Our Friend the Horse A Complete Practical Guide to All That is Known About Every Breed of Horse in the World

Barton, Frank Townend, F.Z.S., M.R.C.V.S.

Published by Dean & Son, Limited, 1900

About this Item

Undated (circa 1900) first printing hardcover in red cloth covered, beveled boards with black title on cover, gilt title on lightly soiled/sunned spine. Black endpapers with covered paper pull on fep. 289pp text is tight, bright and unmarked save for occasional light fingerprint. Rear hinge paper cracked, all pages tight and holding fine. Illustrated with many line drawings, photographs and b/w plate reproductions. A partial contents list: Horse Breeds, Draft Horses, Race Horses, Trotters & Thoroughbreds, Polo Ponies, British Native Ponies, The Ass and Mule Asses, The Arabian, The Persian Horse, Norwegian Ponies, Spanish Horses, Portuguese Horses, The Norman Horse, The Flemish Horse, Horse Anatomy, Foods and Feeding, Stables and Stable Management, Horsemanship, Horse Training, Diseases and Accidents, Buying and Selling Horses, Horse Castration, Jobbing.

Seller Inventory # 49810

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Our Friend the Horse A Complete Practical Guide to All That is Known About Every Breed of Horse in the World
• Publisher: Dean & Son, Limited
• Publication Date: 1900
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • HORSE BREEDS & HISTORY