Equine Evolutions, Excerptions, Ex-Press.
N.p. Unpublished, 1879. Hardcover. 208p, many line ills. of locks, keys, door knobs, etc. Several pages removed throughout. Good. Item #31406
The compiler has pasted many periodical articles onto the first ca. 40 pages of a Parker & Whipple Company trade catalogue for locks and related hardware (based in Meriden, CT). The articles concern trotting races and horses, (Dexter, Goldsmith Maid, etc.), remedies (strong coffee for exhausted horses), taming (Denton Offutt on "The Educated Horse"), current topics ("Heat and the Car Horses"), etc. The articles are cut from various New York newspapers, Porter's Spirit of the Times, etc. They cover the pages up to page 44; the rest of the catalogue shows the company's products. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.
Price: $50.00