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First edition of William Robinson Brown's authoritative work on the Arabian horse. Quarto, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, patterned endpapers, tissue-guarded full color frontispiece from a painting by Harrington Bird, illustrated throughout. One of 750 copies. In fine condition. A beautiful example. William Robinson Brown was an American corporate officer at the Brown Company of Berlin, New Hampshire as well as an authority on Arabian horses and Arabian horse breeding. Brown purchased his first Arabian horses in 1910 and founded the Maynesboro Stud in Berlin, New Hampshire which became the largest Arabian stud farm in the United States. He obtained the foundation bloodstock from his older brother who had purchased the stallion, named Abu Zeyd from the Crabbet Arabian Stud in England. Brown believed the Arabian to be a separate subspecies of horse, and Abu Zeyd to be an ideal representation of the breed. Upon the horse's death Brown donated its skeleton to the American Museum of Natural History. Brown also amassed one of the largest literary collections on horsemanship and Arab culture in the United States and authored two books: The Horse of the Desert and Our Forest Heritage: A History of Forestry and Recreation in New Hampshire.
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Fine. 4to. xxix, 295pp, index, bibliography, supplement, bw & col ills, sponsor list. Or maroon leather with gilt title and horse to front. #306 of an unspecified limitation of the De Luxe edition printed at the Derrydale Press. Prev owners name in gilt to front (by publisher) and that name on the list of sponsors. Excellent volume on the Arabian horse covering its natural habitat, origins and history, qualities, blood lines, closely related breeds, usefulness for cavalry, and more. Also the supplement by Linda and Wentworth Tellington contains bibliography, biographical material, and more.
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Good. No Dust Jacket. 4to. Limited first edition of 750 copies. 218 pages. Deep blue cloth with gilt lettering and horse head vignettes on cover. Top edge of text is gilded. Advertising broadside/prospectus is laid in, as well as a pamphlet titled Arabian Horses issued by The Arabian Horse Club of America. Cloth covers are bumped and a little worn at corners and spine ends. Top hinge (internal) is cracked. Volume is generally clean, and otherwise intact.
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Very Good+ No Dust Jacket. 4to. Limited first edition of 750 copies. 218 pages. Deep blue cloth with gilt lettering and horse head vignettes on cover. Top edge of text is gilded. Very light wear at crown, and a little light rubbing along edges of cloth covers. Book plate of Franklin Jones Willock. Smudges are seen in the blank space of the last page of the index and the adjacent blank fly leaf. There appears as a production fault during printing. Volume is otherwise a tight, clean, and very bright copy. Due to weight and size, additional charges will apply for Priority and/or International shipping.
