Leading The Field [signed] [first edition]

VG/VG. First edition in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'For --- --------/With my best wishes/Elwyn Hartley Edwards'. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs by Kit Houghton. A well-researched and authoritative history and photographic record of Britain's equine heritage. As well as examaning the history and uses of Britain's varied horse and pony popualation, the author takes a look into the future, showing the importance of conservation if all the breeds are to survive. With Breed Societies and Index. Minor light shelf rubbing to bottom edge; else a very good copy, in a very good d/w, of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.