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1858 The Horse and The Hound: Their Various Uses and Treatment
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Description
Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon
Third edition. Uncommon edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eight plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed guide to sporting activities which use horses and hounds, with commentary on the practical instructions in horsemanship and hunting. This volume includes chapters on the race-horse, the hunter, the hackney, treatment of horses, horsemanship, the hound, and dealing. Written by Charles James Apperley, a Welsh sportsman and sporting writer, better known as Nimrod, the pseudonym under which he published his works on the chase and on the turf. With the publisher's catalogue to the rear.
Condition
In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with small splits in the cloth to the head and tail. A 4" split in the cloth to the front joint with two 1.5-2" splits to the rear joint resulting in the cloth at the spine lifting slightly. Hinges tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. A contemporary ink inscription to the half title with the bookseller's label to the front pastedown.
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