Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald - The Book of the Horse - 1946

This large volume is fully illustrated and comprehensive guide to the horse, its history in Britain, Europe, and elsewhere, breeding, its role in war, art, racing etc.

The book is richly illustrated with 37 plates (15 in colour), and large number of other illustrations within the text. Published by Nicholson & Watson, London, 1946. Publisher’s original Brown cloth boards, lettering to spine, decorations to front and rear covers. Illustrated endpapers. Top page edges gilt.

Book Dimensions: 25 x 20 x 5 cm and Number of Pages: 879 including index
Weight in excess of 2 kg.

Condition
External covers in nice shape, and clean, with light wear to corners, edges, and to head and foot of spine. Internally; the book in very good condition. No names or inscriptions. Pages are clean, with occasional marks on couple pages. All pages are tightly held at the gutter. Inner hinges are very good. All plates and illustrations are in very good condition (Nice Copy) (Please see pictures).