![Catalogue of Horses, Carriages, Harness, Etc. [1891]. Isaac B. Reed, auctioneer](/images/noimage.png)
1891. Isaac B. Reed [auctioneer]. Catalogue of Horses, Carriages, Harness, Etc. NY: Fitzpatrick & Wissler Printers, Feb. 17, 1891. [8]p, no ills. Fair paperbound (details on request). Occasional prices penciled in. ** One of the firm's regular auctions of horses and vehicles, held at their Horse and Carriage Emporium on..... More
1893. Ismailoff, Capt. Theo. [Theodore]. World's Columbian Exposition: Russian Horses. Chicago, 1893. 29p + 2 photos. Good paperbound (covers soiled, lightly wrinkled, small chips). ** Descriptions of the Orloff Trotter, Orloff Saddle Horse, Russian-Arab Horse, and Russian Light Draft Horse (Bitiug). Followed by descriptions and pedigrees of the 19 horses..... More
Ivanov, M. K Vershinam Sportivnogo Olimpa [The Top Russian Olympic Equestrians]. Tallin: Eesti Raamat 1968. 46p, several drawings + ca. 18 photos of Olympic riders. Good paperbound (covers worn and soiled; pages age browned). In Russian. ** History of Soviet participation in the equestrian Olympics, published under the auspices of..... More
St. Louis: Jacob Straus Saddlery Co., n.d. [1895]. "Latest edition" Hardcover. 238p, over 200 line ills. Ca. 160 pages of a wide variety of saddles, each one with a full-page picture and description. Stained, as shown in photo. Shaken (open pages loose and worn at edges). Penciling on front endpapers..... More
Jahns, Max. Ross und Reiter in Leben und Sprache, Glauben und Geschichte der Deutschen. Leipzig: Grunow 1872. 2 vols.: xxiv, 462p; xv, 464p; no ills. Marbled boards, orig. wrs. bound in. Light cover wear; internally very good. Owner's ink name. In German. ** First edition of this very detailed scholarly..... More
1887. Kellogg, Peter C. & Co., New York. Auction Catalogue of Trotting Stock, Bred at Sunny Slope, San Gabriel, Cal., the Property of L.J. Rose. May 6, 1887. Fair paperbound (front cover detached). ** Catalogue of 40 Standardbred horses, chiefly young fillies and mares. Laid in: clipping with prices and..... More
![Sale of the 400": Saddle, Show, Fine Horses [auction catalogue]. Kentucky Sale Co](/pictures/thumb/15091.jpg?v=1539198013)
Kentucky Sale Co. "Sale of the 400": Saddle, Show, Fine Horses, Trotters, Hunters and Jumpers. Lexington, KY, 1933. N.p. (218 lots), several photos. Fair paperbound (covers torn and almost detached, penciling on back cover). Condition details on request. ** Two-day sale of American Saddlebreds, roadsters, and others, most with pedigree..... More
![Practical Horsemanship [cover reads: Riding]. W. A. Kerr](/pictures/thumb/16539.jpg?v=1616349395)
1891. Kerr, W.A. Practical Horsemanship [cover reads: Riding: The All-England Series]]. London: George Bell 1891. 222p + 10p of publisher's ads, several photos and line ills. Fair hardcover: shaken, covers soiled, page removed between last page of text and first page of ads (an announcement for Kerr's book on sidesaddle..... More
![Exercising a Thoroughbred, State Fair, Pueblo, Colorado [1907 stereo card]. B. W. Kilburn, publisher](/pictures/thumb/16958.jpg?v=1594909429)
1907. Kilburn, B.W., publisher. Exercising a Thoroughbred, State Fair, Pueblo, Colorado. Stereo card, copyright 1907 by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, NH. No. 17025 of an unidentified series. Very good (light handling soil to card). Image background is printed a little light. Two ink names on back, dated 1910. ** Young man..... More
1969. Knox, Seymour H. To B.A. and Back. Buffalo: Privately Printed 1969 (1st pub. 1933). 94p, several photos. Very good paperbound (spine area faded). ** In 1932 the U.S./Meadowbook polo team travled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a series of matches and tournaments. This book records "a few of the..... More
![Die Reitkunst im Bilde [supplement]. Ludwig Koch](/pictures/thumb/1114.jpg?v=1580568188)
Koch, Ludwig. Koch, Ludwig. Die Reitkunst im Bilde. Vienna: Campagne-Reitergesellschaft, n.d. [1928]. 95p, many line ills. by the author. Good hardcover (back cover partly dampstained); no d.j. In German. ** Text and illustrations of basic principles of the horse's balance, movement, and use of the back, on the flat and..... More
![Gruzinskie Narodnye Konnye Igry [Traditional Georgian Equestrian Games]. A. B. Korneev](/pictures/thumb/15910.jpg?v=1539198691)
Korneev, A.B. Gruzinskie Narodnye Konnye Igry (Traditional Georgian Equestrian Games]. Tbilisi, 1964. Ca. 56p, many photos, 2 in color. Good paperbound in fair d.j. (quite torn). Chiefly in Russian. ** Survey of traditional mounted games in the Republic of Georgia, with a look at their history--games with sticks and balls..... More
1999. Larkin, Susan. Thoroughbred Sires of Quarter Horses. Houston: Loshadt 1999. 220p, no ills. Very good paperbound, comb-bound (slight cover soil). Bookplate. ** This excellent reference compiles 172 6-generation pedigrees of Thoroughbred stallions foaled before 1940 that are found in Quarter Horse bloodlines. Many pedigrees go back to the early..... More
1876. Lennox, Lord William Pitt. Coaching, with Anecdotes of the Road. London: Hurst and Blackett 1876. ix, 307p + 16p of publisher's ads, no ills. Erratum slip tipped in. Good hardcover (shelfworn). Fore-edges and outer pages foxed. From the collection of carriage historian Hugh McCausland, with his bookplate. ** "General..... More
1876. Lennox, Lord William Pitt. Coaching, with Anecdotes of the Road. London: Hurst and Blackett 1876. ix, 307p + 16p of publisher's ads, no ills. Photocopy of erratum slip laid in. Fair hardcover: rather worn and stained. Front hinge crudely reinforced, back hinge exposed. From the library of artist Lynwood..... More
1857. Lepelle de Bois-Gallais, F. Memoir of Mademoiselle Rosa Bonheur. NY: Williams, Stevens, Williams, 1857. 64p, no ills. Poor paperbound; reference or binding copy. Disbound; title page torn; inner bottom corner of last page torn away, with loss of several words from a journal review. Most of the sewing is..... More
1930. Licart, Lieutenant [Jean]. "The Barb." PHOTOCOPY of a long article in an unidentified 1930s issue of The Cavalry Journal, pp. 559-579, several ills. Very good, loose sheets. ** Translation of part of Le Cheval Barbe et Son Redressage (1930). On "the Barb as he is found, and as he..... More
2011. Liesens, Leonard. Endurance: A French Perspective. [Belgium, Author] 2011. Ca. 240p, many color photos. Very good paperbound (bottom corners lightly bumped). ** Excellent handbook on "the French system" of modern endurance riding, by the many-times Belgian champion endurance rider. Covers training and conditioning, feeding, feet and shoeing, stretching and..... More
1990. Loch, Sylvia. Dressage: The Art of Classical Riding. North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square 1990. 224p, many photos and old ills., many in color. Fwd. by Kurt Albrecht. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. (lightly shelfworn). ** Not a how-to manual, but a superb history of classical equitation from..... More
1978. Loder, Eileen. Bibliography of the History and Organisation of Horse Racing and Thoroughbred Breeding in Great Britain and Ireland: Books Published in Great Britain and Ireland 1565-1973. London: J.A. Allen 1978. 360p, no ills. Very good to fine hardcover (leatherette); no d.j., as issued. ** Annotated checklist, arranged by..... More
1978. Loeffelbein, Robert L. Knight Life: Jousting in the United States. Lexington Park, MD: Golden Owl 1978. 96p, photos and line ills. throughout. Very good paperbound (deaccessioned from Library of Congress, with two stamps on title page). ** On the history and practice of the ring tournament, which when the..... More
1822. Loweneck, Friedrich von. Haupt-Momente aus der Abrichtungs-Kunst des polnischen respective des Moldauer-Pferdes fur Cavallerie Offiziere und Pferdeliebhaber [on cavalry horse training in the Polish manner]. Augsburg: Joseph Rosl 1822. xiv, long list of subscribers, 132p + 2 hand-colored diagrams showing formations. Very good hardcover. In beautiful later binding: marbled..... More
Lyne, Pat. The English Connemara Pony Society 1947-1997. Leominster: Orphans Press 1997. 115p, many photos. Very good paperbound (light shelfwear). Signed by the author. ** History of the organization and prominent Connemara people and horses, written "to commemorate their Golden Jubilee." Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than..... More
Mackay-Smith, Alexander. The American Foxhound 1747-1967. Millwood, VA: American Foxhound Club, 1968. xxxi, 416p + many photos and other ills., 1 in color. Very good hardcover (full leather); no d.j., as issued. No. 681 of 1000 signed and numbered copies; errata sheet taped to last page. This copy belonged to..... More
Middleburg, VA: The Chronicle, November 18, 1955. First edition. Paperbound. 34p, many photos. Front cover worn and detached; back cover missing. This issue pays tribute to George Ohrstrom, owner of The Chronicle (now The Chronicle of the Horse) and creator of The National Sporting Library, who had recently died. His..... More
