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; 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
Rotterdam: Foundation for the Preservation and Protection of the Przewalski Horse, 1979. First edition. Soft cover. 176p, several photos and charts. Reproduced from typescript, as issued. Publishes 18 papers given at the Arnhem Study-Conference of 1978, on many aspects of breeding Przewalski horses, their behavior, etc. Can be sent outside..... More
Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1985. Bonnot, Agnes. First edition. Soft cover. 72p, ca. 40 black-and-white photos by Bonnot. Short text in French by Caujolle. Old bookstore price sticker on back of lightly shelfsoiled vellum jacket. Evocative photos of horses in many guises--harness racing, in training at Saumur, close-up details in the..... 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
London: Gay and Bird, 1905. First edition. Hardcover (full tooled leather, gilt-stamped spine). 249p + 8 photos and other ills. (including 3 photos of the stallion Rafyk). Preface by Sir Walter Gilbey. Front cover rehinged; top of spine mended. Binding very sound. Small corner torn from front endpaper. Large rubber-stamp..... More
![Item #30436 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
![Item #30013 Akademische Reitkunst [Advanced Horsemanship]; Eine Reitlehre für anspruchsvolle...](/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
![Item #30964 [Trade Card]. Brewster, Co](/pictures/thumb/30964.jpg?v=1655204878)
New York: Tiffany for Brewster & Co.? n.d. [ca. 1875]. No stated edition. Unbound. Engraved trade card. Back is blank (remains of a small paper hinge). Short crease to left margin, visible only on the back. Trivial old handling soil. The card gives the firm's addresses of Broome Street, Fifth..... More
N.p. 1907. Brewster Photo Co. No stated edition. Original mounted photograph (or real photo postcard?), ca. 5 1/2 x 4 inches. Small light chips and stain to left side; small spots within negative; surface very good. Mount is scraped, as shown. Back is dampstained, with two punctures that don’t go..... More
![Item #10864 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
Santa Ynez, CA: Santa Ynez Valley Historical Society, 1982. First edition. Soft cover. 36p, many black-and-white photos. Presents the wide variety of vehicles in the historical society's collection, described as "one of the finest collections of horse-drawn vehicles and accessories to be found in the entire West." Can be sent..... 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
![Item #14828 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
![Item #30253 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
![Item #14593 The ABC's of the I.D.R. [1940 1st ed.]; A Complete Examination of Close Order Drill...](/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: Gaines Dog Research Center, 1948. Brown, Paul. No stated edition but probably first. Stapled soft cover. [12]p, many pencil ills. by Brown. Covers separating; browned on cover and first few pages, probably from a newspaper clipping; chipped. No title page, as issued. Title and publishing data appear only..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1928. Brown, Paul. One sheet, ca. 9 1/2 x 12 inches (photo is slightly cropped). The paper is age browned but not as dark as in the photo. The edges are chipped and creased; long crease along left side as shown. Matting and framing would hide these..... 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
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
Washington DC: Arabian Horse Club of America, 1918. Revised edition. Hardcover (full leather). 207p + several contemporary photos of horses (one by George Ford Morris). Presentation from W.R. Brown to Maj. Gen. Leonard A. Wood, Jan. 1st, 1919. Parts of backstrip missing; front cover loose but holding, one plate partly..... More
New York: Sanders D. Bruce, 1884. Revised edition (1st pub. 1873). Hardcover. 640p, no ills. Original half leather, marbled boards. Spine, opening pages, and part of another page reinforced with tape; back cover tender. At least one handwritten correction. From the library of the National Quarter Horse Registry, with its..... More
