Author: COLLIE, KEITH & ANGELO PESCE
Title: Spirit of the Wind Horse in Saudi Arabia
Description: London: Immel Publishing, 1982. First Edition (?). First Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 0907151019. Illustrated by Keith Collie. Hardcover is textured brown with gold lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. End pages are brown. Exhaustively illustrated with 100+ glorious color photographs. Color map of Saudi Arabia. Sections are: Introduction; Arab Horse Races; National Guard; Equestrian Club, Riyadh; Research Center, Dirab; King Abdul Aziz University Equestrian Club, Jeddah; Around Riyadh; Around Jeddah. 'These unique photographs bring the image of the Arabian horse up to date: ...its speed on the race tracks, its discipline in the riding schools and its splendour as the mount of the National Guard. But even under modern conditions, the Arab horse is still pinned to that dramatic and familiar backdrop--the desert, the harsh environment which helped mould the Arab as the world's most beautiful and admired breed..." Oversized, 3#. ; Photographs; 8 1/2 x 12; 111 pages; Cover has light bumping. DJ has light bumping, rubbing; 2 1/2" slit in middle of back cover, horizontally from spine; in a mylar cover.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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