[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
Bird-in-Hand, PA: Carriage Museum of America, n.d. [2000?]. First edition. Hardcover. 410p, many line ills. No jacket, as issued. Owner's blind-stamp on title page. Hundreds of articles, letters, news notes, records, descriptions of vehicle design, lectures, prize essays, and more, all concerning the Brewster & Co. carriage firm. They were..... 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
![Item #30839 The Horse: A Bibliography of British Books 1851-1976 [1 of 1000]. Anne Grimshaw](/pictures/thumb/30839.jpg?v=1647897962)
London: Library Asociation, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 474p, several ills. One of 1000 copies (unnumbered). Annotated list of over 3200 books, interwoven with insightful commentary on what they tell us about the horse in British daily life, the cavalry, riding and training, care, and foxhunting and other sports (excluding racing)..... More
Orwell, VT: No stated publisher, April 1858. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. Broadside. One folded sheet, 1 wood-engraved ill. First and last pages blank, letterpress text printed on two inside pages. Folded, ca. 7 1/2 x 10 inches. Advertisement for the services of Morgan stallion Black Hawk: description, family details..... 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
Hitchin, England: Shuttleworth Collection, n.d. [ca. 1970]. First edition. Soft cover. [20]p, several photos and line ills. Short introduction to the collection, which has now been dispersed. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. 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
New York: Hastings House, 1971. Haddelsey, Vincent. First edition. Hardcover. 104p, many ills., a few in color. Jacket is shelf-soiled. Haddelsey combines memories of his own life with horses with observations about the many horse-related traditions in Britain. He was a popular self-taught painter, known for his naive style which..... More
Unpublished, 1886. Unbound sheet. One sheet, written on both sides on the letterhead of The Halfpenny Road Cart, Pontiac, MI, plus envelope. Dated February 9, 1886. Halfpenny requests a copy of Huntington's history of Clay horses, describes a local Clay stallion and some of his get, and asks if Huntington..... More
Sonora, CA: Pony Express and Pioneer Trails Association, 1959. First edition. Soft cover. 16p, several ills., many ads. Browned but overall sturdy newsprint. Old printed mailing address. Monthly magazine devoted to distance riding, the Pony Express, early California, and other western topics. This issue focuses on the life and feats..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 272p, hundreds of old and new ills., including many photos by Erich Lessing, many in color. Jacket is torn at the top; pages age-yellowed; top of covers sunned. A landmark book of the history and activities of the Spanish Riding School--the Lipizzans and..... More
Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1961 and 1931. Offprints from the journal Syria. Soft cover. "A Near Eastern Horseman" by Hanfmann (1961): pp. 245-255, several ills. "Dieux et Chevaux" by Rostovtzeff (1931): pp. 48-57, several ills. Covers of "Dieux et Chevaux" detached; else both articles are very good overall. Hanfmann is in..... 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
Louisville, KY: Harbison & Gathright, n.d. [1939]. First edition. Soft cover. 20p, many photos and line ills., printed in sepia. With an errata slip (dated 1931) glued to the first page. The catalogue itself is from 1939 because the firm was established in 1866 and it was celebrating its 73rd..... More
London: Thomas Tegg, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. vi, 365p, many small ills. throughout. Ex-lib. (spine number, ink stamp on front endpaper, date slip removed from rear); outer pages foxed. Detailed glossary of "every term applicable to [horse] racing, shooting, hunting, fishing, hawking, archery, etc. etc. with essays upon all national..... 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
Richmond, VA: Privately Printed (The Old Dominion Press), 1928. Limited edition. Hardcover (spine tips slightly shelf-rubbed). 184p + several pls., 1 folding and 1 in color. No d.j. (if issued). Engraved sporting bookplate of Alexander M. Byers, designed by Sidney Alabaster. A beautiful copy of one of Harrison's indispensable documentary..... More
![Item #31223 The Horse and Dog Lover [later The Horse Lover]: 7 issues. John J. Hartford, ed](/pictures/thumb/31223.jpg?v=1670934426)
San Francisco: John J. Hartford, 1946-1947. Johnston, T. Edgar. First edition. Soft cover. Issues of August-September 1946 (vol. 11, no. 2), October-November 1946, December 1946-January 1947, February-March 1947, April-May 1947, June-July 1947, and October-November 1947 (vol. 12, no. 3). Each ca. 40p, many photos and other ills. All internally clean..... More
Newark, NJ: Hedden & Wheeler, n.d. [1880s or earlier?]. No stated edition. No binding. One sheet of card stock, folded. No ills. Handling soil. Price list and short descriptions of 13 types of varnishes--finishing, rubbing, and Japans. No paints or colors are listed. Distributor's name printed on back: Randall &..... More
Hamden, CT: Archon Books / Shoe String Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 103p, 19 ills. Jacket shelf rubbed. Survey of the rise and decline of New Haven's carriage industry, based on catalogues, business records, and other primary sources. Still a standard reference. Can be sent outside the US for less..... More
N.p. Georges Veuthey (printed in Milan), 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 213p, many photos, many in color. In English, French, and German. Lavish survey by various authors of the major European, Russian, and Latin American three-day, dressage, jumping, and driving competitions of 1964-74. The Olympics, Burghley, Hickstead, Aachen, Windsor, Punchstown, etc...... More
Leipzig and Berlin: Otto Spamer, 1882. Fifth revised edition (1st pub. 1863). Hardcover (pictorial cloth, gilt stamped). xxii, 538p, 159 line ills. + 2p of publisher's ads. In German fraktur. The last edition of this very comprehensive volume on care and management, riding, and training through the capriole. (Wells 3455)..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1964. Dennis, Wesley. First edition. Hardcover. 116p, many ills. by Wesley Dennis, 2 double-page spreads and endpapers in color. Tiny chip out of first two bottom page corners. Stated first printing. Lovely story based on the true life of a baker's boy and the legendary Lipizzan stallion..... More
Warrenton, VA: Virginia Horseman's Association, 1951. First edition. Unbound sheets. Vol. 5, nos. 1 and 2 of the Virginia Horsemen's News. 24p, no ills.; several pedigrees. This is a PHOTOCOPY of this issue of a very scarce magazine. Hewitt discusses some current breeding theories and leading European stud farms. His..... More
