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MODERN HORSE MANAGEMENT by Reginald S. Timmis. Introduction by Major-General F.L.Lessard, C.B. Preface by the late Prof. Alfred Savigear (Staff College and 17th Lancers). With 466 photographs, plans and drawings. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Co. Publishers. Printed by Cassell and Co. Ltd, La Belle Sauvage, London. No date listed but research indicates 1915 as the probable date of publication. 233 pages. A large book, printed on beautiful, thick paper. 8½ x 11; blue cloth boards, with dark blue cartouche field and outline of a horse. Gilt titles. Faded spine with horse's head and titles. Some browning on the end pages. Excellent condition inside. Contents include: History of the Horse, Psychology of the Horse, Foods and Feeding, Grooming and Stable Management, Driving and Harness, Surgical Diseases, Lameness, Teeth and Conformation, Anatomy and use of the Horse's Tail,...etc. Exceedingly rare. $125. Brave Horse (Janus), Wellman. HB. $18.50 APHA Paint Horse Stud Book, Vol. 2, 1968. HB, with photos (color and b&w); rare in HB. $125. Feeding & Care of the Horse, Lon Lewis. Cavalcade of American Horses, Pers Crowell. Nice, w/dj. $25 California Horse Review, monthly magazine, all breed (mostly QHs); various issues available, please call or email. Western Horseman, monthly magazine, all breeds. Issues from 1949. Please call for availability. The Horseman's Year, 1947-48, ed. by Lt.-Col. W. E. Lyon, with contributing authors J. L. Hislop, Henry Wynmalen, etc. Published by A. S. Barnes & Co. NY and William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. London. Hard bound, 176 pgs. The Flat Race Season; Staying Blood; Int'l Show Jumping; Horse Shows Reviewed, etc. $25 The History of the H. I. S., 1885-1985, 100 years of the Hunters' Improvement and National Light Horse Breeding Society, by Pamela Macgregor-Morros. Pub. by The Trematon Press, Great Britain, 1986. Hard bound; 277 pgs, with index and appendices. Many photos on glossy paper. $25 The Year Book of the Horse 1934, ed. by Robert F. Kelley. Racing, Polo, Hunt Race Meetings, etc. 272 pgs.; illus. $35 Horses, by George Gaylord Simpson; The Horse Family in the Modern World and Through Sixty Million Years of History. Hard bound, in torn dj; published by Oxford, 1951. Illus. Evolution, etc. 247 pgs; index. $35 The Horse Whisperer, by Nicholas Evans. A hard bound novel, with decorative embossed dust jacket. 404 pgs. $20 The Man Who Listens to Horses, Monty Roberts. HB, DJ, like new. $20 1435 Albite Rd. Wellington, Nevada 89444-9315 (775)266-4645 susan@nanosecond.com
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