THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF DRIVING. By Sally Walrond.

(1974) 1979 revised edition. 4to (176 x 260mm). Ppx,302. B/w illustrations by Janet Johnstone. Brown cloth, spine titled gilt.

"The 19th century was indoubtedly the heyday of the driving horse, and although the coming of the railways in the middle of the century put paid to long-distance travel by coach or post-chaise, the increase in private and commerical vehicles in the second half of the century, kept driving very much alive until the advent of the motor-car in the early 1900's. Driving ...was so much a part of everyday life, and the terms applied to vehicles, harness, and horses were so commonplace, that knowledge of the subject was taken for granted, and very little was recorded. ...Sally Walrond has filled a gap by providing us with a guide to driving in all its aspects - covering a very wide field, from the technicality of the art of driving; details of vehicles and harness; to the history of the subject."