The Life and Times of Sir Archie by Blanchard - Hardcover - 1st 1958 - Horses

Description

This book was written by Elizabeth Amis Cameron Blanchard and Manly Wade Wellman and published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1958, no addition printings are listed on the copyright page, making this a 1st Printing.  This hardcover is 9-¼” high by 6-¼” wide, it has xiii + 232 pages, there is a color frontis, 4 color plates and 8 pages of illustrations.
This book is in Good condition, there is some wear to the covers, there is a gift inscription on the front free-endpaper, the frontis is nearly loose, and there is a corner crease on a couple of pages, otherwise it is a good, clean copy.  No Dust Jacket.
Few Americans triumphed more gallantly over odds, wore honors more gracefully, or were so honestly mourned after death than Sir Archie, forefather of such great horses as Man O'War, Gallant Fox, War Admiral, and Native Dancer. The depiction of the antebellum life of which Sir Archie was a part is as colorful and exciting as his career.