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HORSES -- [BINDLEY, Charles]. The Pocket and the Stud...by Harry Hieover. London: Longman [and others], 1848. Engraved frontispiece, 32pp. of advertisements at end. Provenance: J. Philery, 1852 (signature on half-title). Huth p.158; The Stud, for Practical Purposes and Practical Men. London, 1849. 2 engraved plates, 32pp. of advertisements at end; The Hunting-Field. London, 1850. 2 engraved plates. 32pp. of advertisements at end. Schwerdt I, p.68; Huth p.170. Together 3 volumes, 8° (169 x 101mm). (Plates spotted.) Original morocco-backed green cloth, gilt vignette on upper covers, uncut (slightly rubbed). 20th-century cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITIONS.
MAYHEW, Edward. The Horse's Mouth, showing the Age by the Teeth. London: Fores, [1849]. Engraved frontispiece, coloured and finished by hand and 8 hand-coloured plates, wood-engraved illustrations in the text. (Light spotting and offsetting.) Original green cloth, uncut (spine faded). FIRST EDITION. Huth p.166; and 18 others on horses including: William Miles's The Horse's Foot, (London, 1847), Francis Clater's Every Man his own Farrier, (London, 1811) and William Taplin's The Gentleman's Stable Directory; or, Modern System of Farriery, (London, 1788). (22)
MAYHEW, Edward. The Horse's Mouth, showing the Age by the Teeth. London: Fores, [1849]. Engraved frontispiece, coloured and finished by hand and 8 hand-coloured plates, wood-engraved illustrations in the text. (Light spotting and offsetting.) Original green cloth, uncut (spine faded). FIRST EDITION. Huth p.166; and 18 others on horses including: William Miles's The Horse's Foot, (London, 1847), Francis Clater's Every Man his own Farrier, (London, 1811) and William Taplin's The Gentleman's Stable Directory; or, Modern System of Farriery, (London, 1788). (22)
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