Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse William Ridgeway, 1905, navy cloth boards with gilt titles, 538 pgs., 143 b&w illus. ,slight wear to all edges, very good +. C.M. PRIOR's copy, with his notes on front pastedown and free endpapers, in neat pencil; also tipped in letter from Ridgeway to Prior + letter of reply to Ridgeway regarding a reference with short notation by Prior. Considered a classic text on the origin of the thoroughbred, cited in numerous bibliographies.