![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
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
New Holland, PA: Martin Auctioneers, April 27-28, 2012. First edition. Soft cover, comb bound. 170p, many photos, many in color. Over 1000 lots offering a wide range of vehicles and related items. From the renowned coaching library of Deirdre H. Pirie, with a few ink notes by her, and many..... More
![Item #5717 Reynard the Fox [G.D. Armour ills.]. John Masefield](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5717.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973608)
New York: Macmillan, 1921. Armour, G.D. First edition thus. Hardcover. xx, 339p, many line ills. by Carton Moorepark + 16 pls. by G.D. Armour, several in color. No jacket. Long rollicking hunting poem by England's Poet Laureate, with many memorable characters and scenes. "We've had a run that was great..... More
![Item #30047 [Admission Ticket]. Pimlico Master of the Horse's Office. Royal Mews](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30047.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973496)
London: Wyman & Sons [printer], n.d. [in or before 1901]. No stated edition. Unbound card. Printed in red and black by lithography on card stock. Ca. 5 1/4 x 3 12 inches. Grants "gratis" admission to a visitor and party of five to The Queen's Stables. The visitor isn't named;..... 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
![Item #31412 Washington Squires Polo Club [cover title]. Lee Mauck](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31412.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1678806656)
Unpublished, ca. mid-1950s-1963. Various bindings and loose sheets. Three-ring binder, notebooks, loose sheets, etc. Mostly handwritten in mostly the same hand, a few typed. The activities of the Washington Squires Polo Club (a youth club) are only one of the topics here. Photo of cover is cropped. Appealing documentation of..... 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
Unpublished, n.d. [ca. 19-teens]. Unbound sheet. One sheet on lined paper, written in pencil. Photo shows top third of the composition. "This is my composition For Friday." A charming step-by-step account of how young Leslie learned to hayrake, even though "the horse I was driving went quite fast which made..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. Second printing. Hardcover. 607p. Jacket is worn, torn at edges. Tell-all novel about foxhunting and other sport between the sexes; set in Virginia. Good for the guest bedroom! More
London: John Murray, 2017. First softcover edition. Soft cover. 426p + several ills., some in color. "Ninety-five percent of all thoroughbreds today are descended from one horse--Mr Darley's Arabian. Award-winning racing writer Christopher McGrath traces the extraordinary bloodline through three centuries of scandals, adventures and fortunes"--from Flying Childers, Eclipse, and..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1966. No stated edition. Hardcover. 237p + 14 photos. Lacks jacket. Warm presentations from both McIlvaine and Smith to "Barbara and Bunny," 1966. Story of the first Grand National winner to be bred, owned, and ridden by Americans. A great steeplechaser, Jay Trump was also one..... More
Fort Worth: Texas Christian University, 1966. First edition. Soft cover. 153p, several ills. (mostly old ads). (Texas Christian University Monographs in History and Culture, 1). Valuable compilation of many facts about ca. 500 Texas-related running horses from the first mention of a "fine horse" in a Texas newspaper up to..... More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1951. Dillon, Corinne Boyd. First edition. Hardcover (green cloth). 229p, several ills. + color jacket by Corinne Boyd Dillon. Jacket is unclipped. The true first edition, NOT the Junior Literary Guild edition. Ban-Joe earns a dream job--taking care of Grey Eagle and riding him in the..... More
![Item #9764 The First Book of Horses [signed]. McLennan McMeekin, pseud, Isabel McLennan McMeekin](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9764.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973613)
New York: Franklin Watts, 1949. Crowell, Pers. First edition. Hardcover. 45p, many small ills. by Pers Crowell, some in color. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Still a good introduction for young to middle readers, with lively illustrations by one of America's best equestrian illustrators. Color in photo..... More
