I have 2 BRAND NEW copies of this book available for sale.  These books are now very scarce and hard to find.  If you can find a USED copy, the price will be around $100 - $150 and it keeps going up.  A couple of years ago you could buy them (used) for about $75 - $100.  This book is FULL of pictures and information.  Huge book that is a good investment.  Being out of print, it will only increase in value.  They are priced at $75 each (plus shipping) if anyone is interested.  See info below...

 

 AL KHAMSA ARABIANS II - RARE, COLLECTABLE HORSE BOOK

BRAND NEW - NEVER OPENED - PERFECT CONDITION

 

 This is a brand new copy of Al Khamsa Arabians II, a 671 page hard cover book published in 1993 by Al Khamsa, Inc.  The book contains a brief history of Arabia and the Bedouin horse breeding tribes together with a map illustrating the various tribe's areas of influence.  An extensive glossary of Arabian horse terms is followed by an Anthology of selections from foundation Al Khamsa breeders including Prince Mohamed Aly, Randolph Huntington, Spencer Borden, Peter Bradley, W. R. Brown, Homer Davenport, Wilfred Blunt, Lady Ann Blunt, Albert Harris, The Royal Agriculture Society (Egypt) and Sir James Penn Boucaut (Australia).  Ancestral elements are thereafter discussed in great detail, identifying all of the core of foundation horses included in each element.  The next section identifies all of the foundation horses alphabetically replete with many rare photographs.  Finally, the Europa Foundation Stock and the Pre-Registration horses are identified and discussed in great detail, again illustrated with of many rare photographs.  Following a prodigious Bibliography, there is a pedigree index that lists every Desert Arabian, Al Khamsa, Asil horse identified or registered up through AHR# 450000 and CAHR# 21900.  Lastly, there is a Progeny index that lists the progeny of every horse from the pedigree index with Desert Arabian offspring. 

This massive book is provides information on North American Al Khamsa horses, those Arabians descended entirely from Bedouin desert stock. Al Khamsa, Inc., the publisher, is a non-profit organization dedicated to education and research regarding such horses. To produce this book, they studied an enormous amount of information, including original desert documentation, stud books, private breeding records, and other documentation such as the Raswan Index. The living breeding stock which qualified by their standards is listed and cross-listed in this book. There is also an enormous amount of background information on Arabia and the tribes, ancestral elements, a pedigree index, and a progeny index. Many black and white photos are included.

This book is an expansion of the first Al Khamsa Arabians, and it incorporates a great deal of additional information. It is now scarce.

Contents include:

Arabia & the Tribes
Welcome to Al Khamsa
Glossary
Anthology Selections
Ancestral Elements
Foundation Horses
Europa Foundation Stock
Pre-registration Horses
Bibliography
Pedigree Index
Advertising Section
Progeny Index