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
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
![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
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
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
![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
![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
![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
![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, 1933. Brown, Paul. Limited edition. Unbound sheet. The caption, reproduced in Brown’s lettering, reads: “The Hole in the Wall – Alligator, Reel Foot, Hackenthorpe – Lyman Wright, Bill Streett, Charlie Cushman up – How they drove for the gap in the 12th – Alligator won the race..... 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
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
Bonn: Freizeit im Sattel, n.d. [ca. 1990]. First edition. Soft cover. 136p, many photos and line ills. In German. Collection of wide-ranging articles on recreational riding of many kinds, training horses for many disciplines, etc. Includes riding Icelandic horses, how to pony a horse, practicing on a wooden horse, teaching..... More
