BRONCHO. By Richard Ball. Illustrated by G.D. Armour.

1926 1st edition. 4to (192 x 262mm). Pp137. B/w illustrations by G.D. Armour, rough-cut edges, top edge gilt, marbled card end-papers. Quarter bound in brown leather over red buckram, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Edition de Luxe, limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by author and artist.

This is the novel of a hunter called up for service in the cavalry in the first world war. Fiction, but based on real experience". Dedicated to horses of 'all ranks' who served in the Great War, all of whom suffered and few of whom survived. Amongst the survivors is the real Broncho, whose name has - in all humility - been given to the 'hero' of this fictitious tale, since it is to him that it owes its inspiration".