Lagny, France: Gallimard, 2006. First edition. Soft cover (light shelfsoil). 278p, no ills. In French. For three years Garcin--novelist and cultural critic--kept this lyrical diary of his rides and other experiences with horses, interwoven with accounts of his literary life. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the..... More

Northleach, UK: Alexander Heriot, 1993. Third edition (1st pub. 1964, 1976). Hardcover. xxvii, 211p + many photos. Without the original flimsy glassine d.j. This latest edition of mares and stallions registered with the Arab Horse Society added many photos and omitted "dead" lines. Can be sent outside the U.S. for..... More

New York: R.R. Bowker, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 158p + 8 pls. Lacks original slipcase. One of 600 copies. Lists many hundred titles on hunting, racing and steeplechasing, horse breeding and stud books, horsemanship, polo, big game, dogs and shooting, angling, yachting, coaching, sporting poetry and fiction, and miscellaneous. This..... More

Paris: J. Dumaine, 1859. Adam, V. First edition. Hardcover (quarter leather, rubbed). 215p + many lithographed ills. after V. Adam on 12 pls. Foxed throughout; priced accordingly. The spine label mistakenly reads: Baucher. Two old ink names, one a cavalry captain. From the renowned equestrian collection of Henry Sarasin, with..... More

New York: O. Judd Co., 1887. Second edition (1st pub. 1886). Hardcover (original green cloth, gilt stamped). 205p + 3p of publisher's ads, many line ills. Occasional red pencil underlining. Owner's name: Wm. Mitchell, Wabaunsee, Kansas, Nov. 1888. No jacket, as issued. Pp. 9-69 consist of "Life Sketch of Oscar..... More

New York: Derrydale Press, 1928. Limited edition. Hardcover (paper-covered boards, vellum spine). 36p + 3 hand-colored pls. (old hunting scenes). No. 229 of 350 numbered copies. Bookplate of Irving Eugene Loveland. Fine printing of three early 19th-century British hunting poems: "The Epwell Hunt" by Edward Goulburn, "The Melton Hunt," and..... More

N.p. Privately Printed, [1954]. Hardcover. 43p + large folding tipped-in map. No jacket, as issued. Bookplate removed, so possibly ex-lib.? Anniversary publication of runs, lists of hounds and members, rules, etc., of this coyote-hunting club south of Denver, Colorado. Map is fine. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less..... More

[Rutland, VT]: GMHA, 1942. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 76p, no ills. This small pocket-sized guide gives detailed directions for 9 one-way rides and several circular rides throughout Vermont, often with suggestions for overnight lodging and stabling, lunch stops, local farriers, etc. Several pages of local ads. Uncommon. Can..... More

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. Later printing. Hardcover. 322p, ca. 30 photos. Easily the best recent history of the role of the horse in 19th-century America. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More

Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1902. De Launay, F. [photographer]. First edition. Hardcover (modern buckram, original wrappers not present). 61p, over 140 small line ills. and photos. Occasional neat pencil notes. In French. "Recherches experimentales" into the change of leg at the canter, based on sequential timed photographs by F. de Launay ("chronophotographies")..... More

Paris: Calmann Levy, 1888. Crafty. First edition. Hardcover (gilt-stamped pictorial green cloth, recased). 324p, many line ills. by Crafty (Victor Gerusez). Former owner's ink name. Binding by Engel. In French. Humorous look at French stag hunting of the day: the hunt breakfast, what men say about women and what women..... More

Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1875. Second edition, revised and enlarged (1st pub. 1872). Hardcover. liii, 411p, no ills. Rebound: original leather (scuffed and cracking); new leather spine, label, and endpapers. Light browning to opening pages. A volume of case law, presenting 750 cases, "embracing the law of bargain, sale, and warranty..... More

Richmond, VA: Privately Printed by Old Dominion Press, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 244p + 14 pls. Errata slip laid in. No jacket (as issued?). Comprehensive record of John Randolph’s Roanoke Stud in Virginia, based on many original documents, which are often quoted. One of Harrison’s series of well-researched histories of..... More