The Perfect Horse by William H.H. Murray

The Perfect Horse: How to Know Him, How to Train Him, How to Breed Him, How to Shoe Him, How to Drive Him

by William H.H. Murray

Introduction by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher & a treatise on Agriculture and the Horse by George B. Loring

• James R. Osgood, Boston
• 1873
  Hard Cover
• Near Fine Condition
• Looks like never opened or read.
• Comes from a collection in a low humidity state so odor free and wonderful !
• Not issued with a dust jacket.
• Marsden (illustrator)
• First Edition
• 7¾" x 9¾"
• 480 pages, including index, followed by one page of ads for carriages.
• Bright burgundy blind stamped beveleled boards with title, illustration of three horse heads on front in bright gilt.
• Intact spine is covered with gilt title, illus. of horse head, saddle, etc.
• Hinges tight. Pages tight. No cracks. No foxing.
  Light chipping to top and bottom edges of spine per photo.
• 14 B/W illustrations with tissue paper over them.

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