![Bridle and Brush: Reminiscences of an Artist Sportsman [1937 ed.]. George Denholm Armour](/images/noimage.png)
Armour, George Denholm. Bridle and Brush: Reminiscences of an Artist Sportsman. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1937. xiv, 384p, 127 ills. + 4 color pls., chiefly by the author. Good sturdy hardcover (cover soil, edges shelfworn); no d.j. ** Hunting, racing, polo, World War I, etc., by the popular Scottish illustrator..... More
2001. Armstrong, Geoff, and Peter Thompson. Phar Lap. London: Allen & Unwin, with Museum Victoria, 2001. 256p, ca. 200 photos, 20 in color. Good clean sturdy hardcover (covers shelf-rubbed); no d.j. ** The first full account in many years of Phar Lap's extraordinary career and mysterious death, based on archival..... More
Asheim, Ake, et al. "Heart Rates and Blood Lactate Concentrations of Standardbred Horses during Training and Racing." In Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, August 1, 1970. Pp. 304-312, 7 charts. Good paperbound (covers quite rubbed, ink stamp and ink writing on front). Internally nice and clean. ** This..... More
1993. Asil Club, ed. Asil Araber / Asil Arabians IV. Hildesheim: Olms 1993. 923p, hundreds of photos, most in color. Very good hardcover in good d.j.; without the thin cardboard slipcase. In German and English. ** The 4th volume of this substantial breeders' guide devoted to the bedouin-bred Asil Arabian..... More
2019. Askwith, Richard. Unbreakable: The Woman Who Defied the Nazis in the World's Most Dangerous Horse Race. NY: Pegasus Books 2019. 426p + several photos, some in color. New hardcover in d.j. ** Remarkable life of Lata Brandisova, who won the legendary and demanding Grand Pardubice steeplechase in Czechoslovakia in..... More
1949. Association "Courses et Elevage." Racing and Breeding. Paris: Association "Courses et Elevage" 1949. Vol. 3, nos. 1-3, complete. Variously paged (several hundred pp.), many photos and luxury ads, some in color. Good paperbounds, sound spiral binding (shelfwear, corners bumped). In English. ** Large, lavishly produced review of the European..... More
Association for Equine Sports Medicine. Proceedings from the Tenth Annual Meeting, Reno, 1991. Santa Barbara: Veterinary Practice Pub. Co. 1992. 52p, several charts. Very good paperbound (light shelfwear). ** Articles by many experts on locomotion, the foot and leg, nutrition, etc. The subjects include "tendon response to training," water and..... More
1802. Astley, Philip. Astley's System of Equestrian Education: Exhibiting the Beauties and Defects of the Horse; [etc.]. London: T. Burton, n.d. [1802?]. 5th ed. (1st pub. 1801). xvi, 197p + 9 engraved pls. showing airs above the ground, work between the pillars, and long-reining. Fair hardcover, but scarce in any..... More
Atha Farm, Ontario. Catalogue of the Closing Sale of the "Atha" Herd of Short-Horns, Horses, [etc.] With a Choice Selection from the Thistle Ha' Herd of Short-Horns and Flock of Cotswolds. Atha, Ontario, October 17, 1877. 46p, no ills. Good paperbound (front cover stained, vertical crease from folding). ** Lists..... More
Atthenont, J. Le Cheval a l'Heure de la Voltige: Manuel theorique et pratique de voltige. Coutances: Imprimerie Notre-Dame 1968. 94p, many line ills. Good paperbound (shelfsoil). In French. ** Guide to equestrian vaulting and gymnastics. (Wells 374) Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate..... More
1902. Aureggio, E. Conferences Illustrees sur la Cavalerie des Armees Francaises & Etrangeres [etc.] [Lyon, ca. 1905?]. 4th ed. (1st pub. ca. 1902). 278p, over 100 line ills. and photos. Good hardcover (later cloth; original paper covers bound in). Bookplate of The Cavalry Club [London]. In French. ** Compares the..... More
Auty, Islay. The BHS Manual for Coaching and Teaching Riding. Shrewsbury: Kenilworth 2011. 144p, many line ills. and diagrams. New paperbound. ** Official handbook of the British Horse Society, the updated and revised edition of The BHS Instructors' Manual for Teaching Riding. Aimed at less experienced instructors, especially those teaching..... More
Auty, Islay. Learn to Ride with The British Horse Society. Addington, UK: Kenilworth 2003. 123p, many color photos and other ills. New paperbound, but with a little slight shelfwear, so reduced. ** Detailed guide to the basic skills of horsemanship, as taught in BHS-approved riding schools, for children and teens..... More
1955. Avery, Kay. All for a Horse. NY: Crowell 1955. Stated first printing. 165p, line ills. by Aldren A. Watson. Good hardcover in good unclipped d.j. (short tears along edges). Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one page margin. ** Young Tom works to earn the horse of..... More
1984. Ayer, Neil R. (course designer). Cross-Country Obstacles of the Three-Day Equestrian Event XXIII Olympiad. 1984. [36]p, 31 large pls. Good paperbound (light handling wear). ** Drawings of the cross-country obstacles in their settings at the legendary 1984 Olympics, held at the Fairbanks Ranch Country Club, Rancho Santa Fe, California..... More
Bagan, Joe. Lukas at Auction. Denver: Sachs Lawlor 1989. 340p, many charts. Fair paperbound (cover wear, inking on a number of pages); binding is sturdy. ** A detailed comparative analysis of every Thoroughbred horse purchased at public auction by D. Wayne Lukas up to that time. Photocopy of 1989 supplement..... More
Balch, Glenn. Tiger Roan. NY: Crowell, n.d. 13th ptg. (1st pub. 1938). 236p, several double-page pls. by Lee Townsend. Good sturdy clean hardcover in fair unclipped d.j. by Townsend (splitting). ** Tiger Roan--ranch horse and rodeo outlaw--and the good and bad men who handle him along the way. Juvenile or..... More
2004. Bammes, Gottfried. The Artist's Guide to Animal Anatomy. Mineola, NY: Dover 2004 (1st pub. 1989, 1994). Trans. from German. 143p, many ills. by the author, many in color. Very good paperbound. ** An imaginative and excellent guide to anatomy, proportion, motion, basic forms, and technique, with much on horses..... More
![The Boy Who Talks to Horses [signed]. Ivy Jackson Banks, Joe Kelly Travelsted](/pictures/thumb/15119.jpg?v=1539198013)
Banks, Ivy Jackson, as told to her by Joe Kelly Travelsted. The Boy Who Talks to Horses. NY: Vantage 1970. 106p, several photos and line ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. Presentation copy from the author. ** True story of an 11-year-old Kentucky boy's trip to Vienna and the..... More
1930. Banning, William, and George Hugh Banning. Six Horses. NY and London: Century 1930. xx, 410p + many photos. Very good bright hardcover; no d.j. Presentation bookplate, signed by William Banning, March 1930, to T.N. Williams. ** History and memoirs of the early days of the overland stage lines, from..... More
2018. Barbier, Dominique, and Keron Psillas. Riding with Oliveira: My Time with the Mestre--Forty Years Later. N. Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square 2018. 188p, many photos, many in color. New hardcover in d.j. ** Barbier traces the arc of his riding life and study with "mestre" Nuno Oliveira, three of his..... More
![Dressage for the New Age [1st ed.]. Dominique Barbier, Mary Daniels](/pictures/thumb/4013.jpg?v=1539198044)
Barbier, Dominique, with Mary Daniels. Dressage for the New Age. NY: Prentice Hall 1990. 176p, a few photos. Fwd. by Chuck Grant. Good hardcover in very good d.j. ** The first edition. How to achieve lightness and harmony from earliest training through piaffe, passage, and pirouette... More
1935. Barker, K.F. Himself. London: Country Life, n.d. [1935]. 96p, many ills. by the author. Good hardcover (spine wear); no d.j. ** Life with a lively fox terrier, with very appealing drawings. More
1983. Barmintsev, Yu. N., and Ye. V. Kozhevnicov. Horse Breedings [sic] in the USSR. Moscow: Kolos 1983. 160p, many photos, almost all in color. Very good hardcover (plasticized boards); slight normal edge wear. No d.j., as issued. In Russian and English. ** The contents are: Breeds, Pedigree Breeding, Horses at..... More
1956. Barne, Kitty. Rosina and Son. London: Evans Brothers 1959 (1st pub. 1956). 216p, several ills. by Marcia Lane Foster. Good hardcover in good color clipped jacket (creased, soiled). Front endpaper removed. Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one page margin. ** Rosina Copper was a real polo..... More
