THE TROTTING HORSE OF AMERICA: HOW TO TRAIN AND DRIVE HIM. WITH REMINISCENCES OF THE TROTTING TURF

New York:J. B. Ford and Company. 1868. 1st edition. xxxvi+412pp. Illustrated with frontispiece. Hardcover.  Boards lightly soiled, rubbed and shelfworn with sun-fading to front cover and spine strip. Gutter edges rubbed with small  hole to lower gutter of front cover, and wear to edges (to boards on lower edges) and spine ends starting to fray. Internally, previous owners initials to brown 1st free end-page, but otherwise pages age-toned, but free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact.