N.p. [Buffalo?]: Privately printed, n.d. [1972?]. First edition. Soft cover. 180, 140 pp., many photos. Vol. 1 is inscribed by Knox to "Charlie and Gloria." Knox's memoirs of a lifetime of polo with his beloved Aurora club, plus chapters on shooting, skiing, farming, showing horses and dogs, and Aiken. Printed..... More
Vienna: Friese & Lang, 1924. Koch, Ludwig. First edition. Hardcover (covers lightly soiled and splayed as usual with this large book, which is bound horizontally). 127p, 60 ills. by Koch, 30 of them full-page color plates. In German. Lacks jacket. A nostalgic look at old Vienna, which in the 1920s..... More
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corp. 1927. Brown, Paul. First edition. Hardcover. 344p + 4 pls. by C. Leroy Baldridge and many small ills. by Paul Brown. Lacks jacket (not by Brown). Novel set in World War I, told in the voice of "a cowboy's horse who served in France with..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1943. Kirmse, Marguerite. No stated edition but presumably first. Hardcover (printed boards). 60p, many ills. by Marguerite Kirmse, a few plates + jacket in color. Back of jacket soiled, one-inch closed tear at top. Jacket is unclipped (price $1.00). Little Nipper discovers snow. One of the appealing dog..... More
Weston, CT: Author, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. [Ca. 400p], 16 color photos. No. 9 of 15 copies, signed by Laffaye. In Spanish. The first edition of the first dictionary devoted to polo. The late Horace Laffaye continued to publish several histories and dictionaries of polo, including this one in English..... 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](/pictures/thumb/9749.jpg?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
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
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. ix, 307p + 16p of publisher's ads, no ills. Erratum slip tipped in. Title-page printed dedication to the Duke of Beaufort, President, and the Members of The Coaching Club. From the collection of carriage historian Hugh McCausland, with his bookplate. "General information..... More
1930. Licart, Lieutenant [Jean]. "The Barb." PHOTOCOPY of a long article in an unidentified 1930s issue of The Cavalry Journal, pp. 559-579, several ills. Very good, loose sheets. ** Translation of part of Le Cheval Barbe et Son Redressage (1930). On "the Barb as he is found, and as he..... More
N.p. [Belgium]: [Author], 2011. 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 and solutions..... More
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
![Item #30640 How a Horse Jumps [2 vols., 400 copies]. Vladimir Littauer](/pictures/thumb/30640.jpg?v=1639437554)
London: J.A. Allen, 1972. Limited edition. Hardcover in slipcase. Vol. 1 (text): 83p, many line ills. Vol. 2: n.p., many photos from filmstrips. No jacket, as issued. Littauer summarizes his lifetime of research into the mechanics of jumping, with much reference to other authorities. (Wells 4652, "limited to 400 copies")..... 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
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1965. Liu Hsiung. Third editon (1st pub. 1958). Stapled soft cover. [16]p, many color ills. by Liu Hsiung. Bottom corner missing from front cover; lightly dampstained throughout on lower pages and inner margins. Children's picture book; Communist Chinese propaganda at its most heavy-handed. The Liberation Army..... More
![Item #30507 Preparacion Clasico [in English]. Francisco Lucena y. Angel, as taught to Roberto...](/pictures/thumb/30507.jpg?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
Mackay-Smith, Alexander. The American Foxhound 1747-1967. Millwood, VA: American Foxhound Club, 1968. xxxi, 416p + many photos and other ills., 1 in color. Very good hardcover (full leather); no d.j., as issued. No. 681 of 1000 signed and numbered copies; errata sheet taped to last page. This copy belonged to..... 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
