Privately Trained (The Sports and Pastimes Library)

Language: English

Published by H.F. & G. Witherby, 1946

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First edition 1945 in dark green cloth covered boards with bright gilt spine title. 138 pp text is tight and bright, hinges fine, light foxing on blank endpapers, beautifully illustrated with line drawings by Peter Biegel. Price-clipped original dust jacket is illustrated in brown and white and shows a 1.5" x 2" sticker pull at frt cover lower tip, small hole in spine title that took the small Libr out of the word Library (The Sports & Pastimes) above the regular title on dj backstrip. Jacket also shows light color loss at other tips and along frt fore-edge, now in new mylar and displays well. The author describes his experiences in making and training a thoroughbred. The author and a friend had bought the horse together and the story of their joint enterprise is full of valuable information on how to handle and prepare a young horse for hunting and later, hurdling and steeplechasing.

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Title
Privately Trained (The Sports and Pastimes Library)
Author
Brock, D. W. E
Publisher
H.F. & G. Witherby
Publication year
1946
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
First Edition.
Dimensions
8vo - over 7.75" - 9.75" tall
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