London: Percy Young, 1896. First English-language edition. Hardcover. 128p, many line ills. No jacket, probably as issued. Trans. from French. Detailed, informative study of the interaction of the horse's anatomy and conformation with the mechanics of its movement. One of the best of many such studies by the French military..... More
Dumoulin, Lieut-Col. Moi, le Cheval. Paris: Eugene Figuiere 1934. 153p, no ills. Very good paperbound rebound in brown cloth with leather gilt-stamped spine label. Original covers bound in. The trade edition. In French. ** A work horse named Bijou tells of his everyday life and that of his companions, and..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1938. Lundean, J. Louis. First edition. Hardcover. 158p + ills. by J. Louis Lundean and others, 1 pl. in color. Jacket edges are chipped and creased. Still one of the few biographies of an American trotting horse--and she was one of the best. (Wells 2095). More
Los Angeles: UCLA Library, 1967. First edition. Soft cover. 20p, several ills. Annotated checklist of books, magazines, and a few objects in this exhibition of a "sampling of the works that lie somewhere in the spectrum between fact and myth." Works by Andy Adams, Henry Allen, "Max Brand," Zane Grey..... More
London: Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. xv, 126p, 142 ills. (21 in color). Elegantly produced scholarly catalogue of the more than 2000 drawings then in the Mellon collection, now at Yale. Chiefly equestrian sport, by Rowlandson, Seymour, Stubbs, Gilpin, etc. Heavy; shipping/handling..... More
London: Pickering, 1879. No stated edition. Hardcover. 35p + 16p of publisher's ads. No ills. Poems about fox hunting, the death of Whyte-Melville, a visit from the Empress of Austria, etc. "Bought and Sold" refers to Rarey's work. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping..... More
![The Arabian Stud Book: Vol. II [annotated]. Animal Breeding Section Egyptian Agricultural...](/pictures/thumb/30032.jpg?v=1633973492)
Cairo: E.A.O. of Egypt, 1967? First edition. Hardcover (leather spine rubbed). Ca. 350p, printed on one side; many photos. Some closed tears here and there, not affecting content. Fore-edges lightly foxed. Very sturdy. Some corrections or additions in purple ink by the former owner, an Arabian breeder who traveled to..... More
[Cairo?]: No stated publisher, n..d. [1970s?]. No stated edition. Paperbound (self wrappers). [20]p, many photos and a few line ills. Small pamphlet, chiefly in Arabic, with a little English. The overall printing quality is poor, typical of the time and place. Small introduction to the Egypt's state Arabian horse stud..... More
![Bits & Pieces [and] Stirrups, Spurs & Status Symbols; Saddlery Catalogue, vols. 1 and 2. Anne...](/pictures/thumb/15541.jpg?v=1633973427)
Horsham, UK: Horsham Museum, 2001, 2002. First edition. Comb and spiral bound. 2 vols., each ca. [60-70]p, with many photos. All photocopied, as issued. Catalogues of the museum's extensive William Albery Collection of Horse Lorinery, featuring bridle bits, stirrups, spurs, and horse decorations (brasses, ciphers, insignia, rosettes, etc.). The photos..... More
Durango, CO: Barbara Engel Therapy Services, 1988. First edition. Soft cover (comb binding). 201p, no ills. Photocopied typescript, as issued. Hundreds of book and journal titles on therapeutic riding, with short summaries of the content, compiled by an expert in the field. Arranged by subject and author. Includes many German..... More
![The Blood-Horse: May 8 and December 18, 1954 [Determine on covers]. J. A. Estes, ed](/pictures/thumb/30330.jpg?v=1633973555)
Lexington, KY: American Thoroughbred Breeders Association, 1954. First edition. Soft cover. Variously paged and illustrated. Many photos and ads. Normal light handling wear; small scrape to cover of May 8 issue. May 8 covers tiny Determine's Kentucky Derby win (second Californa-bred and first grey horse to win). December 18 pictures..... More
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
![Catalogue of Maple Park [Standardbreds]. A. C. Fisk, proprietor](/pictures/thumb/30930.jpg?v=1653390604)
Coldwater, MI: Michigan Horse News, 1892. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 24 pp, 4 plates showing the stallions Latitude 4870, Judean 5154, Great Heart 11172, and Highlawn Prince 15456. Ca. 6 x 8 inches. .Advertises 5 stallions plus several other trotters, pacers, mares, and young horses for sale. Family and..... 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
![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
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
London: Michael Joseph, 1974. Ward, James. First edition. Hardcover. 179p + 12 pls. Pages age browned; jacket faded. Still one of the few studies of this renowned British painter and engraver of prize livestock and horses. Fussell was an agricultural historian, so there is much on the rural context of..... More
![The Western Horseman 1944 [complete year]. Merrill S. Gaffney, ed](/pictures/thumb/30691.jpg?v=1642434939)
Reno: Graham M. Dean, 1944. First edition. Soft cover. Volume 9, nos. 1-6. Issues were double-months. 46 to 58 pp., many photos, line ills., and ads. Normal age wear and soil to covers. A wealth of articles on old-time horses and western ways by Luis B. Ortega, Carl R. Raswan..... More
![Neugebahnter Tummel-platz und eröffnete Reit-Schul [etc.]. Giovanni Battista di Galiberto](/pictures/thumb/30881.jpg?v=1649709664)
Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat der DDR, 1979. Reprint (1st pub. 1660). Hardcover. 189p, many line ills. No jacket (as issued?). In German black letter. Facsimile reprint of the 1660 German translation of Galiberto's Il Cavallo da Maneggio (1650). Covers horsemanship including airs above the ground; care and management, and bitting, with many..... 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
