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Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; Gift quality first edition hardcover in glossy photo-illustrated boards with barely bumped spine ends and still sharp tips. No names, tears or soil in the glossy 120pp text that has been translated into English by Christina Belton with add'l material by Celia Clarke. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w and no jacket as issued. Part of the "Allen Breed Series" traces the eventful history of the Trakehner from the beginning of organized horse breeding in East Prussia to its pre-war peak, and its subsequent regeneration after the dramatic wartime flight. Chapters include the bloodlines, the use of Trakehner blood in other warm-blood breeds, the modern development of the breed in West Germany, its establishment in Great Britain and the United States of America, and its sporting achievements.
