The Arab; The Horse of the Future
London: Gay and Bird, 1905. First edition. Hardcover (full tooled leather, gilt-stamped spine). 249p + 8 photos and other ills. (including 3 photos of the stallion Rafyk). Preface by Sir Walter Gilbey. Front cover rehinged; top of spine mended. Binding very sound. Small corner torn from front endpaper. Large rubber-stamp bookplate of John A. Cockburn, with rooster and thistles. Very good. Item #31150
On the deterioration of English and Australian horses, and how to improve them by adding Arabian blood. "In all the best qualities of the horse--soundness, stamina, endurance, and docility--we cannot do better than revert to the pure Arab, which continues unspoiled by artificial treatment." (Wells 974).
Price: $150.00