Hints To Horse-Keepers, A Complete Manual for Horsemen...and Chapters on Mules and Ponies
New York: C.M. Saxton, 1863. Hardcover. Octavo hardcover in dark brown cloth with spine letettred and decorated in gilt. 425 pp. with index. Frontispiece engraving of a Clydesdale stallion, numerous full page plates and drawings in the text. A comprehensive mid-19th century guide for horse keepers with sections on buying. breeding breaking, feeding, riding, grooming, caring for, etc. With an additional illustrated section on carriages and harnesses and a memoir of the author. A tight examplesome moderate wear at the head of the spine and a bit of holing along the lower front gutter. Light crescent tidemarking to the upper margins of the first 250 or so pages. Very Good. Item #E11370B
Price: $59.95