![Vore Husdyr [Our Domestic Animals]; Praktisk Dyrloaegebog [Practical Veterinary Book]. Dryloaege...](/pictures/thumb/30020.jpg?v=1616516342)
Chicago: John Anderson Pub. Co., 1902. No stated edition. Hardcover. 247p, many line ills. Pictorial boards, cloth spine (rubbed, old insect damage to spine). Internally nice and clean. Veterinary handbook in Norwegian for Midwest and Upper Midwest farmers. Author Bernhard was one "animal doctor Schjoll" from Red Wing, Minnesota. Covers..... More
![Instruction pour la Cavalerie [1796]. Schmidt](/images/noimage.png)
1796. Schmidt. Instruction pour la Cavalerie, sur le maniement le plus avantageux du sabre, publiee en 1796, par Schmidt, professeur d'escrime du corps royal des cadets a Berlin,... Paris: Anselin 1828. cccxxxiii, 84p + 8 folding engraved pls.; 30p of publisher's ads. Very good paperbound (original wrappers, untrimmed; partly unopened)..... More
1885. Schriber, Fritz. The Complete Carriage and Wagon Painter. NY: M.T. Richardson 1885. (1st pub. 1883). 177p, many line ills. Good hardcover (pictorial cloth). ** The title page continues: "A concise compendium of the art of painting carriages, wagons and sleighs, embracing full directions [for] lettering, scrolling, ornamenting, striping, varnishing..... More
![Seventh Annual Auction [Saddlebred, Palomino horses]. Oklahoma City Seventh Annual Sales Co](/pictures/thumb/15736.jpg?v=1539198021)
Seventh Annual Sales Co. Seventh Annual Auction. Oklahoma City 1944. Marvin F. Couch, manager. N.p., over 50 horses listed, 2 photos. Good paperbound (center gathering beginning to loosen from staples). ** A mixture of Saddlebreds, Tennessee Walking Horses, Palominos, and others, often with summary pedigree information. The cover shows Duke..... More
1938. Brown, Paul. Sheppard, Tad. Pack & Paddock. NY: Derrydale Press 1938. 143p, 55 ills. by Paul Brown. Very good hardcover (boards, half leather), in good original glassine d.j. (edge tears), and broken original box. Owner's ink name. The pages are mostly opened. Number 176 of 950 copies. ** Small..... More
![A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Guild of Saddlers [1889]. John W. Sherwell](/pictures/thumb/16294.jpg?v=1539198039)
Sherwell, John W. A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Guild of Saddlers of the City of London. London: For Private Circulation 1889. xxiv, 240p + 12 pls. (1 chromolithographed and some folding). Very good hardcover (gilt-stamped red leather by Harrison & Sons); pages ruled in red. Scattered light foxing;..... More
Siegel, Henry A., et al. The Derrydale Press: A Bibliography. Goshen, CT: Angler's & Shooter's Press 1981. 266p, many photos and line ills. Very good hardcover (lacks the slipcase). One of 1250 copies, this one unnumbered. ** Fine descriptive bibliography and history (not a price guide) of the Derrydale sporting..... More
1992. Skalecki, Liliane. Das Reithaus: Untersuchungen zu einer Bauaufgabe im 17. bis 19. Jahrhundert. Hildesheim: Olms 1992. 256p, 66 photos and line ills. Very good paperbound. In German. ** Architectural and cultural history of stables, riding schools, hippodromes, and related buildings in Europe from the Renaissance to the end of..... More
1936. Smith-Worthington Saddlery Co. The Modern Forward Seat Saddle [Catalog 20]. Hartford, CT, n.d. [ca. 1936]. 12p, many ills. Very good large paperbound (spine faded). Photo-duplicated promotional letter laid in. ** The first two pages feature two "Italian model" forward seat saddles, one of them improved by Captain S.N. Kournakoff..... More
1950. Smith-Worthington Saddlery Co., Hartford. Catalog No. 65 [cover reads: Modern Saddlery]. N.d. [1950s?]. 48p, many photos and line ills. Good paperbound (front cover stained). ** English, driving, and western tack and equipment. Smith-Worthington, founded in the late 1700s, is one of the oldest continuously operating businesses of any kind..... More
London: Sotheby & Co., 1973. First edition. Paperbound. 108p (42 lots), many plates, several in color. Spine faded. The first of four parts of this landmark series of sales, complete in itself. Many masterpieces by Stubbs, Ferneley, Seymour, Marshall, Pollard, Herring, Alken, Ward, etc. Racing, hunting, driving, portraits of horses..... More
Randwick, Australia: Elvent, 1987 (1st pub. 1932). Facsimile reprint. Soft cover. 33p, several photos. Life of Phar Lap, his riders, his race record, a look at other champions, etc. Written "in sorrow" soon after his death. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate... More
Spohr, Oberst a. D. Der Logik in der Reitkunst. Part 3: Die rationelle Korrektur schwieriger, verdorbener und bosartiger Pferde. Stuttgart: Schickhardt & Ebner 1908. (Unsere Pferde series, 36) xv, 164p, no ills. In German. ** On "rational correction" of difficult, spoiled, and vicious horses. This is part 3 of a...... More
![Ryzhii Poni [Soviet edition of The Red Pony]. John Steinbeck](/pictures/thumb/14478.jpg?v=1539198010)
Steinbeck, John. Ryzhii Poni. Moscow, 1962. 82p, several line ills. Fair paperbound (outer lower corner of front cover torn away, affecting title). Pages age browned. In English and Russian. ** Soviet high school edition of the complete four stories in The Red Pony, translated by E.I. Khakina. With a glossary..... More
"Phiz" [Hablot K. Browne]. Stoddart, Alfred. Dame Perkins and the Old Grey Mare. NY: William Edwin Rudge 1927. [24]p, a few pls. in red by "Phiz" (Hablot K. Browne), first published in 1866. Very good hardcover in scarce d.j. (smudged overall). One of 500 copies. ** Nice copy of this..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1943. Wiese, Kurt. First edition. Hardcover. 78p, many ills. by Kurt Wiese, some in full color or 2 colors. Color cover by Wiese (paper-covered boards). Cover edges and back cover rubbed. Neat ink stamp of former owner on front endpaper and one page margin. Without the..... More
1891. Struss, Henry W. Ring-Riding: Being a Collection of Movements and Commands Designed for the Use of Riding-Schools and Riding-Clubs. NY: Appleton 1891. 139p, 142 line ills. Good hardcover (covers lightly rubbed, stained); internally very good. Owner's ink name. ** A wealth of drill formations and instructions, chiefly for 12..... More
![Wagons, Buggies, and Carriages: World's Fair Edition 1892-1893 [cover title]. Studebaker Brothers...](/pictures/thumb/16836.jpg?v=1581024064)
South Bend, IN: Studebaker Brothers, N.d. [1892]. First edition. Soft cover. Title page reads: General Catalogue and Illustrated Hand Book of Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Etc. 128p, dozens of line ills. of the firm's vehicles. Very good paperbound, with a small hole and string for hanging up. Ink stamp of former..... More
London: Warne, 1968. Revised Edition (1st pub. 1948). Hardcover. 268p, 95 photos. Jacket is soiled and stained. Revised and enlarged edition of this popular pocket guide to 130 "familiar and unfamiliar breeds and varieties" from around the world. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping..... More
London: Swaine Adeney Brigg & Sons, n.d. [early 2000s]. First edition. Soft cover. 12p, many color photos. Retail catalogue of elegant riding and hunting crops, driving whips, horns, leather accessories such as sandwich cases, shooting sticks, umbrellas, etc. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping..... More
New Britain, CT: n.d. [1880s-90s?]. First edition. One sheet, printed on one side. Ca. 6 x 11 inches. Light edge wear including one short closed tear, light handling wear and soil. In this flyer the company is looking for sales agents for these bells—“any man who has any appreciation of..... More
Telford, Kenneth A. The Origins of the Modern Morgan: A Study in Contrasts. Randolph, VT: Author (Cantieglen Morgans) 1988 or later. 467p many photos, 7-generation pedigrees, and charts. Good sturdy paperbound (covers lightly stained). ** Here the author presents and analyzes the results of his extensive research into the ancestry..... More
Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' Association of America. Ed. by Syd Houston. Register: Vol. 6. No place, 1946. 603p, no ills. Good hardcover (covers rather soiled); internally clean and sturdy. ** Lists stallions, mares, and geldings 440001-444371. Heavy; shipping/handling may be extra. (Wells 7516)... More
1945. Tew, Norwood Clayton, "the singing blacksmith". The Safe and Scientific Method of Shoeing Horses and Mules and Care of the Feet. [Durham, NC? Author] 1945. 29p, a few photos. Good paperbound (front cover scraped in two places where a label may have been removed). ** Advice "derived from practical..... More
1993. Thomann, Peter. Pferde-Horses-Chevaux. Hildesheim: Olms 1993. 63p, many photos by the author. New hardcover, in original glassine packaging (torn). No d.j., as issued. In German, English, and French. ** Evocative photos by one of the world's leading equine photographers. He made the famous running foal/trotting mare photo that serves..... More
