St. Louis: Banner Buggy Co., n.d. [ca. 1920]. No stated edition. Hardcover. 60p, many phiotos and line ills. printed in red and black against yellow backgrounds. Rebound in buckram, stamped with initials J.A.R. Original embossed wrappers bound in (torn). Two small leather samples are missing (a third one is present)..... More
Washington DC: GPO, 1917. First edition. Soft cover. USDA Bulletin 487. 31p, 16 photos and line ills. Written for the use of secondary school teachers of agriculture. Teaching judging, classroom discussion, practice judging, estimating age and unsoundness, comparative judging, and demonstrations. The horse in the demonstration photos is a full..... More
Abilene, TX: Hardin-Simmons University Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 263p, several photos. Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one page margin. Jacket is smudged; long narrow strip torn out of back panel. Memoirs of "Doc" Beazley, and his leadership of Hardin-Simmon University's popular six-horsewomen White Horse Team, which..... More
N.p. [Ohio?]: [Jesse Beery], n.d. [1950s?]. No stated edition. Soft cover. [10]p, 1 ill. Reproduced from typewritten copy; printed on one side. Stapled sheets within cover, folded once. Beery explains how to teach the 6 basic commands, as he taught them to his Jeffersonian collie, Snow White--come, heel, sit, stay..... More
London: Simpkin Marshall, 1952. First edition. Hardcover, gilt stamped. 181p + 6 pls. First edition of this documentary history of the Company and its various identities since its founding in 1517. Includes the charter and lists of masters and clerks since 1668. "Carmen" were public carters, draymen, wagoners, etc. From..... More
London: Thames and Hudson (jacket reads Vanguard Press), 1953. No stated edition. Hardcover. 304p, no ills. Trans. from German. In this novel, a Russian cavalry captain reminisces about his long career in the service of the Czar. Horses are treated in passing. Can be sent outside the US for less..... More
Cleveland: Ivan J. Bezugloff, Jr., 1976. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 50p, many photos and ads. Cover soil and wear. Articles on various national dressage and three-day teams and their prospects at the 1976 equestrian Olympics: US, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Denmark, Canada, USSR, Poland, and France. The articles were..... More
London: New Sporting Magazine, December 1833. First edition. Soft cover. The articles run on pp. 97-103 and 108-120. The magazine comprises pp. 73-144 + The Racing Calendar and ads. Two engraved plates from paintings by A. Cooper: "Rabbit Shooting" and "Carp," which are lightly dampstained. Part of the first advertising..... More
London: Nimmo, 1894. Temple, J. and G. First edition. Hardcover (original gilt-stamped blue cloth). xxi, 354p + 20 hand-colored pls. from watercolors by J. and G. Temple. One sheet of publisher's ads tipped in. Bookplate of Willard S. Martin. The title page continues: "With some account of the provincial coaches..... More
![Family Tables of Racehorses: First and Second Supplements, Addenda for 1962 & 1963 [3 vols.]....](/pictures/thumb/30495.jpg?v=1633973601)
London; New York: J.A. Allen (supplements); Jockey Club (addenda), 1954, 1955, 1964. First edition. Soft cover. 12, 20, and 51p, no ills. Errata slip tipped in the Addenda. Lists thousands of horses, their offspring, families, etc., following the same groupings and format as in volumes 1 and 2. Large; shipping/handling..... More
Boston: C.H. Buck, 1905. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 72p, a few ills. in the ads but no ills. of the horses or vehicles. Hundreds of entries listed for all kinds of horse-drawn services--fire and public works departments, plus delivery companies for laundry, newspapers, milk, eggs, groceries, bottles, furniture, hay..... More
![Two Merit Badge handbooks: Animal Industry [and] Horsemanship. Boy Scouts of America](/pictures/thumb/30436.jpg?v=1633973587)
New York; North Brunswick, NJ: Boy Scouts of America, 1936, 1970. No stated edition. Soft cover. Animal Industry: 66p, many photos and line ills. Horsemanship: 56p, several photos and line ills. Introductions to breeds (horses, cattle, sheep, swine), care and handling, the livestock industry, and riding. Sold as a group..... More
No place: [Bradley], n.d. [1883 or later]. No stated edition. Soft cover (self wrappers), sewn with light cord. 11p, many line ills. Fragile (chipped, covers stained), but complete. . An instruction manual for farmers that will save "money, horse flesh and your temper" if you follow its directions. First, "open the..... More
![Akademische Reitkunst [Advanced Horsemanship]; Eine Reitlehre für anspruchsvolle Freizeitreiter....](/pictures/thumb/30013.jpg?v=1633973487)
Wentorf, Germany: Cadmos, 1996. First edition. Hardcover (printed boards, lightly shelfsoiled). 78p, many line ills. and color photos. No d.j., as issued. In German. Photo is a little cropped. Principles of dressage and groundwork for the ambitious amateur or recreational rider, followed by instructions for flying changes, work between the..... More
Germany: Cadmos, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 128p, many ills. and photos, many in color. In German. To accompany their text, the authors pair details of original La Guerniere illustrations with contemporary photos of riders performing the same movements--shoulder-in, volte, levade, capriole, etc. The horses in the photos are Andalusian and..... More
[New York?]: No stated photographer, n.d. [ca. 1860-69]. First edition. Unbound CDVs. Three photographs of three different vehicles, all photographed against a backdrop and with a Brewster & Baldwin sign and the 786 Broadway address. One shows a gent leaning against what looks like a painted pillar. A strip of..... More
![Pegasus und die Kunste [Pegasus and the Arts]. Claudia Brink, eds Wilhelm Hornbostel](/pictures/thumb/10864.jpg?v=1633973403)
Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1993. First edition. Soft cover. 282p, many ills. + 56 color pls. In German. A lavish scholarly study of Pegasus in fine and popular art through the ages, from Greek vases through Renaissance prints, astronomical works, French Symbolism, etc., up to the red Mobil flying horse. Chapters..... More
N.p. [England?]: No stated publisher, n.d. [1893]. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 40p, 1 ill. on cover. Brochure published for distribution at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. It describes the three-dimensional model of the Brookfield Stud's London "show" branch and the 19 Hackneys that were featured in paintings exhibited at..... More
![Paul Brown Calendar 1946 [signed, with 4 pencil sketches]. Brooks Brothers](/pictures/thumb/14828.jpg?v=1633973421)
1945. Brown, Paul. Brooks Brothers. Paul Brown Calendar 1946. [NY 1945]. [13 leaves], 12 ills. Ca. 11 x 15 inches, vertical. Original board covers printed in red and black, plastic comb bound, original cloth ties. Covers lightly shelfworn; occasional penciling to calendar dates, occasional marginal stains. No. 901 of 1000..... More
![3 Rings; A Circus Book [with original drawing]. Paul Brown](/pictures/thumb/30253.jpg?v=1633973537)
New York: Scribner, 1938. Brown, Paul. First edition. Hardcover. [76]p, many ills. by Brown, including several in color. Pictorial color boards (edges rubbed, corners bumped), cloth spine. Marginal handling smudges on several pages. Unclipped dust jacket (soiled, spine tips torn, penciling on back cover). Title page printed in red, blue..... More
![The ABC's of the I.D.R. [1940 1st ed.]; A Complete Examination of Close Order Drill from...](/pictures/thumb/14593.jpg?v=1633973417)
New York: Macmillan, 1940. Brown, Paul. First edition. Soft cover. 167p, over 80 diagrams and ills. by Brown. Owner's ink name (an infantry officer). Parts of backstrip chipped away. Stamp on title page "Approved For Commanding Off," signed by a training officer. I.D.R. stands for Infantry Drill Regulation. The illustrations..... More
New York: Scribner's, n.d. [ca. early 1950s]. Brown, Paul. No stated edition (1st pub. 1934). Hardcover. 88p, many line ills. by the author. Short split at top of front hinge, paperclip stain to rear endpaper. Jacket chipped, stained. Unclipped: original price $2.00. A redesigned reprint of the 1934 edition, now..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1937. Brown, Paul. First edition. Hardcover. [96]p, many ills. by Brown. Jacket is unclipped (tears, bottom of backstrip torn away). Picture story of the Perkins family's two dogs--Mac the runaway Scottie and Mick the Irish Wolfhound. There are several variants of this title as to its endpapers..... More
New York: Scribner's, n.d. Brown, Paul. Later printing (1st pub. 1950). Hardcover. [96]p, many ills. by Brown. Copyright date line reads E-4.67 [MH]. Light dampstain to back cover and inside back of jacket, not visible from the outside. Jacket is price-clipped. Further adventures of Bud and Lynn, Pony Farm, and..... More
Wimbledon: Hoveglen, 1974 (1st pub. 1949). Reprint. Soft cover. 88p, many line ills. and photos. With much on the "symbolic meaning" of the designs; the photos of actual brasses are very small. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate. More
