Archibald Macneilage (3 results)

4th edition hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo 219pp., b/w pls., fldg. chart, index, Chapters on the Shire Horse, the Suffolk, Clydesdale and other heavy breeds of working horse; Breeding of Cart Horses for Street Work; London Work Horse in Street & Stable; Farm management of the Heavy Horse etc. Light wear but a very nice tight copy in green cloth boards.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. An informative and useful guide to horses, with illustrations and a folding pedigree chart. The fourth edition.Part of the 'Live Stock Handbook' series.Illustrated with thirty-one monochrome plates and a folding pedigree chart. Collated complete.This work provides an in depth and informative guide to the care of Heavy horses such as Shire, Suffolk and Clydesdale horses. This guide discusses breeding for street work and pulling carts, injuries and illnesses and farm management.In the original publisher's cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with only slight rubbing to the joints and extremities, the odd minor mark to the board and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Offsetting to the endpapers with a name in ink to the front free endpaper and the odd spot. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd very minor spot. Very Good Indeed. None stated (illustrator). book.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Publication: London, Vinton & Company, Ltd., 1910. Formatting: 8vo, pp. [various], 306. Condition Report: Very Good. The original green publisher's cloth is clean and largely free of rubbing or fading. The binding remains completely tight and square. There is faint softening to the spine ends and light bumping to the corners, though the gilt lettering on the spine and upper board remains sharp and unoxidised. Internally, the pages are clean, showing typical uniform age-toning to the text block edges. A newspaper clipping affixed to the preliminary leaves has caused minor localised offsetting, but the contents are otherwise well-preserved. ÂCatalogue Note: This is the Fifth Edition of the third volume in the 'Live Stock Handbooks' series, edited by James Sinclair. It is illustrated with thirty-one black-and-white photographic plates and a large folding pedigree chart. An early newspaper clipping titled âThe Coming of the Coachesâ has been affixed to the preliminary leaves by a previous owner, offering contemporary context on equestrian transport history. While modern print-on-demand reprints are heavily circulated, earlier cloth-bound printings such as this 1910 edition in strong original condition have become uncommon on the open market. An authoritative guide from the turn of the twentieth century, Heavy Horses provides a detailed examination of the principal heavy draught breeds of Britain. Featuring chapters on the Shire, the Suffolk, and the Clydesdale written by leading veterinary and agricultural experts, the manual covers breeding, conformation, and daily management. It serves as a thorough reference for equestrian historians and heavy horse enthusiasts. N/A (illustrator).…