Hardcover. Condition: VGC. Dust Jacket Condition: VGC. Small owners inscription on ffep.
Alexander Heriot & Co Ltd,  1978 First Edition. 8vo, pp352 with b/w illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers: map at the front (The Blunts' 1877-1879 Arabian Travels) & photo at the rear (aerial view of Blunts' Crabbet Park grounds w/ features labeled). Numerous b&w photos within. 24 x 16cm.
 
Told here for the first time from the family’s papers, and with the personal reminiscences of Cecil Covey, who spent most of his life at the Stud and inherited it when Lady Wentworth died, this triumphant and often turbulent history will fascinate all who read it.
This first edition was published in 1978 to celebrate the centenary of the Stud’s foundation.
 
Another important book for Crabbet Enthusiasts! Revised edition also available.
 
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