Bennett, Eric. The Worshipful Company of Carmen of London: A Short History. London: Simpkin Marshall 1952. 181p + 6 pls. Very good hardcover, gilt-stamped. ** First edition of this documentary history of the Company and its various identities since its founding in 1517. Includes the charter and lists of masters..... More
![Appreciation of the Half-Bred Hunter [cover reads: Speaking of Horses]. Olive Bennett](/images/noimage.png)
1946. Bennett, Olive. An Appreciation of the Half-Bred Hunter [cover reads: Speaking of Horses: An Appreciation]. [Author] 1946. [8]p, a few photos. Good paperbound (cover soil, staples rusted). ** On Thoroughbred crosses as hunters (especially x Cleveland Bay or French Coach). Reprinted from a 1944 issue of The Chronicle. Can..... More
Bergengruen, Werner. The Last Captain of Horse: A Portrait of Chivalry. London: Thames and Hudson 1953 (jacket reads Vanguard Press). 304p. Good hardcover in good d.j. (endpapers foxed). ** In this novel, a Russian cavalry captain reminisces about his long career in the service of the Czar. Horses are treated..... More
Berjeau, Ph. Charles. The Horses of Antiquity, Middle Ages, and Renaissance, from the Earliest Monuments down to the XVIth Century. London: Dulau 1864. 20p + 60 line pls., 1 in color. Good hardcover (limp cloth). Covers soiled; foxed (chiefly the text). ** Examples of the horse in art in many..... More
Berners, Dame Juliana. The Boke of Saint Albans: Containing Treatises on Hawking, Hunting, and Cote Armour. London: Elliott Stock 1905. Facsimile edition (1st pub. 1486). Introd. by William Blades. Fair hardcover (top of backstrip torn, suitable for repair, but the binding is sound). Fair d.j. (torn). ** The very rare..... More
1952. Berrisford, Judith M. Eight pony novels: Five Foals and Philippa; Pony-Trekkers, Go Home!; The Ponies Next Door; A Pony in the Family; Red Rocket, Mystery Horse; A Show Jumper in the Family; Sue's Circus Horse; Trouble at Ponyways. Various UK and US publishers, various dates (1952-1982). All seemingly first..... More
Beudant, Etienne. Horse Training: Outdoors and High School. Xenophon Press 2014 (1st pub. 1931). 123p, many photos. New paperbound. ** High-quality revised reprint of this classic work on training for dressage and jumping, in the Saumur tradition. Parts of the original French text have been retranslated from the 1931 edition..... More
Bevan, R.A. Robert Bevan 1865-1925:: A Memoir by His Son. London: Studio Vista 1965. 28p, several ills. + 89 pls., 9 in color. Very good hardcover in fair color d.j. (torn at edges, lamination has lifted). Small label of U.S. distributor on front endpaper (Dufour Editions); neat old tapestain and..... More
Bicknell, Joan, et al. Guide to Riding. Surrey, England: Diamond Riding Centre for the Handicapped, n.d. [ca 1970-80s?]. 14p, a few ills. by Thelwell. Good paperbound. ** Outline guide to various physical and mental disabilities in children, and how to handle them in a therapeutic riding session. Good quick reference..... More
![Crinieres sans Frontieres: Bresil, Paraguay, Argentine [etc.]. Stephane Bigo](/pictures/thumb/13680.jpg?v=1539198004)
Bigo, Stephane. Crinieres sans Frontieres: Bresil, Paraguay, Argentine, Chili, Perou, Bolivie... Paris: Albin Michel 1991. 278p + many color photos by the author. Good paperbound. In French. ** Adventures on horseback in South America--the author's most difficult distance ride (he also wrote award-winning books about riding across the Middle East..... More
Bill Smale Sale Management. California's Great Third Annual Spring Spectacular Arabian Sale. Santa Barbara, 1972. N.p. (29 lots), several photos. Good paperbound (covers rubbed). ** Each horse is described, with a 3-generation pedigree. Chiefly western consignors; two prices inked in. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the..... More
1921. [Billings, C.K.G.]. King and Queen: A Colloquy. Privately Printed, 1921. 49p + several photos. Fair to good hardcover (paper-covered boards, cloth spine). Covers rather stained, edges rubbed. Internally very good and clean. No jacket (as issued?). Gift inscription. Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper. ** Very scarce; the..... More
Biscotti, M.L. Paul Brown: Master of Equine Art. Lanham, MD: Derrydale Press 2001. ix, 149p, many ills. + several color pls. With a chapter "Paul Brown as a Book Illustrator" by Robin Bledsoe New hardcover; no d.j., as issued. Limited deluxe edition in clamshell box. One of 50 copies; signed..... More
2001. Biscotti, M.L. Paul Brown: Master of Equine Art. Lanham, MD: Derrydale Press 2001. ix, 149p, many ills. + several color pls. With a chapter "Paul Brown as a Book Illustrator" by Robin Bledsoe. New hardcover in very good d.j. (lightly foxed) ** The definitive book on Paul Brown, his..... More
2017. Biscotti, M.L. Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield 2017. 498p, several photos. New hardcover in d.j. Fwd. by Norman Fine. ** Lists and describes over 2,000 books and ephemera on foxhunting, published in the U.S. and Britain up to the year 2000. The..... More
Bisman, Ron. Globetrotting Simpson. Auckland, NZ: Author, 1980. Fwd. by Delvin Miller. 209p, many photos. Very good hardcover in fair d.j. (torn). ** Life of Noel Simpson, the legendary Australian trotting horse owner, importer, and promoter of harness racing in Australasia. More
Bissinger, Franz Rudolf, ed. Sankt Georg Almanach 1950. Dusseldorf, 1950. 160p, many black-and-white photos and ads. Good hardcover, no jacket. Outer pages foxed. Very occasional tiny rubbed spots with trivial loss of content. In German. ** Yearbook of the German equestrian world in 1950. With much on warmblood and draft..... More
Black, John Donald. The Rural Economy of New England: A Regional Study. Harvard University Press 1950. xxiv, 796p, almost 300 maps, charts, and tables. Good sturdy hardcover (spine frayed, back corners bumped). No d.j. ** Scholarly study of New England agriculture from its beginnings: transportation, land use and ownership, soils..... More
Blackwood, Caroline. In the Pink: Caroline Blackwood on Hunting. London: Bloomsbury 1987. 164p, no ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (faded). ** "An intriguing and acerbic investigation into the current state of [foxhunting] and the passions which rage on either side of the fence." "Topics such as adultery and..... More
Blake, Michael. Twelve the King. Santa Monica: Perceval 2009. 36p, many photos, most in color. Good to very good hardcover (plasticized boards); no d.j. (as issued?). ** Moving tale in words and photos of the author's wild stallion, adopted from the BLM. Blake is the author of "Dances with Wolves."..... More
Blanchard, Jacques. Informations recherchees d'apres les equides europeens figures. 1960. 40p + 55 line ills. and photos. Reproduced typescript, as issued. In French. ** On the scientific identification of types of horses depicted in prehistoric cave art. This paper was prepared in advance for participants in "The Chronology of Western..... More
1894. Blew, William C.A. Brighton and Its Coaches: A History of the London and Brighton Road. London: Nimmo 1894. xxi, 354p + 20 hand-colored pls. from watercolors by J. and G. Temple. Good hardcover (gilt-stamped pictorial blue cloth); a little shaken but overall a nice copy. One sheet of publisher's..... More
2012. Blignault, Karin. Equine Biomechanics for Riders. N. Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square 2012 (1st pub. 2009). 264p, many line ills. and color photos. As new paperbound. ** After analyzing the horse's natural biomechanical movements, the author "highlights the biomechanical difficulties the horse encounters in his effort to please the rider..... More
The Blood-Horse. A Quarter-Century of American Racing and Breeding 1916 through 1940: Silver Anniversary Edition. Lexington, KY, 2000 (1st pub. 1941). 199p, many photos. Very good paperbound (new, but covers rubbed as received from the publisher). ** Facsimile reprint of this year-by-year review of American racing and the leading horses..... More
1980. Bloom, Lynda. Fitting & Showing the Halter Horse. NY: Prentice Hall 1980. 216p, many photos. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (short tears). ** The first book on the subject, written for beginning exhibitors. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate... More
