![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
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
![The Western Horseman 1951 [complete year; George Ford Morris cover]. Robert M. Denhardt, ed](/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
Colorado Springs: Western Horseman, 1948. First edition. Soft cover. Issues of September-October and November-December. Each 64p, many photos, line ills., and ads. Cover wear and soil; internally very good, clean, complete. Lee M. Rice on the T. Flynn Saddlery of Puebo, J. Frank Dobie on range horse Alacran, Nelson C...... More
Colorado Springs: Western Horseman, 1949. First edition. Soft cover. Issues of February, March, May, June, October, and November. 48 to 56p, many photos, line ills., and ads. Cover age wear and soil; bindings are sound; internally very good, clean, complete. Some of the articles: "Fight for the Kellogg Arabians" as..... 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
![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
![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
![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
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
Staten Island, NY: Carriage Association of America, 1969-1971. First edition. Hardcover (red buckram; some white spotting to front cover). Eight issues of this superb quarterly journal, Summer 1969-Spring 1971. Variously paged, hundreds of line ills. and photos, many in color. Bound in one volume. A treasury of information by many..... 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
Highland Village, TX: Chivalry Bookshelf, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 147p, no ills. Place-marking ribbon. Title is printed in gold at the top of the jacket, which the scan didn't pick up. The first English translation of this important Portuguese work on "horsemanship, hunting, fighting technique, and knightly conduct." Texts from..... 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
[Dubuque, IA]: No stated publisher, 1940. First edition. Soft cover. 20p, a few ills. in ads (no horses are pictured). Damp-rippled but not stained and there is no odor. Pencil notes on front and back cover, unrelated to the show. Ca. 6 ½ x 10 inches. Lists entries for over..... More
