Horse Conformation As To Soundness-Performance-Ability. [And] Hoss Trades Of Yesteryear. (Cover Title)

GREEN, BEN K. [WRITTEN & PUBLISHED BY]

Publication: Privately printed by the author, 1963, Cumby

First edition. 8vo. Black cloth, titles stamped on front cover and spine in green, [2], 141 pp., double columns, foreword, illustrated. One of 1000 copies of which 944 copies were offered for sale. The author's very scarce first book, collecting articles from his magazine THE INTERNATIONAL HORSE TALLY BOOK. In the words of historian Owen Ulph, HORSE CONFIRMATION belongs on a shelf with Walton's COMPLEAT ANGLER, Burton's ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, Mrs. Beaton's COOKERY AND HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT, and Stendahl's DE L'AMOUR." Fine, bright copy in a bright, fresh dust jacket with some light professional restoration to the spine ends. An exceptional copy of a very scarce book.

Inventory Number: 52950