McClary, Jane McIlvaine. A Portion for Foxes. NY: Simon and Schuster 1972. 2nd ptg. 607p. Good hardcover in fair d.j. (worn, torn). ** Tell-all novel about foxhunting and other sport between the sexes; set in Virginia. Good for the guest bedroom! More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1963. Shenton, Edward. First edition. Hardcover. 251p, several line ills. by Edward Shenton. Ex-lib. with pocket and usual marks, in library binding. Owner's neat ink stamps on front endpapers and one margin. Cammie visits relatives in Ireland, shows their pony in the Dublin Horse Show, and tackles their..... 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
![The First Book of Horses [signed]. McLennan McMeekin, pseud, Isabel McLennan McMeekin](/pictures/thumb/9764.jpg?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
Chestnut Hill, MA: McNeilly's Riding Academy, 1916. First edition. Soft cover. 24p, a few ills., many local ads. Includes "The Horse's Prayer." Creased down the middle, a few short marginal tears, a few upper corners chipped. Program of 9 classes--costume parade, ladies' and men's drill, ladies' and men's jumping, ladies'..... More
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1937. Hargens, Charles. Fourth printing (1st pub. 1933). Hardcover (textured green cloth). 302p + 4 pls. and color jacket by Charles Hargens. Bookseller label of Newbegin's, San Francisco. Jacket is torn. A lively tale of Frog, at first "an outlaw who can only be ridden by..... More
![Essai de Bibliographie Hippique [2 vols.]. General Mennessier de la Lance, Gabriel Rene](/pictures/thumb/15463.jpg?v=1633973425)
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino, 2003. Second edition of facsimile reprint (1st pub. 1915-1921, 1999). Hardcover. 2 vols., totaling over 1500 pages; no ills. No jacket, as issued. In French. A monumental bibliography of almost 8000 horse books published in French or Latin from the 16th to the early 20th centuries..... More
![Catalogue]. Merts, Coach Riddle, Hearse Builders](/pictures/thumb/16952.jpg?v=1633973451)
Ravenna, OH: S.D. Harris, Printer, n.d. [early 1880s]. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 50p, many full-page wood-engravings of horse-drawn hearses; 2p of decorative devices; view of the firm's factory on cover and title page. The firm was founded in 1831; this was its first catalogue, according to the company..... More
Bologna: L. Cappelli, n.d. [1925]. No stated edition. Soft cover. [24]p, 5 lift-up plates. Covers foxed; one gathering detached. Printed on a heavy newsprint-like paper. In Italian. Anatomicall guide to the most common visible ailments and defects of the horse. Following the text, 5 color plates show the exterior, skeleton..... More
Paris: Dalibon, 1820. Third edition (1st pub. ca. 1811 and 1813). Soft cover (original or contemporary wrappers). 68p + folding lithographed frontispiece.(foxed). In French. Old owner's name on half-title page, old numbers jotted on last page and inside back cover. Inside front cover lightly dampstained; opening gathering slightly loose. Though..... More
Billings, MT: Thomas Minckler Gallery, 1993. James, Will. First edition. Soft cover. 71p, many ills. by Will James. Second photo (one of his rare stagecoach scenes) is cropped. This catalogue, from a dealer in Western art, offered dozens of Will James items--art, books, book galleys, unpublished short stories, autographed letters..... More
![Manuel Elementaire du Jeu de la Balle a Cheval [polo]. Direction de la Cavalerie Ministere de la...](/pictures/thumb/16810.jpg?v=1633973447)
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1922. First edition. Soft cover. 55p, 22 line ills. Old regimental library stamp on cover and half-title. In French. French cavalry manual on polo: training, rules, tactics, etc. The only edition. Very scarce: one location in WorldCat (Bibliotheque Nationale). Can be sent outside the U.S. for less..... More
New York: Ernest R. Gee, 1927. Reprint edition (1st pub. 1830). Hardcover (boards). 47p, 2 mounted plates and title-page vignette. A typical copy: covers discolored, spine tips worn; some foxing to endpapers and text. No. 294 of 375 copies "printed by Eugene V. Connett at The Derrydale Press." Reprint of..... More
Cambridge, England: IUCN (World Conservation Union), 2002. First edition. Soft cover. 190p, many line ills., charts, graphs, and some photos. Presents the Species Survival Commission / Equid Action Plan report on the "conservation status, biology, and ecology of wild zebras, asses, and horses" worldwide. Includes chapters by various specialists on..... More
Walsall, England: No stated publisher, n.d. [1940s-60s]. No stated edition. Soft cover. Ca. 24p, many photos. Fastened with brads in paper covers. Old dampstaining to bottom margins throughout, and with a very faint musty smell. Priced accordingly. Catalogue of riding, racing, hunting crops and thongs; whips for trotting, dressage, polo..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [1991]. Limited edition. Hardcover. Corrected and revised edition (1st pub. 1969). No d.j., as issued. 314p, many photos. No. 59 of 150 copies, signed by Mulder. With publisher's blind stamp on title page and "Deluxe Edition" printed on front cover. Pedigrees, histories, descriptions, progeny, influence..... More
![Imported Foundation Stock of North American Arabian Horses: Vol. 2 [revised edition];...](/pictures/thumb/7286.jpg?v=1633973610)
Los Angeles: Borden, 1993. Revised edition (1st pub. 1972). Hardcover. 431p, 183 photos. No d.j., as issued. Pedigrees, histories, descriptions, progeny, influence, and contemporary photos of these early imports. An exceptional piece of research; very informative. (Wells 5279 cites first edition). More
![Album [including carriage collection]; Lujan. Museo Colonial e. Historico de la Provincia de...](/pictures/thumb/30031.jpg?v=1633973492)
Buenos Aires: Tallieres Graficos "San Pablo" 1955. Later printing. Soft cover. 56p, many photos (rather grainy) Foxed. Pictorial visitor's guide to this regional museum in Lujan, Argentina. Views of the rooms and grounds, furniture, decorative arts, paintings, etc. With small photos and short captions of ca. 40 carriages and wagons..... More
![The Farrier's and Horseman's Dictionary; Being a Compleat System of Horsemanship [etc.]. pseud N...](/pictures/thumb/30703.jpg?v=1652736603)
London: J. Darby [etc.]. 1726. First edition. Hardcover (full leather, rebacked with new label). viii, 454p, 1 headpiece. Outer pages foxed, a few pages browned, light shelf-rubbing. The only edition. An alphabetical list of hundreds of terms relating to judging, breeding, feeding, diagnosing and treating maladies, horsemanship, racing, etc. Aims..... More
Troy, NY: Journal Pub. Co., 1892. First edition. Soft cover. Vol. 3, no. 2. 74p, many line ills. (several printed in blue, 2 printed with red). Official organ of this trade association, "devoted to the interests of retail dealers." Many ads for all kinds of vehicles and makers, articles with..... More
New York: No stated publisher, 1913. First edition. Soft cover. 20p, 9 pls. printed in light brown. An evening of display by the artillery's Rough Riding Class (commanded by Captain Stokes) and the Mounted Carriage Drill (commanded by Major Matlock), with musical interludes. Also a mounted basketball game, with a...... More
Anduz, France: Parc Naturel Regional de Camargue, 1977. First edition. Soft cover. Over 210p, many line ills. and old photos. In French. Detailed land definitive ook at the Camargue way of life by a leading French folklorist, with much on the white horses of southern France, the horsemen, and their..... More
Palouse, WA: Nelson Pub. Co., 1995. Fourth edition (1st pub. 1992). Soft cover (plastic comb binding). 98p, no ills. Not a traditional bibliography, but a list of hundreds of "makers of cowboy leather: gun belts, chaps, holsters, saddles, saddlebags, scabbards, wrist cuffs" with summary information and references to where the..... More
![Official Catalogue First Annual Exhibition of Horses [cover reads: Catalogue Newport Horse Show]....](/pictures/thumb/12910.jpg?v=1652736603)
New York: Frederick M. Crossett, 1896. First edition. Soft cover. [50]p, several photos and line ills. in the ads (no pictures of the entries). Very occasional pencil notes. Lists entries for a wide range of classes--four-in-hands, tandems, harness horses, carriage and appointments, ponies in harness, heavy draught horses, cabs, horses..... More
Paris: Asselin et Houzeau, 1908. First edition. Hardcover (original limp cloth). 468p, 165 line ills. + 9 chromolithographed pls. With 24p of ads for veterinary medicines at the end. In French. Ink name on front endpaper: Horace L. Roberts, Veterinary Surgeon, 100 Princes St., Ipswich. Roberts was Veterinary Inspector, Board..... More
