| The Equine F.F.V.s: A
study of the evidence for the English horses imported into Virginia
before the Revolution
Fairfax Harrison , 1928, privately printed by Old Dominion Press, Richmond Virginia, red cloth boards showing some shelfwear, 184 pgs., laid paper, 1 color plate w/tissue guard, 18 b&w plates (1 fold-out separated on fold but present), else very good. Inscribed: Presented by the author Fairfax Harrison, stamp of previous owner above. Compilation of evidence identifying early importers and breeders of thoroughbred horse in Virginia by .well known magnates, . . .merchants, . . . (and) sport loving planters of moderate circumstances, often descended from the earliest adventurers, who bred blood horses in order to be able to wager their tobacco on them. Unique research. |