Through the Stable and the Saddle Room -
Arthur T. Fisher
1890 - Richard Bentley and Son, London - First Edition
‘Every Englishman loves a horse, even if he knows no more about him than he does about a kangaroo, and but few of our countrymen can gaze on a handsome horse without admiration...’
A handsome copy of this useful, late 19th century guide to horse stables and saddle rooms, with chapters on stable construction, saddles, bridles, hay, and livery. Provenance: from the library of Robert M. Meyer, with his armorial bookplate to front pastedown.
Octavo, pp. xx 302. Publisher’s brown cloth, gilt illustration of a horse stable to upper cover, gilt titles to upper cover and spine, black endpapers. Condition: Near fine, minor rubbing to spine ends and corners, a few gatherings slightly over opened, endpapers beginning to split at hinges. Ref: 107887 Price: HK$ 1,800
A handsome copy of this useful, late 19th century guide to horse stables and saddle rooms, with chapters on stable construction, saddles, bridles, hay, and livery. Provenance: from the library of Robert M. Meyer, with his armorial bookplate to front pastedown.
Octavo, pp. xx 302. Publisher’s brown cloth, gilt illustration of a horse stable to upper cover, gilt titles to upper cover and spine, black endpapers. Condition: Near fine, minor rubbing to spine ends and corners, a few gatherings slightly over opened, endpapers beginning to split at hinges. Ref: 107887 Price: HK$ 1,800