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: 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
Lisbon: Instituto Portugues de Museus, 1993. First edition. Large soft cover. 126p, dozens of large color photos, including many details. In English. Sumptuous survey of this important museum and its elaborate vehicles--their history, construction, decoration (gilt galore), etc. Good for a gift. 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
Unpublished, 1812. Unbound sheet. Handwritten note from Blodget of Tyngsborough [Massachusetts?] to Samuel Chase Esq. of Unity [unknown location], dated January 8, 1812. Torn where the wax seal was removed, with loss of a few words. Chase had stabled a mare with Blodget, and despite "every exertion" she has died..... More
N.p. Author, 1963. Hall, Marilynn. First edition. Soft cover. 40p, many photos and line ills. by Marilynn Hall. Sensible guide to slow, step-by-step training from first handling of the foal to longeing and backing. The author relates her own experiences with Allen's Bloomer Girl 560907 (by David Copperfield out of..... 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
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](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30436.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&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...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30013.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&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
[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](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30964.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&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
![Item #10864 Pegasus und die Kunste [Pegasus and the Arts]. Claudia Brink, eds Wilhelm Hornbostel](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/10864.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&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
![Item #14828 Paul Brown Calendar 1946 [signed, with 4 pencil sketches]. Brooks Brothers](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/14828.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1692044176)
[New York]: [Brooks Brothers], [1945]. Brown, Paul. First edition. Original boards with original cloth ties, comb bound. [13 leaves], 12 ills. Ca. 11 x 15 inches, vertical. Covers lightly shelfworn; occasional penciling to calendar dates, occasional marginal stains. No. 901 of 1000 numbered and signed copies. Skiing, golf, a dog..... More
Washington, DC: National Park Service, 1958. First edition. Soft cover. 60p, many old photos and other ills. History of the Badlands, its fur and cattle trade, Roosevelt's hunting and cattle ranching years there, his leadership in the conservation movement, and the establishment of the park. Little about the horses (as..... More
![Item #30253 3 Rings; A Circus Book [with original drawing]. Paul Brown](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30253.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973537)
New York: Scribner's, 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 jacket (soiled, spine tips torn, penciling on back cover). Title page printed in red, blue, and..... More
New York: Derrydale Press, 1930. Brown, Paul. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 191p, 60 ills. by Brown, 70 photos. Erratum slip tipped in at second half-title page. Title page printed in red and black. One of 850 copies (the regular edition). Without the jacket. Bookplate of Frederic C.Thomas. Ink presentation on half-title..... 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, 1939. Brown, Paul. First edition (A). Hardcover (printed boards). [64]p, many ills. by Brown. Fwd. by fellow illustrator Milton C. Weiler. Without the jacket, but complete with the two pages of human anatomical shapes for cutting out and positioning with brads to make mannikins. Signed by Brown..... More
Wimbledon: Hoveglen, 1974 (1st pub. 1949). Reprint edition. 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
New York: Ballantine, 2000. Stated first edition. Hardcover. 409p, no ills. The first edition, first printing, of the first title in the Sister Jane MFH murder mystery series. A prestigious Virginia hunt needs a new Master--but murder interferes. Seems to have been read once, carefully. Good for a gift for..... More
