BROWN, William Robinson.
The Horse of the Desert.
The Horse of the Desert.
Stock Code 114245
New York, The Derrydale Press, 1929
With illustrious provenance for Henry Vivian Musgrave Clark (1885-1981) of Sutton House, Ilford, a founding member of the Arab Horse Society, who established the Courthouse stud farm in 1910, sourcing his stock from Crabbet Park. Musgrave is named in Brown's book as one of the principal breeders of the Society who 'usually have a few good horses for sale' (p.169).
Edition deluxe, number 23 of 75 copies signed by the author; 4to (32.5 x 25.5 cm); colour frontispiece after Harrington Bird and three other colour plates, 46 half-tone plates, numerous illustrations in text, bookplate to front pastedown, dated ownership inscription to fly-leaf, pp30-32 with marginal annotations in blue crayon, occasional minor spotting; publisher's blue morocco gilt, gilt spine in 6 compartments, top-edge gilt, others uncut, spine slightly darkened, a few marks to boards, minor wear; xxvii, [3], 218pp.
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