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
![Item #16606 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
![Item #30214 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
London: British Horse Society, n.d. [1950s?]. First edition. Soft cover (limp boards, spiral bound). 14p + many photos on 2 folding plates. Covers age soiled, pages lightly age browned. In the days before You Tube, Pony Club members could learn from instructional films produced by the British Horse Society. This..... More
![Item #9449 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: London and Counties Press Association, 1915. Limited edition. Hardcover (half leather). xii, 345p + 58 pls., 6 in color. No. 98 of 150 copies in the Subscriber's Edition (no subscriber's name noted). Covers rubbed; marginal and fore-edge foxing; rear endpapers dampstained. (There was also a full-vellum deluxe edition of..... More
New York: Knopf, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 384p, many old photos and ills. Jacket spine faded. Comprehensive history of the ways of life in the various American cowboy cultures--Spanish roots, Californio, Texian, northern and open ranges, effect of the Civil War, trailing to railheads, end of open-range culture, bunkhouse and..... 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
New York: Printed and Sold by Mahlon Day, at the New-Juvenile Book-Store, 1833. No stated edition (first published in 1831?). Soft cover. 16p, 14 small ills. + cover ill. Covers and pages browned; some handling wear. Tied with thread (as issued?). A small chapbook for young children, with one-page descriptions..... More
Paris: Le Goupy, 1925. Vernet, Carle. First edition. Soft cover. 204p, many ills. (mostly small). The binding is sewn but is quite loose. Scrappy remains of original glassine jacket. In French. Monograph on this 19th-century French painter and printmaker, best known for his many equestrian themes--hunting, the circus, the cavalry..... More
![Item #31130 The English Mail Coach [and] Joan of Arc. Thomas De Quincey](/pictures/thumb/31130.jpg?v=1664279285)
New York: Henry Holt, 1893. No stated edition. Hardcover. 138p, no ills. In the publisher's series, Reading for Students. Edited with introduction and notes by J.M. Hart. Spine frayed, ghost of old sticker on front cover, first two pages loosening. Previous owners' ink stamp and blindstamp on front endpaper. Student..... 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
![Item #31111 The Western Horseman 1949 [complete year]. Robert M. Denhardt, ed](/pictures/thumb/31111.jpg?v=1663071725)
Colorado Springs: Western Horseman, 1949. First edition. Soft cover. 12 monthly issues. Variously paged, many photos, line ills., and ads. Some cover age wear and soil; bindings are sound; internally very good, clean, complete. Some of the articles are: the fortunes of the Kellogg Arabian Ranch as it was in..... More
![Item #30844 The Western Horseman 1951 [complete year; George Ford Morris cover]. Robert M....](/pictures/thumb/30844.jpg?v=1647897965)
Colorado Springs: The Western Horseman, 1951. Morris, George Ford. First edition. Soft cover. January through December. Each 48-52p, many photos and ads. Some cover age wear; one cover scraped; April cover rather rubbed and creased with an old price written at the top. Internally clean, complete, overall very good. Dark..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1941. Dennis, Wesley. First edition. Hardcover. 64p, many ills. by the author. Unclipped jacket. is wrinkled with several mostly closed tears. Bookseller's old price sticker inside back cover. First edition of this favorite picture book: the foal Flip discovers he doesn't need wings to jump over..... More
Devon, PA: 1955. First edition. Soft cover. 64p, several diagrams of hunter and jumper classes, on the outside course and in the ring. This was the 59th annual Devon show. Conditions and awards for dozens of classes--gaited, driving, pony, hunter-jumper, conformation, Arabian, junior, etc. etc. Previous winners are listed for..... 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
London: William Kidd, 1831. G.W. Bonner; Robert Cruikshank. First edition. Soft cover. 36p, 10-wood-engravings by G.W. Bonner after Robert Cruikshank. An older rebinding in marbled soft covers. Lacks half-title page and frontispiece. The trajectory of a racehorse's life in verse, followed by accounts of famous Thoroughbreds and other material. Without..... More
![Item #30920 Manege et equitation [and] Marechal ferrant. Diderot and d'Alembert](/pictures/thumb/30920.jpg?v=1652736182)
[Paris]: [1751-1772]. No stated edition. Hardcover (rebound in boards, quarter vellum). Two suites of captions and engraved plates from the Encyclopedie: 6p + many ills. on 33 pls., and 2p + many ills. on 7 pls. (1 double page). In French. From the collection of dressage master Dr.H.L.M. Van Schaik..... 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
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1952. Wilson, Charles Banks. First edition. Hardcover. 376p, many ills. + 1 color plate by Charles Banks Wilson. Lacks jacket. Ex-library, minimally marked: trace of removed spine label, one small ink stamp on front endpaper, pocket on rear endpaper. Cover edges rubbed. Classic history of..... More
![Item #31108 Das Reiten der Dame [Women's Riding]. Hilda Dollmann](/pictures/thumb/31108.jpg?v=1663071725)
Berlin: Paul Parey, 1931. First and only edition. Hardcover. 88p, 8 text ills. + 12 photos. Lacks jacket, if issued. Covers soiled, some light foxing. Pencil underlining to contents page. In German. Sidesaddle manual, covering the basics and some advanced movements, plus further material on hunting, jumping, and dressage. Uncommon..... More
![Item #15539 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
![Item #14652 Horses of Destiny [author and artist presentations, with drawing]. Fairfax Downey](/pictures/thumb/14652.jpg?v=1650374281)
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
