Lady Wentworth [Judith Blunt-Lytton]

The Authentic Arabian Horse and His Descendants: Three Voices Concerning the Horses of Arabia

London, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this comprehensive work on the horses of Arabia by Lady Wentworth, a greatly influential Arabian horse breeder The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-four colour plates, as well as numerous black-and-white photographs and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth (1873-1957), also known as Lady Wentworth, was a British peer and a profoundly influential Arabian horse breeder. Over 90 per cent of all Arabian horses in the world today carry lines to the bloodstock of the Crabbet Arabian Stud - owned by Lady Wentworth between 1917 and 1957 - in their pedigrees. This is her guide to the authentic Arabian horse, published as a companion volume to her work Thoroughbred Racing Stock, in which she imparts her encyclopedic knowledge as well as the life work of Lady Anne Blunt. This work is illustrated throughout with hitherto unpublished paintings of famous horses. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is very smart though faded to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper is somewhat sunned and chipped, particularly to the head and tail of the spine and to the folds of the flyleaves, but remains generally smart. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 900M4

Catalogue: Field Sports & Equestrian

Keywords: Horses Judith Blunt-Lytton Arabian horses Equestrian Judith Blunt-Lytton Not Stated

WENTWORTH (LADY)

The Authentic Arabian Horse and His Descendants. Three Voices Concerning the Horses of Arabia, Tradition (Jejd, Inner East) - Romantic Fable (Islam)

. London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, sans date (1945), grand in 4 de 388 pp. rel. d'éditeur, pleine toile bleue ornée d'un blason doré sur le 1er plat, bien complet de la jaquette impr. et illustrée en couleurs, petit manque au coin de la planche 190 sans perte dans l'illustration, sinon bon ex. Éd. orig. de cet ouvrage peu courant et l'un des meilleurs sur le cheval arabe et ses origines. Ouvrage illustré de très nombreuses figures sur 265 planches hors-texte et de 25 planches en couleurs hors-texte.

Fronhofer Schlösschen GalerieProfessional seller

Book number: 13289

Keywords: Equitation

Wentworth, Lady.

THE AUTHENTIC ARABIAN HORSE And his Descendants. Three Voices concerning The Horses of Arabia. Tradition (Nejd, Inner East). Romantic Fable (Islam). The Outside World of the West. Foreword by Sir Henry Abel Smith.

Sporting Book Center, New York, 1979. 3rd Ed. 4to. [iv] + 352pp. 232 b/w. plates from photos., 25 colour plates, 12 photolitho. plates, 17 figures, folding map loosely at rear as called for. Good in lightly rubbed and sl. chipped d/w. sl. creased in part at lower edge. .
¶ Companion volume of Thoroughbred Racing Stock.

Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 287382

Catalogue: NATURAL HISTORY: BIOLOGY, ZOOLOGY, EVOLUTION

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; BIOLOGY, ZOOLOGY, EVOLUTION