Lexington Park, MD: Golden Owl, 1978. First edition. Soft cover. 96p, photos and line ills. throughout. On the history and practice of the ring tournament, which when the book was published was the only official state sport in the U.S. (Maryland). Lots of detailed information here. Can be sent outside..... More

Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1965. Liu Hsiung. Third editon (1st pub. 1958). Stapled soft cover. [16]p, many color ills. by Liu Hsiung. Bottom corner missing from front cover; lightly dampstained throughout on lower pages and inner margins. Children's picture book; Communist Chinese propaganda at its most heavy-handed. The Liberation Army..... 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

Skowhegan, ME: No stated publisher, 1929. First edition. Soft cover. [12]p, a few line ills. Publication of the summer convention of the Master Horseshoers and Blacksmiths of the State of Maine. Summary program of events, list of prizes donated (e.g., "to the wife or daughter of the best looking blacksmith")..... More

New York: Macmillan, 1921. First edition thus. Hardcover. xx, 339p, many line ills. by Carton Moorepark + 16 pls. by G.D. Armour, several in color. No jacket. Long rollicking hunting poem by England's Poet Laureate, with many memorable characters and scenes. "We've had a run that was great and strange;...We..... More

New York: Will Roberts, n.d. [1950]. First edition. Hardcover (shaped boards), intact comb binding. 20p on card stock, many color ills. by Richard N. Osborne. The horse on the cover swivels on a grommet, so as to "make the bronco buck." Horse's ears are chipped off, cover edges rubbed, binding..... More

Houston: Loshadt Publishing, 1998. First edition. Soft cover, comb-bound. 59p + 1 cover ill. "Review Copy" inked on cover. Consolidates and systematizes vols. 1 and 2 of the Genesee Valley Breeders' Association's Half-Bred Stud Books (1925, 1930), except for the offspring of U.S. Remount horses. The non-Thoroughbred dams include Standardbred..... More

Unpublished: n.d. [1970s?]. Stapled unbound sheets. 24p, no ills. Duplicated typescript. A paper in which McCall presents the four themes he is researching: origin and distribution of the horse in West Africa; its early association with the chariot in North Africa and the Sahara; its later role as a military..... More

London: Cable Printing and Publishing Co., 1906. First edition. Hardcover. 285p + several pls. of photos. Month-by-month account of all manner of farming and what goes into it--beef and dairy cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, various crops, pasture management, equipment, the weather, etc. Lots of long-lost firsthand farming details here. Despite..... More

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino, 2003. Second edition of facsimile reprint (1st pub. 1915-1921, 1999). Hardcover. 2 vols., totaling over 1500 pages; no ills. No jacket, as issued. In French. A monumental bibliography of almost 8000 horse books published in French or Latin from the 16th to the early 20th centuries..... More

New York: C.M. Saxton, 1856. First American Edition. Hardcover. 70p, 23 line ills. + 12p of publisher's ads. Foxed throughout. Old library discard, with small spine label and remains of bookplate. Elaborately blind-stamped brown cloth; gilt spine. Printed from the third London edition. On basic hoof and leg care, shoeing..... More

Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1922. First edition. Soft cover. 55p, 22 line ills. Old regimental library stamp on cover and half-title. In French. French cavalry manual on polo: training, rules, tactics, etc. The only edition. Very scarce: one location in WorldCat (Bibliotheque Nationale). Can be sent outside the U.S. for less..... More

Basel: Moirandat Company, 1999. Page proofs. Soft cover, comb bound (one prong loose). Reproduced typescript, printed on one side. Unpaged, many ills. An advance copy of this monumental auction of 377 equestrian books of the 16th-19th centuries in all fields, chiefly from the estate of the legendary collector Henry A...... More