8vo 191pgs Turquois boards with gilt title binding. Professionally reproduced DJ chipped lower front cover, and along top edge. 4 color pictoral DJ shows jumper clearing a huge post & rail oxer. Book corners lightly bumped but fine condition otherwise. Uncommon title. Book corners lightly bum ped but fine condition otherwise. Alan Oliver had been a veteran show jumper for 16 years when he was only 25 yrs of age! He has taken part in all the big European competitions, jumping against the world's top riders. Vividly and excitingly he describes all that happens both in the ring and behind the scenes and introduces the horses with their fads and temperments as strange as any human. An enthralling book for all who love horses and have fallen under the spell of the show ring.