No place: no stated publisher, n.d. [19th century?]. Unbound sheet. I have no idea why, by whom, or for whom, this piece of muleteer humor was made. Probably a piece of amateur printing. One leaf, folded once to make four panels. On the first panel is a hand-colored woodcut (or engraving)..... More
![Item #14144 The Field the Fox Hunt and the Farm [1880s]. Anonymous, Laura Valentine](/pictures/thumb/14144.jpg?v=1633973413)
London: Frederick Warne, n.d. [1880]. Grey, Frank. No stated edition. Hardcover (pictorial cloth, gilt stamped). N.p., many color ills. by Frank Grey on 36 plates. Rebacked, new endpapers. There is a torn blank leaf within the last poem, but this is a binding error; nothing is missing. Most pages stained..... More
![Item #30648 Celebrated Stallion "Tippoosaib" [half-brother of Hambletonian 10?]. E. Anthony, H...](/pictures/thumb/30648.jpg?v=1640696282)
New York: E. & H.T. Anthony, n.d. [ca. 1860s]. Anthony, E. & H.T. No stated edition. Stereo card. In the series Beauties of the Hudson River, no. 4188. Published ca. 1864-1868. Dated from the Anthony address on the back (501 Broadway) and from the 2-cent orange tax stamp. Image is..... More
N.p. Author, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. 599p, many pedigrees and photos (some in color). Detailed analysis of successful Thoroughbred bloodlines, with a focus on crosses to use or avoid (going back to the 19th century). To date there is no volume 2. Heavy; shipping/handling may be extra. Please keep this..... More
New York: Arabian Horse Club of America, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. 281p, several photos. Contains registrations 1-639 (last one foaled in May 1927). Two texts by W. Robinson Brown: preface and "The Principal Strains of Arabian Thoroughbred Stock." Also "History," a short text by H.K. Bush-Brown. Reference copy; sold as..... More
Chicago: Arabian Horse Club Registry of America, n.d. [1960]. First edition. Soft cover (covers sunned). "Created by J.G. Barnard, Rolling Hills, California." Ca. 40p, several photos, color charts. Not a detailed history of the registry, but a tribute to its 52nd anniversary and the "growth and progress" of the breed..... More
![Item #30694 [Special Issue on Stables and Barns]. Architectural Review](/pictures/thumb/30694.jpg?v=1652735882)
Boston: Bates & Guild, September 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 145-264, hundreds of photos, renderings, and plans. Rebound in sturdy cloth. Occasional short mended tears; covers and outer pages soiled, some marginal smudging and handling wear. From the library of Jos. J.W. Bradney, with his signature..... More
![Item #14876 Reglamento de Trabajos Hipicos (R.T. Hip.) [Regulations for Equestrian Competitions]....](/pictures/thumb/14876.jpg?v=1633973421)
Buenos Aires: Talleres Graficos del Instituto Geografico Militar, 1932. No stated edition. Soft cover. 63p, no ills. Ink gift notation from a cavalry captain, 1993. In Spanish. Rules and conditions for various Argentine military equestrian competitions--dressage tests, jumping, championship polo cups, etc. Small; can be sent outside the U.S. for..... More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937. Armour, G.D. First edition. Hardcover. xiv, 384p, 127 ills. + 4 color pls., chiefly by the author. In remnants of original glassine jacket. Hunting, racing, polo, World War I, etc., as recalled by the popular Scottish illustrator of many sporting books. More
![Item #16973 Premium Horse: "Balgreen Autocrat" (22582) [Clydesdale stallion card]. Arran Heavy...](/pictures/thumb/16973.jpg?v=1633973454)
Kilsyth, Scotland: Duncan, Printers, n.d. [1944-45]. First edition. Card stock. One sheet of card stock, folded once to vest-pocket size. Printed on cover and inside two pages. No ills. Stallion card for this Clydesdale stallion, owned by James Jackson, Midton Farm, by Gartcosh. With his traveling schedule for the 1945..... More
New York: Pomegranate, 1994, 1996, 1997. Arthus-Bertrand, Yann. First edition. Spiral soft bound. Each 12 months, each ca. 18 x 14 inches. Wonderful studio photos of mostly French farm animals and their handlers--horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, ponies, mules, and donkeys. These unique portraits are both humorous and dignified. Taken from..... More
![Item #30956 Chevauchees du Sud [Riding Vacations in Southern France]. Association de Tourisme...](/pictures/thumb/30956.jpg?v=1653995185)
N.p. ATACA, 2014-2015. No stated edition. Soft cover. 150p, many color photos. In French. If you dream about touring southern France on horseback or with a donkey, this vacation guide is for you. It describes routes, rental farms and stables, lodgings, etc., in the departments of Lozere, Gard, Herault, Aude..... More
![Item #15171 Catalogue of the Closing Sale of the "Atha" Herd of Short-Horns, Horses [etc.]....](/pictures/thumb/15171.jpg?v=1670444942)
Atha Farm, Ontario. Catalogue of the Closing Sale of the "Atha" Herd of Short-Horns, Horses, [etc.] With a Choice Selection from the Thistle Ha' Herd of Short-Horns and Flock of Cotswolds. Atha, Ontario, October 17, 1877. 46p, no ills. Good paperbound (front cover stained, vertical crease from folding). ** Lists..... More
![Item #15045 Le Cheval a l'Heure de la Voltige [Vaulting on Horseback]; Manuel Theorique et...](/pictures/thumb/15045.jpg?v=1633973423)
Coutances, France: Editions O.C.E.P., 1968. First edition. Soft cover. 94p, many line ills. In French. Guide to equestrian vaulting and gymnastics. (Wells 374) Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate. More
![Item #14632 Pet Weimaraner [Paul Brown ills.]. Jack Baird](/pictures/thumb/14632.jpg?v=1633973418)
Fond du Lac, WI: All-Pets, 1954. Brown, Paul; Edwin Megargee. No stated edition. Soft cover. 63p, several small ills. by Paul Brown. Cover by Edwin Megargee. Care and handling of your Weimaraner. Cover ill. by Edwin Megargee. Also contains "The Health of Your Dog" by James Cutler. Can be sent..... More
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
Geneva and Paris: Droz, 1966. First edition. Soft cover. 473p + a few plates and tables. Vol. 5, no. 2, in the series Hautes Etudes Medievales et Modernes published by the Centre de Recherches d'Histoire et de Philologie of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris. Laid in: offprint of..... 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
Pleasant Hill, OH: Jesse Beery, 1944. Revised editions (1st pub. ca. 1908). Stapled soft cover. Six of eight booklets. Each 32 to 40p, many line ills. Light blue covers; photo is too pale. The books cover Disposition and Subjection, Kicking and Balking, Shying and Running Away, Bad to Shoe and..... More
Pleasant Hill, OH: Jesse Beery, 1934 (Book One) and 1944 (Book Five). No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. [46]p (Book One) and pp. 131-164 (Book Five), each with a few photos. Opening pages of Book One foxed. Book One introduces gaited riding and showing; the showing section is by Mrs..... More
Richmond, VA: Benj. T. Crump Company, 1941. No stated edition. Soft cover. 96p, hundreds of line ills. Printed in black and light brown. Stain at bottom of front cover; back cover lightly creased. Damp-rippled throughout but not stained. There is no odor, and the pages are complete and not stuck..... 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: Beenham House, n.d. [1987]. First edition. Soft cover. 48p, several photos and line ills. Published in aid of The Spinal Injuries Association. Verse, sayings, limericks, and other snippets about British racing, from the viewpoints of jockeys, trainers, bettors, etc. Fair warning: some are a little offensive. Sprinkled throughout are..... More
