Anderson, Edward L. How to Ride and School a Horse with a System of Horse Gymnastics. London: W.H. Allen 1881. xx, 95p, no ills. Good hardcover; gilt stamped. Cover soil. Front free endpaper removed, also two leaves between pp. xviii and [xix] (blanks?). No d.j. (as issued?). stamp of [publisher]..... More
1912. Anderson, Edward L., and Price Collier. Riding and Driving. NY: Macmillan 1912 (1st pub. 1905). (American Sportsman's Library) xiii, 441p + over 130 photos. Good hardcover (old insect rubbing, old 2-inch slice to center of backstrip); internally nice and clean. Original decorative cloth. Priced accordingly. ** Anderson covers flat..... More
Andre, Sam E., ed. Pic Quarterly Racing (Summer 1949). Street & Smith. 96p, many photos. Good paperbound (small closed tear to front cover neatly mended). ** Articles and action photos on Thoroughbred racing, plus a little harness racing and Quarter Horse racing. Man o'War vs. Citation, the TRA, job of..... More
1951. Andreae, Hans-Joachim. Der Bau von Hindernissen fur Springbahnen und Gelanderitte. Dusseldorf: Sankt Georg 1951. 132p, many photos and line ills. Fair hardcover (cover wear but internally clean and sturdy; large owner's ink stamp on front endpaper). In German. ** Course design and jump building for jumping and cross-county equestrian..... More
Andrews, Duncan. Tally Ho!: 400 Years of Foxhunting. NY: The Grolier Club 1975. 40p, no ills. Near fine paperbound. One of 1000 copies. ** Annotated exhibition catalogue of 100 books, manuscripts, prints, and drawings from the renowed fox hunting collection of the late Mr. Andrews. Can be sent outside the..... More
Andrews, Lincoln C. Basic Course for Cavalry. Albany: J.B. Lyon 1913. 215p, no ills. Good stapled paperbound (cover stains). ** The first edition of this manual for National Guard cavalry instructors, published as the Guard was "preparing to take its place in the first line for National defense in time..... More
Andrews, Lincoln C. Basic Course for Cavalry. Albany: J.B. Lyon 1914. 278p, no ills. Poor paperbound (covers detached, gatherings split, but complete). Affectionate presentation copy from the author. ** Manual for National Guard cavalry instructors, with references to a longer, unidentified manual. Horsemanship and Employment of Cavalry comprise about 50..... More
Anonymous. Clever Hans. NY: McLoughlin Brothers 1905. Card game (no. 390 1/2) with 24 cards printed in color. In stained box with mounted color illustration; one sheet of rules laid in. ** Six cards show six different comic scenes of a circus perfomer applying Rarey's taming methods to two men..... More
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Anonymous [Laura Valentine]. The Field the Fox Hunt and the Farm. London: Frederick Warne, n.d. [early 1880s]. N.p., many color ills. on 36 pls. Pict. cloth, gilt stamped. Rebacked; overall fair (condition details on request). Torn blank leaf within the last poem, but this is a binding error; nothing is..... More
Anonymous, ed. Saddle and Song: A Collection of Verses Made at Warrenton, Va., during the Winter of 1904-1905. NY: Lippincott 1905. 200p + 8 pls. Good sturdy hardcover, better than often found (spine faded); no d.j. (as issued?). Two ink names; one small bookplate; owner's neat ink stamp on front..... More
Ansell, Mike. Riding High: The Complete Guide to Show Jumping. South Brunswick, NJ: Barnes 1978. xiii, 121p, many photos and line ills. As new hardcover in very good d.j. ** From choosing a horse to training and showing, by one of the great figures in British show jumping. (Cf. Wells..... More
Anstruther, Ian. The Knight and the Umbrella: An Account of the Eglinton Tournament 1839. Gloucester: Alan Sutton 1986 (1st pub. 1963). xvii, 270p + over 20 ills. Very good paperbound (light shelfwear). ** Entertaining account of a Scottish nobleman's "glorious folly"--a grand medieval-style tournament in defiance of the new era..... More
Apsley, Lady [Viola]. Bridleways through History. London: Hutchinson 1948. 2nd rev. ed. (1st pub. 1936). 381p, many ills. by Lionel Edwards + 42 pls. from historical sources. Good hardcover; no d.j. Backstrip mended; top of spine worn; scraped area on front cover. Sound reading copy. ** History of hunting, horsemanship..... More
Arab Horse Society [Britain]. The Anglo-Arab & Part-Arab Register: Vol. 4, Section 1 (1938). 69p, several photos. Good hardcover; no d.j., as issued. Leather spine label (a little worn). ** Entries for Anglo-Arab stallions and mares (part-Arabs were listed in Section 2, which was published separately and is not here)..... More
The Arab Horse Society. The Arab Horse Stud Book: Vol. 1. Lewes, England, 1919. 144p + several photos. Good sturdy hardcover (quarter leather, marbled boards; spine rather scuffed). ** This first volume of the British register of Arabian mares and stallions includes a preface by D.B. Montefiore. Col. E.T. Lawrence..... More
Arabian Horse Club of America. Supplement One to Vol. IV of the Arabian Stud Book. Berlin, NH, 1939. 106p, many photos. Goood paperbound (light dampstaining and/or foxing throughout, spine reinforced with clear tape). ** With "The Arab Horse" by Jacob McGavock Dickinson. Valuable for the photos of early American Arabians..... More
Arabian Horse Club of America. Supplement Three to Vol. III of the Arabian Stud Book. New York, 1934. 116p, many photos. Good paperbound (spine reinforced with tape, cover and some internal soil). ** Valuable for the photos. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate..... More
The Arabian Horse Club of America. The Arabian National Stud Book: Vol. 1. Washington, DC, 1913. 88p + 12 photos. Pref. by Walter Gilbey; introd. by H.K. Bush-Brown. Very good hardcover (limp cloth). Endpapers browned, remanants of original newsprint d.j. laid in. ** Section 1 lists "pure" Arabs 1-127. Section..... More
Arabian Horse Club Registry of America. The Arabian Horse Club Registry of America 1908-1960. Chicago, n.d. [1960]. "Created by J.G. Barnard, Rolling Hills, California." Ca. 40p, several photos, color charts. Good paperbound (covers sunned). ** Not a detailed history, but a tribute to the 52nd anniversary of the registry and..... More
Arabian Horse Registry of America. The Arabian Stud Book: Vol. 38. Denver, 1981. 746p, no ills. Good sturdy hardcover; no d.j., as issued. Covers shelf-scuffed. ** "Comprising registrations and progeny from 204001 to 212000. More
The Arabian Horse Society of Australia. The Arabian Horse in Australia: Vol. 3. Windsor, NSW, 1989. 259p, many photos, many in color. Texts by Pat Slater and others. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. (light shelfwear). ** The Arabian in Australia in the 1980s: the decade's leading sires, Arabian..... More
1989. Arabian Horse Trust. The Art Auction: The Third Collection. Scottsdale, AZ, 1989. 16p, color ills. of most of the 19 paintings and sculptures to be auctioned. Very good paperbound. ** Includes a portrait of Mirage by George Ford Morris, and one orientalist painting each by Schreyer and Fremiet. Can..... More
Archer, Rosemary. The Arabian Horse. London: J.A. Allen 1992. (Allen Breed Series) ix, 150p, many photos. Very good hardcover; no d.j., as issued. ** Overview of the breed--its history, worldwide strains, and uses today. (In print at $32.95) Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping..... More
[Argentina] Ministerio de Guerra. Reglamento de Trabajos Hipicos (R.T. Hip.). Buenos Aires: Talleres Graficos del Instituto Geografico Militar, 1932. 63p, no ills. Good paperbound (outer pages foxed, old tapestains). Ink gift notation from a cavalry captain, 1993. In Spanish. ** Rules and conditions for various Argentine military equestrian competitions--dressage tests..... More
Arlott, John, and Arthur Daley. Pageantry of Sport: From the Age of Chivalry to the Age of Victoria. NY: Hawthorn 1968. 128p, 160 ills., 16 in color. ** This lavish oversized book surveys many British and U.S. sports through the 19th century (including racing, fox hunting, coaching), with many selections..... More
