Bissinger, Franz Rudolf, ed. Sankt Georg Almanach 1950. Dusseldorf, 1950. 160p, many black-and-white photos and ads. Good hardcover, no jacket. Outer pages foxed. Very occasional tiny rubbed spots with trivial loss of content. In German. ** Yearbook of the German equestrian world in 1950. With much on warmblood and draft..... More
Blanchard, Jacques. Informations recherchees d'apres les equides europeens figures. 1960. 40p + 55 line ills. and photos. Reproduced typescript, as issued. In French. ** On the scientific identification of types of horses depicted in prehistoric cave art. This paper was prepared in advance for participants in "The Chronology of Western..... More
1894. Blew, William C.A. Brighton and Its Coaches: A History of the London and Brighton Road. London: Nimmo 1894. xxi, 354p + 20 hand-colored pls. from watercolors by J. and G. Temple. Good hardcover (gilt-stamped pictorial blue cloth); a little shaken but overall a nice copy. One sheet of publisher's..... More
1980. Bloom, Lynda. Fitting & Showing the Halter Horse. NY: Prentice Hall 1980. 216p, many photos. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (short tears). ** The first book on the subject, written for beginning exhibitors. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate... More
Boer, Leobert E.M. de, and Jan & Inge Bouman, eds. Genetics and Hereditary Diseases of the Przewalski Horse. Rotterdam: Foundation for the Preservation and Protection of the Przewalski Horse 1979. 176p, several photos and charts. Reproduced from typescript, as issued. Very good paperbound (covers shelf-soiled). ** Publishes 18 papers given..... More
Bolus, Jim. Run for the Roses: 100 Years at the Kentucky Derby. NY: Hawthorn 1974. 209p, over 150 photos + several pages in color. Very good hardcover in good d.j. *** Lively history of the Derby, by the late great racing writer. With many behind-the-scenes and action photos from the..... More
Bontemps, Arna, and Jack Conroy. Sam Patch: The High, Wide & Handsome Jumper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1951. [1st ed.] 39p, many ills. by Paul Brown, some in color. Good hardcover (light shelf soil; one page soiled); lacks d.j. Yellow cloth printed in black. ** Bontemps was the noted Harlem Renaissance..... More
1898. Booth, J.L.C. Sporting Rhymes and Pictures. London: Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner 1898. 88p, many line ills. by the author. Good hardcover (rebound in later buckram, rubbed); front endpaper loosening; occasional page smudging. ** Humorous verse and drawings about hunting, racing, romance, and other sporting interests of the British upper..... More
1905. Boston Work Horse Parade Association. Catalogue Third Annual Parade, May 30th, 1905. Boston: C.H. Buck 1905. 72p, a few ills. in the ads but no ills. of the horses or vehicles. Fair paperbound (lacks covers, else very good). ** Hundreds of entries listed for all kinds of horse-drawn services--fire..... More
Bosworth, Clarence E. Breeding Your Own: How to Raise and Train Colts for Pleasure and Profit. NY: Derrydale Press 1939. x, 245p, many photos. Good clean sturdy hardcover (spine foxed); no d.j. One of 1250 numbered copies. ** Breeding (with an interesting chart of many crosses (Thoroughbred, Standardbred, American Saddle..... More
1905. Boucaut, James Penn. The Arab: The Horse of the Future. London: Gay and Bird 1905. The original edition. 249p + 8 photos and other ills. (including 3 photos of the stallion Rafyk). Fair hardcover: full tooled leather. Front cover loosening and may detach (suitable for rehinging); small piece missing..... More
2007. Bowen, Edward L. Masters of the Turf: Ten Trainers who Dominated Horse Racing's Golden Age. Lexington, KY: Eclipse 2007. 320p, ca. 25 photos. As new hardcover in d.j. ** Lives of ten legendary early 20th-century trainers, including Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, Ben and Jimmy Jones, Sam Hildreth, John E. Madden..... More
2006. Bowers, Steve, and Marlen Steward. Farming with Horses. St. Paul: MBI 2006. (Country Workshop series) 159p, many color photos. New paperbound. ** Excellent guide to starting to work with farm horses. Includes horse-to-implement alignment, harnesses and collars, hitching singles and teams, rein grips, horse care, etc.... More
1980. Boylen, Christilot. Basic Dressage for North America. Privately Printed, 1980. Rev. 2nd ed. (1st pub. 1976). 117p, many photos (somewhat muddy). Good paperbound (cover shelfwear). ** Advice by a Canadian champion, who at the time (and still?) was the youngest rider ever to compete in an Olympic grand prix..... More
Brandao, Theo. Cavalhadas de Alagoas. Rio de Janeiro: Funarte 1978. (Cadernos de Folclore, 24) 43p, several photos and line ills. Good paperbound (cover soil). In Portuguese. ** On the medieval-inspired ring tournament held in northeast Brazil. Riders in ceremonial dress compete to spear a ring that hangs high above the..... More
Brooke, Geoffrey. Horse-Sense and Horsemanship of To-Day: Economy and Method in Training Hunters and Polo Ponies. NY: Scribner 1926 (1st pub. 1924). xxii, 179p + many photos. Good bright hardcover (corners bumped, small owner's ink stamp) in good jacket; scarce thus. ** This very popular book, which quickly went through..... More
1893. [Brookfield Stud, England] Description of the Model of the Brookfield Stud and of the Portraits of Typical Horses... [cover is headed: Chicago Exhibition]. No publishing data [1893]. 40p, 1 ill. on cover. Very good paperbound. ** Brochure published for distribution at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. It describes the..... More
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1945. 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 numbered and..... More
1950. Brown, Eleanor F. A Horse for Peter. NY: Julian Messner 1950. 128p, many ills. by Pers Crowell. Good paperbound (skewed from poor storage) in fair d.j., which is attached to the covers, as issued. ** Injured boy learns how to ride, with the help of a Tennessee Walking Horse..... More
Brown, Kenneth. The Medchester Club. NY: Derrydale Press 1938. 224p + 8 pls. by W. Smithson Broadhead. Good hardcover (covers faded, light shelfwear). Without the scarce glassine d.j. No. 50 of 950 numbered copies, this one also signed by the author. ** Ten humorous tales of golf, polo, hunting, and..... More
2001. Brown, Nancy Marie. A Good Horse Has No Color: Searching Iceland for the Perfect Horse. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole 2001. xi, 243p + 8p of photos. As new hardcover in very good d.j. ** The author "arrives in Iceland shaken by tragedy, uncertain of the language, lacking confidence in her..... More
Brown, Paul. The ABC's of the I.D.R.: A Complete Examination of Close Order Drill from Paragraph 1 through 158. NY: Macmillan 1940 [1st ed.]. 167p, over 80 diagrams and ills. by Brown. Good paperbound (parts of backstrip chipped away). Ink names. Stamp on title page "Approved For Commanding Off," signed..... More
1935. Brown, Paul. Hits and Misses. NY: Derrydale Press 1935. [112]p, many ills. by Brown on 50 pls. Good hardcover (covers soiled and rubbed, as often); no d.j., as issued. Spine lettering generally bright. Number 249 of 950 signed copies. Bookplate of Justine & Walter Wanger (actress and movie producer)..... More
Brown, Paul. The Horse: His Gaits, Points, and Conformation. Scribner 1943. [1st ed.] [64]p, many ills. by Brown. Good hardcover (endpapers browned, as usual); lacks d.j. Laid in: illustrated signed handwritten note with drawing, original pencil sketch, and clippings. ** (1) Undated handwritten ink note from Paul Brown, to an..... More
Brown, Paul. Insignia of the Services. Scribner 1941. 1st ed. [64]p, many flat color ills. by Brown. Good hardcover; lacks d.j. A caption was dropped on p. [27], and it is printed on an erratum slip, laid in. Blue, brown, and white covers. ** "The purpose of this book is..... More
