Offering this wonderful first printing of The History and Romance of the Horse, by Arthur Vernon, illustrated by Ernest John Donnelly. Published by Waverly House, Boston, 1939. Dark red cloth hard-boards with gilt illustration and lettering on front. Good++ condition, clean, no corner rubs, no spine cracks. Pages are clean (except for a small margin spot on two pages; no tears, no foxing, no scribbling, no missing pages; front and inside cover hinges have slight age toning; the first 38 pages have a faint line mark at bottom margin edge, does not affect reading; previous owner applied book plate to inside front cover. Filled with wonderful illustrations througout. A wonderful book for the people who admire horses!