Complete Cavalletti: Basic to Advanced Training of Horse and Rider

Very Good+ in a Very Good DJ: The Book shows only mild shelving wear to the lower extremities and to the head and heel of the backstrip; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections only. The DJ shows a inch-and-a-half tear at the the bottom of the front hinge which has resulted also in a small chip at that spot; another tear - this one closed and repaired from verso at the upper corner of the front panel; soiling to the front panel; unclipped. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (8.55 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches). Translated by Jan Spauschus Johnson. Illustrated with Photographs in Black & White. Dark green boards with gilt titles at the backstrip. D. J. Is lime green with burgundy lettering. Cover graphic is a colour photo of the author and horse at trot gait over a series of cavalletti. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardback with DJ. Cavalletti are wooden obstacles set up in ground patterns to teach horses to anticipate space and tempo and to teach riders balance. A horse learns to walk the cavalletti course, then to do it at trot and canter speeds. Cavalletti are constructed to give step-overs of 16, 10 and 5 inches. Matched cavalletti can be stacked to construct fences - to teach jumping. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; x, 134 pages.…