From HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 27 February 1998
About this Item
First US edition 1905 hardcover in red faux leather smooth cloth covered boards with bumped tips and spine ends. There is no title printed on spine or covers. Boards are marked, color is uneven. 120pp text is crisp & tight with an occasional light finger smudge in a margin or two. The Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books. Hinge papers are fine, endpapers slightly age-toned. Book smells fresh, 27 plates present, It is a beautiful copy free of former owner's names or markings. Title continues, "Containing The Completest Instructions For Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Galloping, Stumbling and Tumbling." A single volume containing both "The Academy" (pp 17-43), and "Annals of Horsemanship" (pp 59-120), with several letters to the reader, Editor's notes, etc before each book. Henry William Bunbury's humorous work satirizing horsemen, entertainingly illustrated throughout with caricatures by the author. Seller Inventory # 48450
Bibliographic Details
Title: An Academy For Grown Horsemen
Publisher: Methuen
Publication Date: 1905
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st US Edition.
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