![Item #31162 [Chromolithographed advertising card]. N. H. Lancaster, Agricultural Fair](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31162.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1666095662)
Cincinnati: Strobridge Lith. Co., 1893. No stated edition. Unbound card. Card no. 1 in an unidentified series. Ca. 5 x 3 inches. Advertises the Twenty-Fourth Annual Fair of the Coos and Essex Agricultural Society, Lancaster, N.H. Front shows 3 trotting horses put to high-wheeled sulkies. Back lists the fair events--9..... More
London: Sportsman's Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 200p, 110 ills. + 16 color pls. Jacket spine is faded. History of British racing during those years, artists' biographies, and a long catalogue of prints (engravings, lithographs, etc.) arranged by artist. An excellent survey, originally published at $65.00. More
Amesbury, MA: T.W. Lane, 1909. First edition. Soft cover. One sheet, folded into 5 panels, printed on both sides. Mounted onto a sheet that folds up to make an envelope. Average age wear and soil. Ca. 4 x 6 inches, folded. Promotional mailing piece for the firm's sleighs: photos and..... More
![Item #9749 We Go Foxhunting Abroad [and] More Foxhunting in England. Charles D. Lanier](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9749.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1652746700)
Rahway, NJ [and] New York: Privately printed "for friends to whom hunting, hounds and horses are what they are to us" 1924, 1927. First editions. Hardcover (boards, cloth spines). 158 and 204p, no ills. Subtitled A First Venture with Irish Banks and English Downs and A Further Venture with British..... More
Houston: Loshadt, 1999. Revised edition. Soft cover, comb-bound. N.p., a few old photos. This excellent reference compiles 172 6-generation pedigrees of Thoroughbred stallions foaled before 1940 that are found in Quarter Horse bloodlines. Many pedigrees go back to the early 1800s, and many foreign horses are included. There is also..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1982. First edition. Hardcover (reinforced binding). 65p, many black-and-white photos and old ills. Wide-ranging history of mules and their uses--as draft animals, in the army, as endurance mounts, in entertainment (Francis the Talking Mule), etc., for children ca. ages 10 and up. Can be sent outside..... More
[London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones], [1818 or 1820]. Unknown edition. Hardcover (half leather, marbled boards). Pp. 345-615 + many full-page engraved plates and smaller engravings. Bookplate. VOLUME 2 only (of 2) of this potpourri of information about hunting, racing, and other British outdoor sport; includes a section on Arabian horses..... More
![Item #31527 Use Gombault's Caustic Balsam [with portrait of trotter Boralma 2:07]. Williams Co....](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31527.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1684238734)
Cleveland: Lawrence, Williams Co., n.d. [ca. 1902]. No stated edition. Unbound card. Chromolithographed trade card, ca. 5 x 3 1/2 inches. Ink stamp of G. Jay Tompkins (a local distributor?) on back. Thomas Lawson's Boralma 2:07, "one of the most famous trotters seen on the turf," is used to advertise..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1957. Lea, Tom. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vols., totaling 838p, 43 ills. by the author, maps, and documents. No jackets, as issued. Without the slipcase. Classic history of this fabled Texas ranch--its Santa Gertrudis cattle, Quarter Horses, oil, etc. Out of print (last in print at $125.00)..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. 440p, many photos and charts. Scholarly study of the horse's neuro-physiology, covering intelligence, cognition, and various perceptions--sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Emphasizes research into visual perception (color, objects, movement, etc.), with summaries of recent studies. Trans. from French. More
[Washington, DC]: Cavalry Journal, N.d. [1930s]. Photocopy. Loose sheets (11 x 15 inches). PHOTOCOPY of a long article in an unidentified 1930s issue of The Cavalry Journal, pp. 559-579, several ills. Translation of part of Le Cheval Barbe et Son Redressage (1930). On "the Barb as he is found, and..... More
N.p. [Belgium]: [Author], 2011. First edition. Soft cover. Ca. 240p, many color photos. Excellent handbook on "the French system" of modern endurance riding, by the many-times Belgian champion endurance rider. Covers training and conditioning, feeding, feet and shoeing, stretching and massage, all aspects of racing (the crew, vet checks, problems..... More
![Item #31617 Common Sense Horsemanship [Charles Harris copy with his notes]; A Distinct Method of...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31617.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1689031744)
New York: Van Nostrand, 1963. Second edition (1st pub. 1951). Hardcover. 370p, over 100 line ills. and photos + 2 folding charts outlining steps in schooling and performance. With two chapters by Alexis Wrangel. Edited and designed by Eugene V. Connett. Although Littauer's emphasis on forward movement at the expense..... More
N.p. [Wilmington, DE?]: National Vulcanized Fibre Co., 1937. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 20p, several photos. Introduction to the forward seat. Nothing is here that isn't in his other books, but of interest because this brochure was sponsored by a boot-tree company. One page on "The Selection and Care of..... More
N.p. [Brooklyn? New York?]: Long Island Kennel Club, 1912. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 58p, 1 ill. in an ad. Ca. 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Summary list of 739 classes, arranged by breed. This is prefaced by the AKC dog show rules and many pages listing the many..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [late 19th century]. No stated edition. Soft cover. 7 leaves, comprising title page with line "Eat Scotch Oats" + 6 leaves printed on coated stock. Ca. 5 1/2 x 5 inches. Tied with original gold cord. Cover printed in embossed gold. Front cover fly-specked, back..... More
Augsburg: Joseph Rosi, 1822. First edition. Hardcover (later marbled boards, gilt-tooled leather spine). xiv, long list of subscribers, 132p + 2 hand-colored diagrams showing formations. In German fraktur. ** General handling and cavalry training, based on Polish methods with Moldavian horses. Very scarce. WorldCat locates only 8 copies, all but..... More
![Item #30507 Preparacion Clasico [in English]. Francisco Lucena y. Angel, as taught to Roberto...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30507.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1634144789)
Encintas, CA: Valentine Publishing, 1990. Advance reading copy. Soft cover, post-bound (faded, lightly shelfworn). 193p, a few diagrams. Reproduced typescript. Introduction to systematic classical training--seat, half halt, transitions, collecting and extending, yielding, lateral work, counter canter. After World War II Francisco Lucena y Angel studied with many European masters before..... More
![Item #15405 The American Foxhound 1747-1967 [signed presentation copy; 1 of 1000]. Alexander...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/15405.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1678806709)
Millwood, VA: American Foxhound Club, 1968. Limited edition. Hardcover (full leather). 416p + many photos and other ills., 1 in color. No.681 of 1000 signed and numbered copies; errata sheet taped to last page. Definitive history of American foxhound breeders and hound bloodlines. This copy belonged to the sporting book..... More
London: John Murray, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 284p, no ills. Front cover dampstained, as shown. LIghtly foxed throughout. No jacket. Old-fashioned book history, but still full of detail. On the importance of works on the hunt, falconry, angling, and horsemanship to medieval and early modern thought. Surveys the important French..... More
Bordeaux: Delmas, 1953, 1956. First edition. Soft cover (soiled). 71p + many photos on 66 pls. Laid in: 4-page supplement (1956) updating and adding to the original inventory. The last few pages were damp stuck and have been separated, with a little loss to two photos, and marginal tears and..... More
[Lewiston]: No stated publisher, 1952. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 12p, 1 ill. on cover. Ca. 5 1/2 x 10 inches. Entries, with past performances, for 8 trotting and pacing races held at the fair's 6th session. One is Class A, the rest are C and D. Results and times..... More
![Item #3042 Annual Convention [1929]. Maine State Horseshoers, Blacksmiths Association](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3042.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973582)
Skowhegan, ME: No stated publisher, 1929. First edition. Soft cover. [12]p, a few line ills. Publication of the summer convention of the Master Horseshoers and Blacksmiths of the State of Maine. Summary program of events, list of prizes donated (e.g., "to the wife or daughter of the best looking blacksmith")..... More
Ogdensburg, NY: Northern New York Publishing Company [printer], 1961. Remington, Frederic. "Limited edition" published for Canton's Remington Centennial Observance. Soft cover. 47p, many ills. + color ill. on cover. Recollections of Remington's early years in Canton, New York, taken from recollections, letters, diaries, etc. Most of the illustrations are photos..... More
![Item #31733 Cart Horse [Dumpling]; Suffolk Horses in the Back-ground. Ben Marhsall, artist](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31733.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694461636)
[London]: Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, 1820. Marshall, Ben. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. Engraved illustration. Overall ca. 11 x 8 inches; image is ca. 8 x 6 inches. Foxed back and front. Margins are torn but only one just touches the image. An appealing image of a cart horse, his..... More
