Gaze, Henry & Son [excursion tour operators]. Programme of Henry Gaze & Son's High Class Four-in-Hand Carriage Drives for Visiting the Sights of Paris [and] Versailles. Paris, n.d. [1889]. 10p, 1 line ill. on front cover (self wrappers). Very good small paperbound (bottom front cover corner slightly creased). ** Description..... More
![The Sportsman's Library [association copy; 1 of 600]. Ernest R. Gee](/images/noimage.png)
1940. Gee, Ernest R. The Sportsman's Library. NY: Bowker 1940. 158p + 8 pls. Good hardcover; no d.j. (as issued?). Covers rubbed; outer pages and some plates foxed. One plate loose. One of 600 copies. ** "Being a descriptive list of the most important books on sport." Lists many hundred..... More
1859. Adam, V. Gerhardt, A. Manuel d'equitation [etc.]. Paris: J. Dumaine 1859. 215p + many lithographed ills. after V. Adam on 12 pls. Quarter leather (rubbed). Foxed throughout; priced accordingly. The spine label mistakenly reads: Baucher. Ink names; from the renowned equestrian collection of Henry Sarasin, with his bookplate. In..... 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
1928. Goulburn, Edward; Martin Hawke; et al. Hell for Leather! NY: Derrydale Press 1928. 36p + 3 hand-colored pls. Good hardcover (paper-covered boards). Covers and endpapers smudged; cover edgewear. Internally very good. One of 350 numbered copies. ** Fine printing of three early 19th-century British hunting poems: The Epwell Hunt..... More
Grant, William W. A Quarter Century of the Arapahoe Hunt. [Privately printed, 1954.] 43p + tipped-in map. Rebound in red buckram; bookplate removed, so possibly ex-library. Internally fine, with the map intact. ** Anniversary publication of runs, lists of hounds and members, rules, etc., of this coyote-hunting club south of..... More
1814. [Great Britain. Unidentified tax office]. Assessors' Warrant. [London?] 1814. 24p, a few tables. Stitched paperbound. Good. ** 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..... More
Meade-King, Eric. Greatorex Galleries, London. Hunting Countries: Water-Colour Drawings and Pencil Sketches by Eric Meade-King. Small exhibition pamphlet, 1939. One sheet of card stock folded once to make 4 pages; 1 line ill. Very good. ** Summary checklist of 39 works, chiefly hunting subjects plus a few of polo and..... More
![The Horse: A Bibliography of British Books 1851-1976 [1 of 1000]. Anne Grimshaw](/pictures/thumb/407.jpg?v=1539198044)
1982. Grimshaw, Anne. The Horse: A Bibliography of British Books 1851-1976. London: Library Association 1982. 474p, several ills. Very good hardcover in very good jacket. Owner's ink name. One of 1000 numbered and signed copies. ** Annotated list of over 3200 books, interwoven with insightful commentary on what they tell..... More
2000. Gudnason, Kathy. Notable Quarter Horse Sires 1900-1964. [Wamego, KS] Premier Publishing 2000. Ca. 250p, 1 ill. Photocopied and comb-bound paperbound, as issued. Nearly new. ** Compiles 4-generation pedigrees, race and show records, and summaries of race and show get, for 208 influential Quarter Horse sires in the first half..... More
1902. De Launay, F. [photographer]. Guerin-Catelain, Maxime. Le Changement de Pied au Galop: Analyse de son Mecanisme. Paris: Berger-Levrault 1902. 61p, over 140 small line ills. and photos. Good hardcover (modern buckram, original wrappers not present). Inner margins of outer pages stained. Occasional neat pencil notes. In French. ** "Recherches..... More
Crafty. Gyp, pseud. [Comtesse de Martel de Janville]. Les Chasseurs. Paris: Calmann Levy 1888. 324p, many line ills. by Crafty (Victor Gerusez), Very good hardcover (gilt-stamped pictorial green cloth, recased). Back cover rubbed. Former owner's ink name. In French. ** Humorous look at French stag hunting of the date: the..... More
Harewood, Harry [pseud.?]. A Dictionary of Sports; or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the River Side. London: Thomas Tegg 1835. vi, 365p, many small line ills. throughout. Ex-lib., (spine number, ink stamp on front endpaper, date slip removed from rear); outer pages foxed. Overall fair to good hardcover..... More
1928. [Harrison, Fairfax]. The Equine F.F.Vs: A Study of the Evidence for the English Horses Imported into Virginia before the Revolution. Richmond: Privately Printed (The Old Dominion Press) 1928. 184p + several pls., 1 folding and 1 in color. Fine hardcover, including the fragile paper spine label; no d.j (if..... More
1869. Haycock, William. Horses, How They Ought To Be Shod. London: J. Churchill & Sons 1869. xi, 52p + 14 large detailed lithographed plates, a few tinted. Fair hardcover: original gilt-stamped purple cloth is faded; frontispiece detached; bottom corner of front endpaper chipped away. Bookplate. ** A veterinarian's advice on..... More
Heimann, Heinz. Champions: The Great Equestrian Stars of the Decade. N.p.: Georges Veuthey 1975 (printed in Milan). 213p, many photos, many in color. Good hardcover (covers slightly bowed from size; internally very good) in good d.j. In English, French, and German. ** Lavish survey by various authors of the major..... More
![Pferd und Reiter: Oder der Reitkunst [etc.] [1882]). Theodor Heinze](/pictures/thumb/14066.jpg?v=1539198005)
Heinze, Theodor. Pferd und Reiter oder die Reitkunst in ihrem ganzen Umfange.... Leipzig and Berlin: Otto Spamer 1882. 5th rev. ed. (1st pub. 1863). xxii, 538p, 159 line ills. + 2p of publisher's ads. Pict. cloth, gilt stamped (lightly chipped). In German fraktur. ** The last edition of this very..... More
Henderson, Robert W. Early American Sport: A Chronological Check-list of Books Published Prior to 1860 Based on an Exhibition Held at The Grolier Club. NY: Grolier Club 1937. 134p, several pls. Fine hardcover in scarce original glassine d.j. (torn at edges and spine). One of 400 copies. ** Lists hundreds..... More
1940. Alken, Ferneley, Sartorius, Herring. Henschel, Charles R., fwd. The Charles H. Thieriot Collection of Sporting Paintings: Cedar Hill, Oyster Bay, Long Island. NY: Privately Printed, June 1940. 53p + 4 tipped-in pls. Very good hardcover. Half leather (edges rubbed). Corner of one plate dogeared; else internally fine. Presentation copy..... More
Hieover, Harry, pseud. [Charles Bindley]. The Pocket and the Stud; Or, Practical Hints on the Management of the Stable. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans 1851. 2nd ed. (1st pub. 1848). xx, 218p + 34p of publisher's ads + 1 engraved pl. (heavily foxed). Good hardcover (piece missing from top..... More
![The Horse Pennings of Assateague Island [1 of 122 copies]. T. Holmes](/pictures/thumb/30012.jpg?v=1616345341)
Richmond, VA: The Attic Press, 1951. Limited edition (first pub. 1835). Paperbound, sewn with light cord. [16]p + 1 line ill. (frontispiece, printed in green). Christmas inscription, 1951, on inside back cover. Covers are a softer grey-green than photo shows. "This booklet was composed, printed on dampened sheets and bound..... More
Horses of France [farm]. The French Performance Horse. Marshall, VA, n.d. [early 1980s]. [12]p, many photos. Good paperbound (lightly creased down the middle). ** Small brochure promoting the French Performance Horse for jumping and eventing. Some pedigrees; photos of leading sires and performers such as Fra Diavolo, Nankin, Aime, Val..... More
Huidekoper, Rush Shippen. Age of the Domestic Animals. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis 1891. 217p + 32p of publisher's ads, over 160 line ills. and charts. Good sturdy hardcover (average shelfwear, pages age browned as usual). Contents very good and clean. Owner's ink name. ** "Being a complete treatise on the dentition..... More
1997. Hutchins, Dan. "Old West" Cowboy Collectibles: Auction Update and Price Guide. Las Vegas, NM: Hutchins 1997. 35p, ca. 40 black-and-white photos. Very good paperbound (light cover wear). ** Lists the prices of over 650 western items that sold at auction in 1996 (High Noon, Engel, Payne, Old West Show..... More
International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago. Combination Unreserved Sale of about 100 Highly Pedigreed Shetland Ponies Imported and American Bred. Auction cat., Dec. 2, 1908. 46p (86 lots), a few photos. Paperbound. ** Very good copy of this catalogue of "the greatest sale of Shetland Ponies in point of quality and..... More
