Karr, Elizabeth

The American Horsewoman

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884. First. Hardcover. First edition. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt and with gilt small decoration of a mounted horsewoman jumping a fence. 324 pps. with index. 35 instructional illustrations in the text. Rare and important work on horse-womanship for the American female. A tight copy but with dampstaining to the outer corners of the front cloth, significant dampstaining to the rear cover and rear pastedown and some moderate soiling to the outer margins of the text block beginning about halfway through, not affecting the text. Priced accordingly. Item #E1181

Price: $225.00