8vo. 256 pp., [4 adverts], 1 frontispiece portrait, numerous b/w plates, maps, original green cloth, title printed in white on front cover and spine, appendices, glossary, index, copy clean & in very good condition, The Paternoster Library Number VII, London, no date [1935].

Synopsis

Carl Raswan (1893-1966) was an international authority on Arabian horses. He was of German origins, who gave up his name Carl Schmidt when his horse Raswan was killed. At that time he said: “Raswan shall not die – I shall write under his name.” He then had his name legally changed to Raswan in memory of a horse”.