Great Horses of Britain de Lee Weatherley - 1978

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good/Good. Spur Publications, Hindhead, 1978 first edition; large 8vo, ppviii, 269; price snipped slightly too enthusiastically from the dust wrapper, small tear at the dw head and an erasure mark on the front end paper but nevertheless a good copy; pictorial end papers and profusely illustrated in the text with both monochrome and colour images of a very wide range of horses and of activities connected with them. The book is a thorough examination and history of the four breeds comprising the totality of modern heavy horses - Shire, Clydesdale, Suffolk and Percheron, horses which can weigh a ton, have a girth of over 8 feet and a height of perhaps six feet at the withers. NOTE that overseas orders but not UK ones will attract a postage supplement on account of the base weight of approaching 1,150g.

GB: Spur Publications, 1978. In near fine condition BUT top text edge is lightly marked and corners and top and base of spine a little bumped. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped, bright and clean BUT corners are bumped and bottom right hand corner of front cover is torn. Spine browned. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY Packed weight 1300g.. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/G++ Pc DW.

Hindhead, Surrey: Spur Publications Books Ltd, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. N/a. Type: Z 269pp. 1978. First edition. 4to. sized. Hardback. A very good, clean, tight hardback copy in similar jacket. Original publisher's blue cloth - gilt embossed titles to the spine. The text supported by numerous photographic reproductions in b/w. Some spotting to the upper fore-edge. The jacket has not been price-clipped - it has a slight puncture mark to the front panel (no loss) where it over lies a book joint. No inscriptions. A very good, clean, tight copy in similar jacket.

Surrey: Spur Publications/Saiga Publishing, 1978;. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0904558347 . NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE UK TO AMAZON CUSTOMERS; 4to hbk with d/w; stated 1st edition; Vg/Vg; edges of d/w browning a little; book covers the Great horse in terms of its real history as well as its place in the modern world; it covers its breeding, feeding, health & welfare and the range of services it offered, and still offers to man; It deals with the Show Horse, the work Horse and the real story of the War Horse. EXCESS p&p CHARGE OUTSIDE UK DUE TO WEIGHT; ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Surrey: Spur Publications/Saiga Publishing, 1978. 268pp. Lovely pictorial d.j. and illus. throughout. No inscriptions, fading or wear. Price-clipped.. 1st edition. hard back. Fine/Fine, price-clipped. small 4to.

Hindhead, Surrey: Spur Publications Ltd, 1978. There is a markacross the ffep. No other marks or inscriptions and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped but slightly faded at the lower corner. A lovely clean tight copy of this book. 269pp. . First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good (+). 10 x 7.75 inches.

Hindhead, Spur Publications-Saiga Publishing Co. Ltd. 1978. Original publisher's blue cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: illustrated endpapers, coloured frontispiece, viij, 270pp., 7 other coloured plates, over 130 bl.& wh. plates & illustrations, bibliography, appendices: Shire horses - Clydesdale horses - Suffolk horses - Percheron horses, index. Fine copy.