By Lady Diana Shedden; Lady Apsley
London   Hutchinson & Co, Ltd
9.5" by 6" 288pp.
A very scarce instructional work on horse riding for women by Lady Diana Shedden and Lady Apsley, with numerous photographs throughout.
By Lady Diana Shedden; Lady Apsley

1932 To Whom The Goddess: Hunting and Riding for Women

London   Hutchinson & Co, Ltd
9.5" by 6" 288pp.
A very scarce instructional work on horse riding for women by Lady Diana Shedden and Lady Apsley, with numerous photographs throughout.
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Description

Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

The fifth impression. 

Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, monochrome vignettes and thirty-one monochrome plates. Collated complete. 

In the publisher's original cloth. 

This very scarce work was written by Lady Diana Shedden and Lady Viola Apsley, with an introduction by the Earl of Lonsdale. This work provides a guide to horse riding for women, covering the history of the goddess of the hunt, bridles, the ideal female hunter, riding astride and side-saddle, advice on dress and stable knowledge.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with creasing and bumping to the boards, and fading to the spine with very small closed tears to the head and tail. Offsetting and spotting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with minor age toning and spotting throughout.

Very Good

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