1948. Ashoub, Abdel Alim. History of the Royal Agricultural Society's Stud of Authentic Arabian Horses. Cairo: Royal Agricultural Society, Animal-Breeding Section, 1948. 136p + many photos. Good paperbound (covers faded, chipped). Some foxing to the newsprint-like pages. ** Historical text, followed by a list of all the stallions and mares..... More
![Annual Exhibition of English Sporting Paintings [1986]. Arthur Ackermann, Son](/images/noimage.png)
1986. Sartorius, Ferneley, Herring, de Dreux, Judith Lewis. Ackermann, Arthur & Son. Annual Exhibition of English Sporting Paintings. London, 1986. 102p (50 items), 50 large ills., many in color. Very good paperbound (light shelfwear). ** Catalogue of 18th- and 19th-century hunting and racing paintings by Sartorius, Ferneley, Herring, de Dreux..... More
1805. [Act of Parliament]. An Act for Granting to His Majesty Additional Duties in Great Britain on Horses Used in Riding, or for Drawing Certain Carriages [etc.]. [London] March 18, 1805. Pp. [125]-131, headed by British coat of arms; a few charts. Good paperbound, neatly reinforced with paper tape. Can..... More
1767. [Act of Parliament]. An Act to Explain, Amend, and Reduce...the General Laws Now in Being for Regulating the Turnpike Roads of This Kingdom [etc.]. London: Mark Baskett 1767. Pp. 527-559, no ills. except British coat of arms. Good paperbound (removed from a bound volume; occasional small holes). Printed in..... More
1837. Adams, William Bridges. English Pleasure Carriages: Their origin, history, varieties, materials, construction, defects, improvements, and capabilities [etc.] London: Charles Knight 1837. xviii, 315p, ca. 25 line ills. Good hardcover (blue-green cloth, spine gilt stamped). Lacks front endpaper; occasional neat penciling. Armorial bookplate of Augustus Terry Clarke. Related material laid..... More
1837. Adams, William Bridges. English Pleasure Carriages: Their origin, history, varieties, materials, construction, defects, improvements, and capabilities [etc.] London: Charles Knight 1837. xviii, 315p, ca. 25 line ills. Good hardcover (orange-brown cloth). Covers becoming tender; rear hinge exposed; lightly foxed. Former owner's pencil name: Jay Coogan, Whitehall, Newport, R.I., with..... More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006. First edition. Paperbound. 272p, many ills., some in color. The first major survey of the Surrealist magazine Documents (1929-30), edited by Bataille. It "combined an eclectic mixture of art, archaeology, ethnography, and popular cultue." Published in conjunction with the Hayward Gallery exhibition "Undercover Surrealism: Picasso..... More
![Set of 22 Color Poster Postcards for the 1972 Munich Olympics]. Joksch Aicher, Nagy, Wirthner,...](/pictures/thumb/30388.jpg?v=1630356487)
Murnau: Hamann-Verlag, 1972. No stated edition. Postcards. Numbered 101 through 122 in the series "Offizielle Olympia-Poster des Organisationskomitees der Spiele der XX. Olympiade Munchen 1972." . Twenty-two postcards that reproduce the vibrant posters designed by Aicher, Joksch, Wirthner, Nagy. (Otl Aicher also designed the Games' spiral-sun logo and the now ubiquitous..... More
New York: American Art Association, 1919. box 15, not 7. First (only) edition. Paperbound. Auction catalogue, March 20-27, 1919. N.p. (2409 lots), a few pls. Covers soiled overall, tear to head of spine. Internally nice and clean. No prices realized. Large dispersal sale of hundreds of reproductions of works of..... More
New York: American Art Association, 1916. box 15. First edition. Paperbound. N.p. [1037 lots] + over 20 ills. on 8 pls. Covers sunned, minor penciling, tips of backstrip chipped. Covers may loosen. Pages age browned, else internally very good. Important auction catalogue of over a thousand American, English, French, German..... More
New York: American Art Association, 1915. First edition. Soft cover. Auction catalogue, May 7, 1915. 483 lots, several plates. Covers age-smudged. Chiefly 19th-century works, with some early books and rarities, such as 16th-18th-century manuscripts and Fr. Colonel's 1620 grammar of the Maya language of Yucatan. The original edition. No prices..... More
1920. American Art Galleries. Books and Brochures by and relating to James McNeill Whistler collected by the late Frederick William Hunter. NY, 1920. 171 items, 1 plate. Very good paperbound (shelfsoil). ** Auction catalogue. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate... More
![American Dressage Institute [newsletter]. American Dressage Institute](/pictures/thumb/30236.jpg?v=1624494849)
Saratoga Springs, NY: American Dressage Institute, 1972. First edition. Soft cover. [8]p, many photos. Laid in: June 1972 Dressage Letters (1 page). A wonderful and scarce artifact from the early days of serious dressage in America, fostered almost single-handedly by the ADI during its several years of existence. Reports on..... More
![Jerome Park Admission Ticket]. American Jockey Club](/pictures/thumb/30460.jpg?v=1631829989)
N.p. [New York?]: No stated publisher, n.d. [1860s-70s?]. No stated edition. Pasteboard ticket. Lithographed ticket. One corner clipped, showing that it was used. Depicts two horse heads within an oval foliated cartouche. On the back are a printed monogram (C or G) and an embossed monogram, which may show M...... More
Amarillo, TX: AQHA, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 549 pp., no ills. Covers lightly shelf-scuffed, outer pages lightly browned; overall very good and sturdy. No jacket, as issued. Index of all the Quarter Horses registered in the Official Stud Books 1 through 16 (1941 through 1962), registration numbers 1 through 210,000..... More
![Red Cross Membership Week [poster]; December 17 to 24 Join Now. American Red Cross, Paul Brown](/pictures/thumb/14825.jpg?v=1623355338)
No place: [American Red Cross], n.d. [1940s?]. Brown, Paul. First edition. Poster printed in red and green, ca. 14 x 22 inches. Number "28" printed in green in lower left. Dark area is due to shadow, not discoloration. Poster is shrinkwrapped against cardboard, which has creased across the middle. The..... More
![Paper Pools [David Hockney exhibition announcement]. Andre Emmerich Gallery](/pictures/thumb/30316.jpg?v=1629207182)
New York: Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1979. Hockney, David. First edition. Unbound sheet. One folded sheet, 1 tipped-in color plate ("Day Pool with Three Blues"). Ca. 8 1/2 inches square, folded. Outer sides smudged and soiled. Plate is fine. Announcement of the exhibition of "a series of unique pressed color pulp..... More
![Tally Ho!: 400 Years of Foxhunting [1 of 1000]. Duncan Andrews](/pictures/thumb/5582.jpg?v=1631895482)
Andrews, Duncan. Tally Ho!: 400 Years of Foxhunting. NY: The Grolier Club 1975. 40p, no ills. Very good paperbound. One of 1000 copies. ** Annotated exhibition catalogue of 100 books, manuscripts, prints, and drawings from the renowed fox hunting collection of the late Mr. Andrews. Can be sent outside the..... More
1878. Angell, George T. Protection of Animals [and] The Thirteenth Annual Reports of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Boston, 1878 and 1881. 16p and 20p, no ills. Fair to good paperbounds (self wrappers): covers foxed or soiled, one is loosening. ** Angell's speech is an..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [ca. 1900?]. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. Printed on lightweight card stock, ca. 11 x 7 inches. On the back is a mounted reproduction of "The Music Lesson." Age rubbed but crisp. Pin-pricks in corners. Advertisement for a veterinary remedy showing an alert high-headed coach..... More
![Cabinet Card of Woman in Exotically Decorated Bed/Sitting Room]. Anonymous](/pictures/thumb/30386.jpg?v=1630356399)
Unknown [probably U.S.]: n.d. [1880s-90s?]. Mounted photograph. Printed in sepia, mounted on heavy card stock. No photographer, place, or date. The surface is lightly rubbed, evident only in raking light. Two small nicks to the side margins. Ca. 7 x 5 inches. A youngish woman stands in a bed/sitting room..... More
1900. No author. The Harness Makers' Guide. Walsall: Office of "Saddlery and Harness" 1900. 60p (including 2p of ads), several line ills. Poor stapled paperbound: front cover missing, back cover detached and torn, overall worn and soiled. Content is complete. Scarce in any condition; priced accordingly. ** "Containing the lengths..... More
1908. Anonymous. The Horse for Work or Pleasure. London: Vinton, n.d. [ca. 1908]. 74p + 6p of publisher's ads, a few line ills. Good hardcover, no d.j. (as issued?). ** Small manual on "feeding, management, diseases, and accidents"; also chapters on breeds, bits and harness, carriages, shoes and shoeing. (Not..... More
London: Badminton Magazine, 1904. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. [501]-507, 1 photo. Removed from the Badminton Magazine, volume 28, 1904, and stapled within paper covers. Tears to inside margins but still soundly stapled. A humorous account of a lady's (mis)adventures with wagering. Presented in the guise of an amateur letter..... More
No place: no stated publisher, n.d. [19th century?]. Unbound sheet. I have no idea why, by whom, or for whom, this piece of muleteer humor was made. Probably a piece of amateur printing. One leaf, folded once to make four panels. On the first panel is a hand-colored woodcut (or engraving)..... More
