The Farmer's Practical Horse Farriery. Goshen NY Imprint. Containing Practical Rules on Buying, Breeding, Breaking, Lameness, Vicious Habits...to which is Perfixed an Account of the Breeds in the United States.
Goshen, NY: 1859. Hardcover. Compiled by E. Nash. Dr. J.H. Reeves, Goshen 1859 imprint, with this new title page replacing the Auburn NY title page. The original edition was issued in Auburn NY, and this copy has the title page replaced with a new hand letter pressed title which looks very amateurishly inserted, nevertheless contemporaneously.
Goshen is the center of the US trotter racing industry. An entry in the Goshen directory for 1878 cites Reeves & Kelsey, as suppliers of general merchandise, flour, feed, etc. at 83 W Main.
Sml. 8vo, 197pp, woodblock ills in text. Original brown blind & gilt stamped cloth a bit toned, but otherwise very good. OCLC: 8198254. Otherwise very good condition. Item #9098
Price: $175.00