RIDING / POLO. THE BADMINTON LIBRARY. by Weir, Robert, Captain; Brown, J. Moray; et al - 1891

London: Longmans, Green, 1891. 423 pp, 7 3/4" H. Decorated brown cloth, b&w illustrations, including tissue-covered frontispiece (collated). Contents - Riding: Introduction; Riding to Hounds; The Saddle-Horse; Training the Young Horse; Hints on Horsemanship; Hands and Seat; Race Riding; The Colonial Horse; Early History of Horsemanship. Polo: Introductory; The Antiquity of Polo; Polo in England; Polo in India; Rules and By-Laws of Polo; Ground, Balls, Sticks, Goal-Posts, &c.; Breeds of Ponies Suitable for Polo; The Training of Ponies; Some Famous Players and Ponies; How a Polo Match should be Played. Appendix: Lessons in Riding; Bibliography of Riding; Index. A previous owner's bookplate, signature and date (1907) on front pastedown; a previous owner's signature and date (1891) at top of title page; frontispiece tissue and title page have light browning; wrinkling to paper on inside rear hinge - also some splitting in paper but hinge is holding firmly; lean to spine; very light browning to pages; heavy browning to fore-edge and bottom of text block; heavy browning and dust darkening to top of text block; boards have light to moderate edge wear; wrinkling at top/bottom of spine; small bump at top corner of front boards; some loss of colour at bottom of spine - also a small area on front board and rear board at hinge; light soiling. Protected in a stiff mylar sleeve.. Hard Cover. Good-. Illus. by G.D. Giles, J. Stuart Allan, F. Dadd,.