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

[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

Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 429p, several line ills. No jacket (as issued?). Classic collection of 40 firsthand accounts about the range horse from the 19th-century on--"the most extensive and informative compilation on mustangs and mustangers ever printed." The texts are by a wide variety of writers--historians..... More

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

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

Portland, ME: Carriage Association of America, Summer 1966. Penfield, Nicholson. First edition. Soft cover. 52p, many photos and line ills. Vol. 4, no. 1. An early and especially rich issue of this fine journal. Includes excerpts from four vintage sources--the very scarce issue of Architectural Review on stable planning (1902)..... 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

[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

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

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

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

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

Lausanne: Andre and Pierre Gonin, 1966. Erni, Hans. Limited edition. Unbound lithograph. Mare and foal, lithographed in black, grey, and white. Ca. 6 inches square. Chevaux was a portfolio of 30 original lithographs by Erni, accompanied by texts about the horse by various writers. It was published in Lausanne, Switzerland..... More