![The Blood-Horse [1933 complete]. Thomas B. Cromwell, ed](/pictures/thumb/30214.jpg?v=1634817783)
Lexington, KY: Thomas B. Cromwell [The Blood-Horse], 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Two sturdy volumes containing all 52 weekly issues of volume 19, with original covers bound in. Over 1300p total, photo on every front cover and occasional photos inside (chiefly stallions at stud). A little old dampstaining to covers. Ink..... More
![The Blood-Horse [1934 complete]. Thomas B. Cromwell, ed](/pictures/thumb/30008.jpg?v=1633973486)
Lexington, KY: Thomas B. Cromwell [The Blood-Horse], 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Two sturdy volumes containing all 52 weekly issues for the 1934 racing year, with original covers bound in. Over 1400p total, photo on every front cover and occasional photos inside (chiefly stallions at stud). Vol. 1 also lists the..... More
![The Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse [color pls.]; With Anatomical and Questional...](/pictures/thumb/9449.jpg?v=1633973612)
New Yok: A.O. Moore, 1859. Later printing. Hardcover (original blind-stamped cloth). x, 291p + 17 (of 20) hand-colored engraved pls. Missing 3 plates (3, 12, 19), which show the musculature from the side, and the musculature and skeleton from the front and rear. Good-quality uncolored photocopies are laid in as..... More
London and New York: Heinemann and Comet Books, 1939 and 1949. Brown, Paul. UK edition is probably first; US edition is stated first paperback printing. Hardcover and soft cover. UK edition: 273p, many line ills. US edition: 243p, many line ills., now with green overlays. All ills. by Paul Brown..... More
Fond du Lac, WI: All-Pets, 1954. Brown, Paul. First edition. Soft cover. 64p, several ills. by Paul Brown. Also includes "The Boxer's Health" by Frank Lichlyter, D.V.M. Biscotti calls for cream covers, but this copy is green. Later editions were not illustrated by Brown. Can be sent outside the U.S...... More
2002. Deblaise, Philippe. De Rusius a La Broue: Itineraire du livre equestre dans l'Europe de la Renaissance. Philippica 2002. 79p, many ills. New paperbound. In French. ** Fine introduction to early European equestrian literature and its spread throughout the continent. The history of veterinary and horsemanship books is followed by..... More
Bombay: Thacker & Company, 1913. Second edition (1st pub. 1907). Hardcover. 286p, many diagrams + 13 photos. Overall sound, clean, sturdy. No d.j. (if issued?). Learning and playing tournament polo, schooling ponies, some veterinary care, famous players of the past, Hurlingham rules, etc. Detailed advice, with special reference to India..... More
London: William Kidd, 1831. G.W. Bonner; Robert Cruikshank. First edition. Hardcover. 36p, 10-wood-engravings by G.W. Bonner after Robert Cruikshank. Handsomely rebound in plain boards, leather spine; original wrappers bound in. Two old bookplates removed; outer pages lightly foxed. The trajectory of a racehorse's life in verse, followed by accounts of..... More
Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 132p, 115 photos, several line ills. D.j. is stained, chipped. Photos and commentary of good, bad, and indifferent riders and mounts, including a young Joe Fargis. Treats the rider's form during the takeoff, flight, and landing phases, though not the strategy of..... 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
![Trabajando de a Caballo [Working with a Rope from Horseback]. Roberto C. Dowdall](/pictures/thumb/15539.jpg?v=1633973426)
Buenos Aires: Editorial Hemisferio Sur, 1977. No stated edition. Soft cover. 119p, many line ills. on over 50 pls. In Spanish. On handling horses with ropes (haltering, throwing, catching) and roping calves and steers. Presented chiefly as ranch work, but there is a section on rodeo. 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: Scribner's, 1949. Brown, Paul. First edition. Hardcover. 186p, many ills. by Paul Brown. Lacks d.j. Author's and artist's pencil presentations and drawing on front endpaper: "To 'Lady Emma' Fairfax Downey New York, 1949" [and] "For Milady Hamilton Lots of luck Paul". Between the inscriptions Brown has drawn a...... 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 public address system]....](/pictures/thumb/15391.jpg?v=1633973425)
Dublin: Browne and Nolan [printers], 1930. First edition. Unbound 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 entries for..... More
London: Percy Young, 1896. First English-language edition. Hardcover. 128p, many line ills. No jacket, probably as issued. Trans. from French. Detailed, informative study of the interaction of the horse's anatomy and conformation with the mechanics of its movement. One of the best of many such studies by the French military..... 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
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1938. Lundean, J. Louis. First edition. Hardcover. 158p + ills. by J. Louis Lundean and others, 1 pl. in color. Jacket edges are chipped and creased. Still one of the few biographies of an American trotting horse--and she was one of the best. (Wells 2095). 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
London: Pickering, 1879. No stated edition. Hardcover. 35p + 16p of publisher's ads. No ills. 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 for less than the default shipping..... More
![The Arabian Stud Book: Vol. II [annotated]. Animal Breeding Section Egyptian Agricultural...](/pictures/thumb/30032.jpg?v=1633973492)
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
![Bits & Pieces [and] Stirrups, Spurs & Status Symbols; Saddlery Catalogue, vols. 1 and 2. Anne...](/pictures/thumb/15541.jpg?v=1633973427)
Horsham, UK: Horsham Museum, 2001, 2002. First edition. Comb and spiral bound. 2 vols., each ca. [60-70]p, with many photos. All photocopied, as issued. Catalogues of the museum's extensive William Albery Collection of Horse Lorinery, featuring bridle bits, stirrups, spurs, and horse decorations (brasses, ciphers, insignia, rosettes, etc.). The photos..... More
![The Blood-Horse: May 8 and December 18, 1954 [Determine on covers]. J. A. Estes, ed](/pictures/thumb/30330.jpg?v=1633973555)
Lexington, KY: American Thoroughbred Breeders Association, 1954. First edition. Soft cover. Variously paged and illustrated. Many photos and ads. Normal light handling wear; small scrape to cover of May 8 issue. May 8 covers tiny Determine's Kentucky Derby win (second Californa-bred and first grey horse to win). December 18 pictures..... More
