Colby, George - The HORSEMAN'S FRIEND, or Pocket Counsellor, by George Colby

Gettysburg: J. E. Wible, Printer, North-East Cor. of the Diamond, 1866. 1st Edition. OCLC records just 3 holding institutions. Period brown cloth over marbled paper boards. 30 pp. Rear paste-down with printed addendum sheet attached, providing 3 paragraphs on hoof issues/medicinal treatments. 16mo. 5-1/2" x 3-3/4". Binding well worn, soiled, and shows evidence of being damped at some point in the past. Text paper age-toned. Slight gutter break after p. 18. A Good copy. Rare end-of-war guide to horse care by one George Colby, who served in both an Infantry and a Cavalry (21st PA) regiment between August of 1862 and July of 1865. Colby had also served as a Private in Co. K of the 126th PA. Infantry at Fredericksburg's Marye's Heights charge, through the infamous Mud March, and at Chancellorsville, VA.