Translated Iris Brooks (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. Huge hardcover volume, enormous coffee table tome 441pp. First US edition without names, tears or soil. Book near fine save for few light spots on blue gray cloth covers. Tips and spine ends sharp with the lightest color loss at spine ends. Full color original photo-illustrated dust jacket shows negligible color loss at upper tips and is price clipped. Jacket displays beautifully in new mylar. Filled with facts and 794 illustrations, 179 in full color (including some spectacular crashes), perfect for any horse lover or historian. Includes: History; Middle Ages, Renaissance, & Schools; Equestrian Olympic Games; Theory; TB Racing; Harness Racing; Horse-drawn Vehicles; Sport on Horseback (Polo/Hunting); Equestrian Amusements (Circus, Rodeo, Gymkhana Events); Horse Ecology (covering many different breeds). Over-sized, will incur extra post for priority or international destinations. Too large for flat rate envelope.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st American Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW & bright. Gray linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/VG; strong w/lower edge wrinkling & discoloration from humidity. DJ/VG w/wear to surface & edges; 4" curved score line to spine; and, humidity discoloration to inner surfaces. First published in Italian as IL CAVALLO E'UOMO in 1967. Study of man and horse. Text, well illustrated, in 10 parts: Part I, History; II, Middle Ages, Renaissance, & Schools; III, Equestrian Olympic Games; IV, Theory; V; Thoroughbred Racing; VI, Harness Racing; VII, Horse-drraw Vehicles; VIII, Sport on Horseback; IX, Equestrian Amusemnts; and, X, Ecology of the Horse. Fine copy despite flaws.