Edition: Reprint (1975)
Published: 1935
Publishers: Royal Agricultural Society
Condition: Cloth hardcover in excellent condition. Internally in near-pristine condition.
This highly informative book was written by His Highness Prince Mohamed Aly who wished to add to the literature of the Arabian horse from his own experiences with them. In 1935 he says he had exhausted nearly all literature dealing with the Arab horse and that the European views (in his experience) did not have the accuracy he desired "for the horse lovers of the world." His work is included in important studies and documentation the world over. This reprint is inclusive of both volume 1 and volume 2. In the preface: "All my life I have lived among horses, and loved them. My guardian was an old Georgian Pacha, who was sent more than twenty times to Arabia to buy the finest horses for my ancestor--Abbas Pacha the First. Abbas had a stable of horses finer and more beautiful than any since the days of King Solomon. The Pacha used to tell us stories all day long of his travels, praise what for the horses he bought, and also taught us the beauty of horses. This book has beautiful pictures and illustrations and is a book to be read and re-read.