![The High-Mettled Racer [1831]. Charles Dibdin](/images/noimage.png)
G.W. Bonner; Robert Cruikshank. Dibdin, Charles. The High-Mettled Racer to which are added many interesting anecdotes of the race-horse. London: William Kidd 1831. 36p, 10 wood-engravings by G.W. Bonner after Robert Cruikshank. Handsomely rebound in plain boards, leather spine; original wrappers bound in. Bookplates removed; outer pages lightly foxed; else..... More
Dillon, Jane M. Form over Fences: A Pictorial Critique of Jumping for Junior Riders. Princeton: Van Nostrand 1961. Stated 1st ed. 132p, 115 photos, several line ills. Very good hardcover (fore-edges lightly foxed) in good d.j. (stained, chipped). ** Photos and commentary of good, bad, and indifferent riders and mounts..... More
Doty, Jean Slaughter. Dark Horse. NY: Morrow 1983. 122p, several ills. by Dorothy Haskell Chhuy. Fine hardcover in very good d.j. ** No edition statement but the printing code numbers start with 1. "Reinforced edition" noted on jacket. ** Girl tries to reform a truly dangerous show jumper. One of..... More
Dowdall, Roberto C. Trabajando de a Caballo [Working with a Rope from Horseback]. Buenos Aires: Editorial Hemisferio Sur 1977. 119p, many line ills. on over 50 pls. Good large paperbound (covers scuffed; internally very good and clean). In Spanish. ** On handling horses with ropes (haltering, throwing, catching) and roping..... More
Brown, Paul. Downey, Fairfax. Dogs of Destiny. NY: Scribner 1949. 186p, many ills. by Paul Brown. Good hardcover; no d.j. ** "Stories of legendary and real dogs throughout history" (Biscotti). Includes Argus (the hound of Ulysses), Greyfriar's Bobby, Handsome Dan the Yale bulldog, Rin Tin Tin, Buddy the seeing eye..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1948. Paul Brown. First and only U.S. edition. Hardcover. 230p, many line ills. by Paul Brown (chapter heads and double-page spreads). also music for trumpet calls. No jacket. Young adult novel about a young trumpeter and one of General Custer's staghounds at the Battle of the..... More
Boston: No stated publisher, n.d. [ca. 1870s-80s]. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. One sheet of card stock, folded once to make four panels. No date, but business directories list the stable at this address in 1879 and 1883. Ca. 4 x 5 inches. Cover shows a view of the academy..... More
![Jumping Programme: Dublin Horse Show 1930 [with use of Marconiphone]. Dublin Horse Show](/pictures/thumb/15391.jpg?v=1539198015)
Dublin Horse Show. Jumping Programme: Dublin Horse Show 1930. One sheet of card stock, folded twice to make three panels. A few results inked in; one crease torn ca. 2 inches. Apparently removed from a scrapbook, affecting but not really obscuring the content in three small places. ** Lists the..... More
Dumoulin, Lieut-Col. Moi, le Cheval. Paris: Eugene Figuiere 1934. 153p, no ills. Very good paperbound rebound in brown cloth with leather gilt-stamped spine label. Original covers bound in. The trade edition. In French. ** A work horse named Bijou tells of his everyday life and that of his companions, and..... More
1938. Duncan, William Cary. Golden Hoofs: The True Story of an Amazing Mare, Goldsmith Maid. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1938. 158p + ills. by J. Louis Lundean and others, 1 pl. in color. Very good bright hardcover in good d.j. (edges chipped, creased). ** Still one of the few biographies of an..... More
New York: Crothers and Korth, 1893. First edition. Paperbound. 16p, 2 ills. on covers. Covers stained, restitched. True story, for children, of two Kentucky Claybank horses that conveyed their pastor-owner on his missionary visits among the Oneida Indians in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Told partly in Nelly's voice. Proceeds from the..... More
Egerton-Warburton, R.E. Songs and Verses on Sporting Subjects. London: Pickering 1879. 35p + 16p of publisher's ads. Very good hardcover. ** Poems about fox hunting, the death of Whyte-Melville, a visit from the Empress of Austria, etc. "Bought and Sold" refers to Rarey's work. Can be sent outside the US..... More
Cairo: E.A.O. of Egypt, 1967? First edition. Hardcover (leather spine rubbed). Ca. 350p, printed on one side; many photos. Some closed tears here and there, not affecting content. Fore-edges lightly foxed. Very sturdy. Some corrections or additions in purple ink by the former owner, an Arabian breeder who traveled to..... More
[Cairo?]: No stated publisher, n..d. [1970s?]. No stated edition. Paperbound (self wrappers). [20]p, many photos and a few line ills. Small pamphlet, chiefly in Arabic, with a little English. The overall printing quality is poor, typical of the time and place. Small introduction to the Egypt's state Arabian horse stud..... More
2001. Ekins, Anne. Bits & Pieces [and] Stirrups, Spurs & Status Symbols: Saddlery Catalogue, vols. 1 and 2. Horsham, UK: Horsham Museum 2001, 2002. Each volume is ca. [60-70]p, with many photos. All photocopied, as issued. Very good paperbound, comb or spiral bound (bottom link of one plastic binding is..... More
Faber, Hamon; Jeremiah Rea. Everhart, James Bowen. The Fox Chase. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates 1874. 30p + 5 line pls. Pictorial cloth, gilt stamped (quite rubbed, part of backstrip missing). Pages smudged, foxed; some guardsheets missing. ** Long poem set in Chester County, Pennsylvania, by a Chester County author. Illustrated..... More
F.A. Babcock & Co., Amesbury, MA. Cuts of Our Two-Wheelers. N.d. [1880s-90s]. [8]p, several line ills. Good paperbound (self wrs., folded). ** Trade catalogue of several styles of carts, including two for ponies and the versatile "package, money, yeast, and general delivery cart." All described and priced. Printed in light..... More
Belgium: F.E.I., 1963. 11th edition. Soft cover. 48p, no ills. Fastened with brads. Covers soiled, first few outer pages dampstained at bottom. A little light underlining. Say you're writing a thriller set in the high-stakes world of Sixties international show jumping? Foul play at the fault-and-out relay? You'll need this..... More
1939. F.E.I. Statutes and General Regulations of the Federation Equestre Internationale and Regulations for the Olympic Games. London: Institute of the Horse & Pony Club 1939. 6th ed. (1st pub. 1936). 126p, a few line ills. Good paperbound (age browned). From the library of horseman Charles Harris, with his ink..... More
![Concorso Ippico Internazionale [1931/IX]. Federazione Nationale degli Sports Equestri](/pictures/thumb/12167.jpg?v=1539198001)
Federazione Nationale degli Sports Equestri. Concorso Ippico Internazionale. Official program of this several-part international jumping contest held in Florence, May 14-24, 1931 (Fascist year IX). Ca. 44p, several photos, many ads. Good paperbound (covers soiled). In Italian. ** The program summarizes all the prizes for the entire show, and lists..... More
No place: United States Pony Clubs, distrib. by J.A. Allen, 1968. First edition. Soft cover. 15p, no ills. Surveys about 30 books on riding suitable for Pony Club use--Chamberlin, McTaggart, Hance, Littauer, Wynmalen, Museler, Podhajsky, etc. Emphasis on general riding and cross-country; a little dressage. Although some of the authors..... More
Warrenton, VA: Fifth Street Gallery of Sport, n.d. [ca. 1978]. Lyne, Aldin, Munnings, Lloyd, Ramsay, etc. First edition. Paperbound. [40]p, many black-and-white ills. Old mailing label and sticker removed. Covers lightly soiled. Catalogue of several dozen sporting paintings and prints for sale (some original, some reproduction), all illustrated. Some are..... More
1982. Fisher, Rosamund. Falabella Miniature Horses. Thetford, England, n.d. [1982?]. 16p, many photos + 2 color photos on covers. Good paperbound (back cover scraped, with unimportant loss to photo there; pages lightly rippled). ** Souvenir booklet for Kilverstone Miniature Horse Stud. Includes miniature donkeys as well as the spotted Falabellas..... More
Fleisher, C. Manual for Cossack Riding and Training of Horses. Trans. from the Russian by G.W. Read. Originally published in: Professional Papers (U.S. Adjutant General Military Information Division, 18). Washington, D.C., 1908. Pp. 49-102, 36 line ills. PHOTOCOPY. ** Includes famous cossack exercises, such as shooting from atop a rider's..... More
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1950. Weiler, M.C. Reprint. Hardcover. 243 pp., line ills. plus color jacket by M.C. Weiler. . Lively vernacular horse racing stories, first published in magazines 1915-1921, and in book form in 1923. Not a scarce book, but of interest to book or reading historians because of the child's..... More
