Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1874. Faber, Hamon; Jeremiah Rea. First edition. Hardcover. 30p + 5 line pls. Original purple pictorial cloth, gilt-stamped. Front cover faded to brown. Long poem set in Chester County, Pennsylvania, by a Chester County author. Illustrated by H[armon] Faber, engraved by [Jeremiah] Rea. A relatively early..... 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
![Statutes and General Regulations . . . .for the Olympic Games [1936]. F E. I](/pictures/thumb/16934.jpg?v=1633973450)
London: Institute of the Horse & Pony Club, 1939. Sixth edition (1st pub. 1936). Soft cover. 126p, a few line ills. From the library of horseman Charles Harris, with his ink name on cover and title page. Translated from French by Capt. G.F. Fressanges. Covers dressage, jumping, and cross country..... More
![Concorso Ippico Internazionale [1931/IX]. Federazione Nationale degli Sports Equestri](/pictures/thumb/12167.jpg?v=1633973407)
[Florence?]: No stated publisher, 1931. First edition. Soft cover. 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. In Italian. The program summarizes all the prizes for the entire show, and lists the entrants for the..... 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
![Manual for Cossack Riding and Training of Horses [photocopy]. C. Fleisher](/images/noimage.png)
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
Copenhagen: Nordarab, 1987. First edition. Soft cover. August 1987 (vol. 5, no. 5). 50p, many photos, many in color. Advertising information laid in. "A Short History of Egypt's Arabian Horses" by Forbis (taken from her book), "Focus on Some of the Most Famous Egyptian Stud Farms," "Arabian Horses in Syria,"..... More
Rotterdam: Foundation for the Preservation and Protection of the Przewalski Horse, 1984. First edition. Soft cover. 38p, many photos and maps. 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 into the Negev Desert, the..... More
![The Sport of Queens [1st U.S. ed. in d.j.]. Dick Francis](/pictures/thumb/14277.jpg?v=1633973414)
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. First American edition. Hardcover. 247p + many photos on 16p. Previous owner's ink name on front endpaper. Francis writes about his steeplechasing days in this, his first book. It was published in the U.K. in 1957, but not in the U.S. until after the..... More
![Von der Gestuterey [etc.]. Marcus Fugger, Marx](/pictures/thumb/30170.jpg?v=1633973520)
Niewkoop, Netherlands: Miland, 1968 [1st pub. 1584]. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover (tooled leatherette) in good cardboard slipcase. 129 leaves, 38 woodcut ills. by Jost Amman. Title page printed in red and black. In German black letter type. In the publisher's series Homo Ludens, 4. First published in 1584 in Frankfurt, this..... More
Lehigh, Ind. Ter. [Oklahoma]: No stated publisher, 1898. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. One newsprint sheet advertising the services of the trotting stallion Gold Dust, "the best bred horse west of the Mississippi River." Ca. 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. In the late 1800s Lehigh, located in coal country..... More
![An Academy for Grown Horsemen [1 of 235; presentation to Harriet Wadsworth]. Geoffrey Gambado,...](/pictures/thumb/12923.jpg?v=1633973409)
Westport, CT: Richard W. Ellis (The Georgian Press), 1930. Rowlandson, Thomas. Later printing. Hardcover. Ca. 64p, 12 color pls. (reproductions of the Thomas Rowlandson illustrations in the London 1809 edition). No jacket or slipcase, if issued. An appealing association copy, with a long inscription from Ellis to Harriet [Wadsworth, of..... More
Lagny, France: Gallimard, 2006. First edition. Soft cover (light shelfsoil). 278p, no ills. 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. for less than the..... More
Paris: Legoupy, 1894. First edition. Soft cover. 56p + several photos by M. Gabriel. 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, how well four young horses responded to Baucher's system. Very scarce (5 copies..... More
Northleach, UK: Alexander Heriot, 1993. Third edition (1st pub. 1964, 1976). Hardcover. xxvii, 211p + many photos. Without the original flimsy glassine d.j. This latest edition of mares and stallions registered with the Arab Horse Society added many photos and omitted "dead" lines. Can be sent outside the U.S. for..... More
N.p. [London or Paris]: H. Gaze & Son, n.d. [1889]. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 10p, 1 ill. on front cover (self-wrappers). Detailed descriptions of the excursions offered to Paris and environs, with related ads for souvenir photo albums, theaters, etc. One pound (25 francs or $5) bought you..... More
![The Sportsman's Library [association copy; 1 of 600]; Being a Descriptive List of the Most...](/pictures/thumb/15938.jpg?v=1633973432)
New York: R.R. Bowker, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 158p + 8 pls. Lacks original slipcase. One of 600 copies. Lists many hundred titles on hunting, racing and steeplechasing, horse breeding and stud books, horsemanship, polo, big game, dogs and shooting, angling, yachting, coaching, sporting poetry and fiction, and miscellaneous. This..... More
![Manuel d'Equitation [etc.]. A. Gerhardt](/pictures/thumb/12885.jpg?v=1633973408)
Paris: J. Dumaine, 1859. Adam, V. First edition. Hardcover (quarter leather, rubbed). 215p + many lithographed ills. after V. Adam on 12 pls. Foxed throughout; priced accordingly. The spine label mistakenly reads: Baucher. Two old ink names, one a cavalry captain. From the renowned equestrian collection of Henry Sarasin, with..... More
1813. Gibbons, Thomas [buyer of coaches], et al. Two Early 19th-Century Manuscript Orders for Carriages, Newark, NJ. (1) Letter of agreement between Miller and Crane [coachmakers] and T[homas] Gibbons, 1813. (2) Memorandum of agreement between Robert B. Campfield [coachmaker] and Thomas Gibbons, 1814, with detailed specifications for the carriage. Two..... More
![Hell for Leather! [1 of 350]. Edward Goulburn, Martin Hawke](/pictures/thumb/13878.jpg?v=1633973412)
New York: Derrydale Press, 1928. Limited edition. Hardcover (paper-covered boards, vellum spine). 36p + 3 hand-colored pls. (old hunting scenes). No. 229 of 350 numbered copies. Bookplate of Irving Eugene Loveland. Fine printing of three early 19th-century British hunting poems: "The Epwell Hunt" by Edward Goulburn, "The Melton Hunt," and..... More
New York: Derrydale Press, 1935. Brown, Paul. Limited edition (1 of 1350 copies). Hardcover. 209p, several pls. and line ills. by Paul Brown. Gilt stamping on covers dull with age, as usual. Owner's pencil name, 1937. No jacket or slipcase, as issued. Hunting humor: Col. Weatherford's loyal groom, Eddie Walsh..... More
N.p. Privately Printed, [1954]. Hardcover. 43p + large folding tipped-in map. No jacket, as issued. Bookplate removed, so possibly ex-lib.? Anniversary publication of runs, lists of hounds and members, rules, etc., of this coyote-hunting club south of Denver, Colorado. Map is fine. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less..... More
![Assessors' Warrant [taxes on carriage horses and vehicles, 1814]. Great Britain. Unidentified tax...](/pictures/thumb/16500.jpg?v=1633973442)
[London?]: No stated publisher, 1814. First edition. Sewn paperbound. 24p, a few tables. Government publication ("No. 7. Assessed Taxes"), authorizing a tax official to value various properties and services. (The pages for the assessor's name, signature, etc., are blank.) Details the taxes and duties to be levied on houses, windows..... More
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1983. Dickinson, Darol. First edition, second printing (1st pub. 1974). Soft cover. 127p, many color large color paintings by Darol Dickinson. Owner's ink name on half-title page. Green began his research on equine coat colors in west Texas in the 1940s, where "horses were cheap and..... More
