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Calderone, John A.
Published by Fire Apparatus Journal Publications, Staten Island, NY, 1996
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VG Softcover. Extremely scarce title (only copy on AbeBooks at time of listing). Light signs of wear to exterior, binding solid and straight, interior clean and unmarked. A very nice copy. Seller Inventory # 2000
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Title: Services Not Required
Publisher: Fire Apparatus Journal Publications, Staten Island, NY
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very good
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Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail. Seller Inventory # OTV.B001SBN1Y2.VG
The true method of dieting horses. : Containing Many Curious and Useful Observations concerning their Marks, Colour and External Shape ; their Temper and Instinct ; and how they are to be govern'd, so as to prevent Accidents and Diseases. The proper Method of Feeding suited to their Age, Strength and Constitution ; wherein the pernicious Customs which have obtain'd among many ignorant Grooms and other Pretenders to Horsemanship, are expos'd, and their Errors carefully amended. Under which is likewise contain'd the Right and Proper Exercise, necessary not only in the above-mentioned Respects, but apply'd to the most usual Services required of Horses, whether those for Travelling and Labour, those for the Manage, or those for Pleasure. As Also Observations concerning the right ordering of Troop-Horses, with a Discourse of Breeding, founded on the Duke of Newcastle's short Method ; very necessary for the improving our Breed, and raising a Beautiful and Useful Race of Horses
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
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Leather. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of this informative work regarding correct feeding practices for horses, written by the pioneering farrier and surgeon, William Gibson. The first edition. Scarce.Half title present, with advertisement to recto.Octavo. Signatures run A-A8, a-a2, B-Q7, [R-R4]. Collated complete.Written by William Gibson, a pioneering surgeon and farrier, known for his scientific approach to horse care. Gibson revolutionised equine medicine, focusing on evidence based treatment and away from a more superstitious approach. He is perhaps best known for his 1751 work, 'A New Treatise on the Diseases of Horses'.The True Method of Dieting horses emphasised personalised dieting and treatment based on the individual horse and its role. The work also focused on preventative medicine, through proper feeding and grooming. In contemporary full calf. A trifle rubbed, with slight loss to extremities. Joints cracked and somewhat tender. Front free endpaper detached but present. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot and handling mark. Contemporary ink annotation regarding foaling to rear blank. Good. book. Seller Inventory # 1008K11
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