Rita M Jefferies (4 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Good w/ Protective Cover. Good condition. Some edge wear, corner wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 318 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD. First edition. Corners lightly bumped. Scattered foxing. Dust jacket is slightly edgeworn. New archival mylar dj cover. 23 cm. 318 pages. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine+. First Edition. 318 pages of EQUINE questions and answers, illustrated with b/w photos and some b/w drawings. The author is a writer about, and a breeder of, horses - both racing and show types. She outlines eleven topic areas (feeding, feet, stabling, etc.) then responds to 5 or 6 typical questions within those topics. The answers come from acknowledged experts in the discipline - Torchy Millar on the counter-canter, Dr. Laurent Viel on bronchoalveolar lavage, Robert Jolicoeur on riding rings, and Ann Hollings on horse haircuts. Cond : Boards are grey with gilt lettering on spine only. End-papers are cream. D.J. is buff with black lettering. Cover graphic is two inset colour photographs - one of Jefferies and one of Dune - her conformation champion. BINDING tight, colours bright. All edges ,corners and faces are clean and CRISPY. No flaws. No names. No marks. No stains. Very giftable !! Quote (p. 195) : " most horses do not like the counter canter. They find it difficult to do. As a result, the counter canter becomes a very valuable exercise because the rider is getting the horse to say `yes' to something he did not want to say `yes'. It becomes a wonderful intellectual training exercise. " Size: Octavo. B/W Photographs (illustrator). …