and his descendants.
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1945
Lady Wentworth, as the owner of the Crabbet Arabian Stud from 1917 to 1957, was the leading Arabian horse breeder of her time. Her influence on Arabian horse breeding was profound, with over 90 percent of all Arabian horses in the world today carrying lines to Crabbet bloodstock in their pedigrees.
First edition. 4to; 388 pp., 26 plates in colour and 265 in half-tone, original blue cloth gilt, original pictorial dust-wrapper, light wear, a very good copy.
First edition. 4to; 388 pp., 26 plates in colour and 265 in half-tone, original blue cloth gilt, original pictorial dust-wrapper, light wear, a very good copy.
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