![Trabajando de a Caballo [Working with a Rope from Horseback]. Roberto C. Dowdall](/images/noimage.png)
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
![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
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
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
1987. Forbis, Judith, et al. Nordarab (Arabians International): The Egyptian Issue. Copenhagen, August 1987 (vol. 5, no. 5). 50p, many photos, many in color. Good paperbound (light handling wear, outer pages foxed). Advertising information laid in. ** "A Short History of Egypt's Arabian Horses" by Forbis (taken from her book)..... More
New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1870. Hardcover (paper-covered boards). 208 pp., a few line ills. + 2 line pls. (diseases of the horse, and the internal organs). Some publisher’s ads. This book bears witness to the hard use, or poor care, that 19th-century farriery, taming, and veterinary manuals got..... More
Foundation for the Preservation and Protection of the Przewalski Horse. Przewalski Horse: No. 14, December 1984. Rotterdam. 38p, many photos and maps. Very good paperbound. ** Single issue of this journal, with news about the foundation's horses, and articles on "Domestication: An Irreversible Process" (part 1), the reintroduction of onagers..... More
1969. Francis, Dick. The Sport of Queens. NY: Harper 1969. Stated 1st U.S. ed. 247p + many photos on 16p. Very good hardcover in very good unclipped d.j. Previous owner's ink name on front endpaper. ** Francis writes about his steeplechasing days in this, his first book. It was published..... More
Rowlandson, Thomas. Gambado, Geoffrey, pseud. [Henry William Bunbury]. An Academy for Grown Horsemen. Westport, CT: Richard W. Ellis (The Georgian Press) 1930. Ca. 64p, 12 color pls. (reproductions of the Thomas Rowlandson illustrations in the London 1809 edition). Good hardcover (spine frayed); internally very good. No d.j. or slipcase, if..... More
Garcin, Jerome. Cavalier Seul: Journal equestre. Gallimard 2006. 278p, no ills. Very good paperbound (slight shelfsoil). In French. ** For three years Garcin--novelist and cultural critic--kept this lyrical diary of his rides and other experiences with horses, interwoven with accounts of his literary life. Can be sent outside the U.S...... More
1894. Gatines, Rene de. Conference Hippique: Les Cinq Mouvements Cles de l'Equitation. Paris: Legoupy 1894. 56p + several photos by M. Gabriel. Good paperbound (covers soiled). In French. ** Schooling methods--the five "keys" to equitation--by a well-known ecuyer of the day. Here he demonstrated, for a group of army officers..... More
1993. Gazder, P.J. The Arab Horse Families of Great Britain 1875-1973. Northleach, England: Heriot 1993. 3rd ed. (1st pub. 1964, 1976). xxvii, 211p + many photos. Very good hardcover; lacks original flimsy glassine d.j. ** This latest edition of mares and stallions registered with the Arab Horse Society added many..... More
