8vo. xx, 249 pp., frontispiece, 2 appendices, 1 sketch, 7 b/w plates hors text, preface by Sir Walter Gilbey, original green cloth, manuscript slip with author’s address in Australia pasted over imprint at foot of title, previous owner’s inscription on front fly leaf, some foxing, light damp-staining to upper edges of some leaves, Gay & Bird, London, first edition, 1905.

Synopsis

Sir James Penn Boucaut (1831–1916) was an Australian judge and politician. After serving several times as Prime Minister he retired in an estate at the foot of Mount Barker, Australia, where he bred purebred Arabian horses.
Bibliographic reference: Loder 374.