If not for a horse, would Alexander have been "the Great"? Would William have been "the Conqueror" or Richard, "the Lionhearted"? If not for a horse, would Paul Revere have spread the word? Would the West have been won? These are questions Clutton-Brock answers in this blend of natural and social history which recounts the horse's story as it has figured in with our own. 22 color illustrations; 91 halftones; 48 line drawings.
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If not for a horse, would Alexander have been "the Great"? Would William have been "the Conqueror" or Richard, "the Lionhearted"? If not for a horse, would Paul Revere have spread the word? Would the West have been won? These are questions Clutton-Brock answers in this blend of natural and social history which recounts the horse's story as it has figured in with our own. 22 color illustrations; 91 halftones; 48 line drawings.
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Illustrated. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. Unmarked, clean and solid; about 1 inch discoloration on top, rear edge of dust jacket.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very good clean tight copy. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; Stunning copy with lightly bumped spine ends, else as new. 192pp of history and lore written by a senior scientist at the Natural History Museum, London. Profusely illustrated, comprehensive volume covering: The Family Equidae, Wild horses and asses in historic times, Hybrids and the breeding of mules, The earliest domestication of the horse and the ass, The first wheeled transport, horse-riding, the stirrup and nose-slitting, Equids in ancient Egypt and western Asia, and the enigma of the onager, The horses of Scythia and the Orient, Equids in the classical world, Equids in the Middle Ages, Conquest of the Americas, Equids in agriculture, transport, exploration, and warfare, A history of horse-racing.
