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
Butterworth and Brik, bettors. Match Race Wager Agreement. [New Jersey, ca. 1810s-20s]. One sheet containing 9 lines, handwritten in ink. One tear but content clear; last line missing. ** Terms of a $500 bet between E. Butterworth and Joshua Brik [or Buck?] for a race between the horse Mahomet and..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1977. Kennedy, Richard. Second edition (1st pub. 1950). Hardcover. 151p, frontispiece and color d.j. by Richard Kennedy. Unclipped d.j. is lightly chipped. Owner's neat ink name on front endpaper. "Alison decides to write a pony book--and has to school a pony to get first-hand experience." Children's..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman, n.d. [1920s?]. Later printing. Hardcover. 125p, no ills.; color d.j. Publisher's number on jacket: W-808. Six Nick Carter novels, including this one, listed on back of jacket. Dated from owners' names, 1931. Paper-covered boards (spine tips chipped). Torn jacket reinforced with lined writing paper. Pages age browned..... More
Fort Riley, KS: [Cavalry School], June 10, 1927. First edition. Unbound sheet. Large engraved diploma for Howard C. Tobin's completion of the Advanced Course of the U.S. Cavalry School in 1927. Signed in ink by directors of the departments of tactics, cavalry weapons, general instruction, and horsemanship, as well as..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1955. Dennis, Wesley. First edition. Illustration by Wesley Dennis. Price is clipped. JACKET ONLY for this children's trotting horse story. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
New York: Scribner, 1886. Chichester, Edward L. First edition. Hardcover (pictorial binding printed in gold and black). 298p, 75 line ills. by Edward L. Chichester. Account of two weeks on the road in England, with descriptions of the towns, buildings, and other sites along the way. More on the sights..... More
N.p. [Author], n.d. [1970s-90s?]. Cassidy. No stated edition. Soft cover. 39p, several cartoons by Cassidy. Offset printed from typescript, as issued (in brown ink). A cookbook with a twist--recipes for slow-cooking dishes that give you time to ride while they cook. Mostly basic and hearty main dishes--meat loaf, pot roast..... More
Compiled in Newmarket: Tindall & Co. (printer), [1909 and later]. Not published. Full leather (scuffed). A handwritten pedigree book, consisting of half-sheets for recording matings and other information. About 3 dozen half-sheets are filled out in various hands, in ink and pencil. The rest of the book (most of it)..... More
London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1829. Hardcover (old quarter leather, marbled boards). Vol. 2, nos. 13-35 (complete). 392p + index, several line ills. Covers rubbed; front cover tender and may eventually come off. Binding otherwise sound and content very good. Old ink owner's name. An early veterinary journal, with much on..... More
![Activate Your Horse's Core: Unmounted Exercises [with DVD]. Hilary M. Clayton, Narelle C. Stubbs](/pictures/thumb/13700.jpg?v=1633973411)
Clayton, Hilary M., and Narelle C. Stubbs. Activate your Horse's Core: Unmounted Exercises for Developing Mobility, Strength & Balance. Sport Horse Publications 2008. 95-minute DVD plus 32-page booklet with many color photos and line ills. New paperbound. ** Very useful and easy-to-follow work that introduces the equine equivalent of Pilates..... More
Paris: Ernest Bourdin, n.d. [1842]. Johannot, T. Unstated edition. Hardcover. 155p, many line ills. by Charlet, T. Johannot, Eug. Giraud, and A. Giroux. Contemporary marbled boards, leather spine; original paper covers bound in. Spine faded, covers shelf-rubbed. In French. Humorous observations on racing, gentlemen riders, cavalry officers, stud farm managers..... More
![The Davis or Richmond Hill Black Hawk Morgan! [original broadside]. O. A. Coates, proprietor](/pictures/thumb/14502_2.jpg?v=1633973417)
Bothwell [Ontario]: "Saturday Review" 1870. No stated edition. Broadside. Ca. 8 x 13 inches. Unfolded, matted, shrinkwrapped. There are some small random marks that may be printing or writing on the other side, or they may be due to old offsetting. With two handwritten changes. Not inspected outside of the..... More
New York: Putrnam, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. 205p + 1 wood-engraved pl. "I have a favorite medical system, which I shall style Equestrianopathy." The author describes several pleasant long-distance rides along the Hudson River Valley and into Connecticut, with his mare Fanny. He reflects on the sights, the area's history..... More
Paris: Plon-Nourrit, 1907. Confex-Lachambre, A. First edition. Half leather, marbled boards (original wrappers bound in). 283p, 32 line ills. by the author and photos. In French. Introduction to horses: breeds, buying, management, care, riding including dressage, driving, etc. With a short chapter on sidesaddle. Written for the new or amateur..... More
![Riders [large-format paperback]. Jilly Cooper](/images/noimage.png)
1986. Cooper, Jilly. Riders. NY: Ballantine 1986. 632p, no ills. Good large-format paperbound, with the oval die-cut on the front cover. Light shelfwear, front cover partly reinforced with tape, but sturdy--perhaps not even read. Pages age browned, as normal. ** In this novel you'll find everything you always wanted to..... More
London: William Collins, 2021. First paperback edition. Soft cover. 354p + many color photos. Life of the undefeated classic winner of all 14 of his starts, 2010-12. With race statistics at the end. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping/handling rate. (We also have the..... More
Springton, S.A. Side-Saddle Association of South Australia, 1990. Limited edition. Hardcover. 333p, many photos, a few in color. A must for anyone interested in Australia, horse(wo)manship, or social history. Brief lives of dozens of women riders and drivers, from the settlement of Australia to the 1980s. A wealth of information..... More
London: Edward Jeffrey and Son, 1820. Scott, J. Third edition (1st pub. 1733). Hardcover (cloth and half leather, spine gilt stamped). 92p + 1 pl. (engraved frontispiece). Opening pages foxed. Contemporary ink inscription at head of title page. We know this of the author, in his own words: "My Work..... More
Paris: Plon, Nourrit, 1899. Crafty. First edition. Hardcover. 400p, ca. 200 line ills. by the author (chiefly small, some full-page plates). Back cover lightly soiled; spine lightly sunned; outer pages foxed. Handsomely rebound in three-quarter leather (brown and cream). Original rear wrapper and spine bound in at rear. Bookplate of..... More
![Ponies in the Forest [on New Forest Ponies]. Cynthia Cresswell](/pictures/thumb/16490.jpg?v=1633973439)
N.p. Chequer Press (printer), n.d. [ca. 1980]. First edition. Soft cover. 112p, several photos. "Miss Cynthia Cresswell's experience of the ups and downs of acquiring a riding school in the Forest of Dean from 1967-1979." Adventures with New Forest ponies, dogs, children, and all the goings-on at the author's riding..... More
![Krik's Guide to the Turf 1882-1883, 1883-1884 [2 vols.]. H. G. Crickmore](/pictures/thumb/15152.jpg?v=1633973423)
New York: Crickmore, "The New York World" 1883. First edition. Hardcover (leather). 2 vols., totaling over 1000p, no ills. Ca. 4 x 6 inches. Part 1 gives the results of "races run in 1882 in the United States, Dominion of Canada, and by American-bred Horses in England, Ireland, France, etc."..... More
![The Blood-Horse [1932 complete]. Thomas B. Cromwell, ed](/pictures/thumb/16606.jpg?v=1633973445)
1932. Cromwell, Thomas B., ed. The Blood-Horse [1932 complete]. Lexington, KY, 1932. 2 volumes containing all 53 issues, with original covers bound in. Over 1600p total, photo on every front cover and occasional photos inside (chiefly stallions at stud). Very good hardcover: hardcovers soiled and rubbed (especially one corner); magazine..... More
