The way of a man with a horse : a practical book on horsemanship / by Lieut-Col. Geoffrey Brooke, … ; veterinary notes by Col. Todd, … , & a chapter on pig-sticking by Lieut-Col. Arthur Brooke, ... ; with over ninety illustrations.
Geoffrey Brooke (1884-1966)
Category
Books
Date
1929
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3101004
Summary
Bibliographic description
288, [2] p., plates : ill. (1 col.), port. ; 8vo. Copy no. 57. Signed by the author and the original artist of the frontispiece. Shelved with other works from the Lonsdale library of sports, games & pastimes. Pencil price on front free endpaper verso: "£5/5-". Pencil date on rear free endpaper: "28/5/29". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full blue morocco; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper board: coat of arms of the Earl of Lonsdale, gilt lettered 'The Lonsdale library'; small gilt stamped cornerpieces on upper board: Lonsdale monogram (coronet above the letter 'L'); recessed cords; blind fillets on spine; spine lettered direct (gilt stamped): 'The Lonsdale library' and 'The way of a man with a horse Brooke'; gilt stamped coronets in remaining spine compartments; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers; blue ribbon marker. Some uncut leaves.
Makers and roles
Geoffrey Brooke (1884-1966), author Brooke, Arthur, author Todd, A. C, author Lionel Edwards (Clifton 1878 - Salisbury 1966), original artist