Draw Horses with Sam Savitt, The Viking Press, 1981, First Edition, HC, VG.

Savitt, Sam. New York. The Viking Press. 1981.

English, First Edition, Very Good, HC, 8vo, 11 1/4" x 8 3/4", 95 pp.

ISBN: 0670282596

Rust paper over board with quarter cloth binding, stamped gilt lettering to spine, light sunning to edges, some pencil writing and markings throughout, otherwise, clean, sharp tips, and tightly bound. Fair beige pictorial dust jacket, featuring various horse illustrations to front and back, white lettering to front and spine, black lettering to back and interior flaps, minor sunning, 2" x 2" tear to front, notable wear and tear to edges and spine, small hole to back, tape to tail, bottom tips, and interior, color soiling to front and interior flap, otherwise, intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar-sleeve. [5] 95 + 1 pp., replete with how-to illustrations for drawing horses, diagrams on horse anatomy, Introduction, sections on Parts of the Horse, The Horse in Motion, Variations of the Horse, and Drawing Techniques, and Afterword. From inside dust jacket: "This is a step-by-step course in drawing the horse--one of the most beautiful animals and among the most challenging subjects for both amateur and professional artists...Here [Sam Savitt] teaches the aspiring artist how to observe horses, both at rest and in action, and he shows the reader how to discern and render the physical variations effected by age, size, conformation, and breed."