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The Book of the Horse: (Thoroughbred, Half-Bred, Cart-Bred,) Saddle and Harness, British and Foreign, with Hints on Horsemanship; the Management of the Stable; Breeding, Breaking and Training for the Road, the Park, and the Field.
by SIDNEY, S
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. [c.1879].. Second edition. Large 4to. (27 x 21.5 cm). pp.x+608. Publisher's original decorative red cloth, a gilt vignette of an Arabian horse to upper cover, yellow-coated endpapers, all edges gilt. 25 colour-plates and numerous engraved illustrations, some of which are full-page. Cloth rubbed along extremities, spine a bit faded, inner hinge cracked but strong, contents clean, generally a very good copy. According to the preface: "This is a new edition, and something more. The first, issued in monthly parts, was completed in 1875. Ever since, the Author has been engaged in improving and revising it. The subjects have been re-arranged on a plan at once more practical and scientific..."
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- Bookseller
- Robert Frew Ltd
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- 61202
- Title
- The Book of the Horse: (Thoroughbred, Half-Bred, Cart-Bred,) Saddle and Harness, British and Foreign, with Hints on Horsemanship; the Management of the Stable; Breeding, Breaking and Training for the Road, the Park, and the Field.
- Author
- SIDNEY, S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. [c.1879].
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Robert Frew Ltd
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London, London
About Robert Frew Ltd
Robert Frew has been trading in antiquarian books since 1975, starting out from an open market in Camden Lock, followed by shops in Primrose Hill, in Great Russell Street by the British Museum, Maddox Street Mayfair and now on the borders of South Kensington and Knightsbridge. Not to mention stints in Portobello Road and Safe Store Battersea.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, of which Robert Frew is a past president.We Exhibit at most of the major international ILAB fairs in America, often in Europe and sometimes in the Middle and Far East. We are also members of the PBFA, exhibiting in London and occasionally in the provinces.
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