TICKNER'S LIGHT HORSE. By John Tickner.

(1956) 1991 2nd edition. 8vo (144 x 223mm). Pp83. Cartoon illustrations by author. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

John Tickner was a well-known sporting cartoonist who developed a keen following of readers over many years. "The success of [this book], an immediate bestseller when it was originally published in 1956, lies in John Tickner's certainty that in the age old partnership of horse and rider the horse is the superior animal. Today's reader will find that the shrewdness and wit of his observations and drawings are as apt as they were when the book was first published." Chapters include: Your first pony; How to keep your first pony; Riding schools; Gymkhanas; Horse shows; Advanced equitation; Foxhunting; Horse trials; The horse in harness; Social occasions; The horse in literature and in show business; How to get rid of your horse.