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book may differ from picture. example of one with worn paper jacket. Scarce 1906 first edition of The Arab Horse by Spencer Borden, complete with its original publisher’s dust jacket — increasingly hard to find. • Original green cloth boards • 24 illustrations including The Godolphin Arabian • Original dust jacket present with edge wear, chipping, and losses • Book itself in very good vintage condition • All pages intact Even in worn condition, the presence of the original jacket significantly increases collectibility. “So this book is valuable not just because it’s old, but because it’s important. This is The Arab Horse, published in 1906, and it’s considered the first serious American reference on Arabian horses. It was written for early breeders, printed in small numbers, and most copies were heavily used or lost over time. What really drives value is that this one survives complete, and copies with the original dust jacket are extremely rare because jackets were usually thro