Boston: Atlantic Printing Co., 1914. First edition. Hardcover. 291p + 9p of ads, many photos. Speedway and matinee driving in Greater Boston--histories, memberships, and yearly results from 1899 on of the Dorchester, Metropolitan, Fellsway, Old Colony, Quannapowitt, and Lynn driving clubs; several articles about "prominent events of the turf"; profiles..... 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

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

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

Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, 1983. Limited edition. Hardcover. 328p, many ills. from old sources (paintings, books, ads, etc.), some in color. Fwd. by Quarter Horse historian Robert Moorman Denhardt. One of 1500 copies, this one number XIII, with a warm presentation from Mackay-Smith to Col. W. Randolph Tayloe (author of..... More

Middleburg, VA: The Chronicle, November 18, 1955. First edition. Paperbound. Now titled The Chronicle of the Horse. 34p, many photos. Front cover worn and detached; back cover missing. Photo is a little cropped at the bottom. This issue pays tribute to George Ohrstrom, owner of The Chronicle (now The Chronicle..... 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

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

Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton, 1981. Reprint edition (1st pub. 1949). Soft cover. 223p, many photos and line ills. Detailed descriptions of all the major chalk hill figures in England and their histories, including the Uffington White Horse, the Cerne Giant, and the Long Man of Wilmington. They date mostly from..... More

New York: Orange Judd, 1895. Second printing. Soft cover. 153p + 6p of publisher's ads, 73 line ills. + 4 pls. (portraits of horses). Outer handling wear and soil, but very sturdy and internally clean. This popular guide to feeding, stabling, riding, driving, doctoring, etc., was intended for those keeping..... More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1856. Later printing (copyright 1848). Hardcover (original embossed and gilt-stamped blue cloth). 288p, several line ills. DEFECTIVE: plate facing p. 46 is torn with loss (as pictured), pp. 47-48 of text is missing. All are supplied in photocopy. Base of spine crudely repaired; frontispiece closely trimmed. One..... More

New York: Will Roberts, n.d. [1950]. First edition. Hardcover (shaped boards), intact comb binding. 20p on card stock, many color ills. by Richard N. Osborne. The horse on the cover swivels on a grommet, so as to "make the bronco buck." Horse's ears are chipped off, cover edges rubbed, binding..... More

Unpublished: n.d. [1970s?]. Stapled unbound sheets. 24p, no ills. Duplicated typescript. A paper in which McCall presents the four themes he is researching: origin and distribution of the horse in West Africa; its early association with the chariot in North Africa and the Sahara; its later role as a military..... More