big thick green & silver metallic decorative (silver sulky on cover) cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover.near fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean with some rubbing on the rear. faint smudging on the foredge, other edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. a bit of wrinkling & rubbing, not price clipped(no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition. first printing (nap). illustrated frontis. & title pg. 1054p. more than 200 b&w photo illustrations, diagrams & drawings. appendix. index. equestrianism. horse racing. driving. rigging. shoeing and balancing. proper methods of conditioning. proper and improper use of bits, boots, bridles and equipment of all kinds. care of horses. breeding. bloodlines. lameness. nutrition. feeding. stable managment. colt~breaking.race~driving. stock farm man