Will H. Ogilvie — Galloping Shoes: Verses

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this uncommon collection of illustrated verses from Scottish-Australian poet William Henry Ogilvie. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a colour tipped-in frontispiece and seven tipped-in colour plates. Collated complete with light creases to the tips of plates four and five. A collection of poetry on hunting and horse-riding with sections entitled: The Blast of the Horn, The Call of the Bugle, and The Clink of the Bit. Written by William Henry Ogilvie, a Scottish-Australian narrative poet and horseman, jackaroo, and drover. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards, a British artist who specialised in painting horses and other aspects of British country life. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small handling mark. Minor age toning to the page edges and endpapers. The odd small crease to the tipped-in plates at the edge. Very Good . Ill.: Lionel Edwards. Very Good .