacement calf leather and the original spine laid on. In course thereof the old spine lining was removed the spine cleaned- re-glued with p.v.a. new linen mull, Oxford Hollow back strip and new best match green made end papers fitted. The attractive gilt tooled leather previous owner name and date slip has been replaced to the front paste down. One leaf is a little rubbed and prominent at fore edge but is secure in the binding and we have resisted trimming. Occassional marginal soiling and the odd page corner turned but complete with some contemporary newsprint articles loosely laid in including a wonderful advert for Prof. Norton B. Smith's Training Bridle - 2s.6d by Mail Order! No other notable defects). A very heavy tome and regrettably a significant additional charge will need be made for overseas shipping.…