Richmond, VA: Privately Printed (The Old Dominion Press), 1928. First 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
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
New York: Grolier Club, 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 134p, several pls. One of 400 copies, in scarce original glassine jacket (torn at edges and spine). Introd. by Harry T. Peters. Lists hundreds of books and periodicals on racing, hunting, taming, riding, farriery, and veterinary medicine, plus other non-equestrian sports. The..... 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
London: Icon Books, 2020. Bonheur, Rosa. First soft cover edition. Soft cover. 483p, a few ills. + 8p of color ills. Up-to-date biography of the painter of "The Horse Fair." Not an art historical study, but the story of her career and eccentric way of life, set in the context..... More
Vienna: Hartleben, 1884. First (only) edition. Hardcover (original gilt- and blind-stamped cloth, slightly rubbed). 272p (including 3p of publisher's ads), 77 line ills. (8 of them full page plates). In German. Comprehensive guide for owners and breeders of saddle, carriage, and draft horses--their selection, care and management, leg and hoof..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1859. Second edition (1st pub. 1850). Hardcover (original red cloth, gilt-stamped). 221p + 32p of publisher's ads and index + 2 engraved pls. Covers worn, stained; spine mended; frontispiece detached; both plates foxed. Anecdotal introduction to many aspects of hunting. A later binding..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. Second edition (1st pub. 1848). xx, 218p + 34p of publisher's ads + 1 engraved pl. (heavily foxed). No jacket, as issued. Owner's ink name on endpapers. Sensible, considerate advice on buying, feeding, stabling, and affording horses. Can be sent outside the U.S...... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1928. First trade edition. Hardcover. "First edition after the printing of 450 deluxe copies." xxix, 368p + many photos, several folding maps. Engraved bookplate of Otto Jaeger, with designer initials that seem to read N.M. Without the jacket or slipcase. Covers rubbed; spine worn; front..... More
London: Heinemann, [1928]; spine reads 1929. First edition. Hardcover. xxix, 368p + many photos, several folding maps. Pages partly unopened Without the jacket and slipcase. Title page printed in red and black. From the collection of the Duke of Gloucester, with his armorial bookplate. A beautiful copy of this detailed..... More
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1965. First edition. Soft cover. 10p + many ills. on 22 pls. (Bodleian Picture Book, 14). Reproduces many images from medieval manuscripts of farming life--horses and other animals and birds, plowing, planting, harvesting, marketing, tools, etc. With descriptive captions. Can be sent outside the US for less..... More
Lexington, KY: The Blood-Horse, 1963. First edition. Soft cover. 40p, many photos + 3 large fold-out charts. Internally very good, clean, complete. Reprints the Blood-Horse articles on the Kentucky Derby (Chateaugay), Preakness (Candy Spots), and Belmont Stakes (Chateaugay)—the races and the winners’ family histories. Most of the articles are by..... More
Toledo, OH: Milburn Wagon Co. (printed by G.H. Dunston, Buffalo), 1893. Later edition. Soft cover, tied with cord. [8]p, 3 ills. to the poem + line ills. of Milburn Wagon Co.'s branch offices. Back cover shows a bird's-eye view of the firm's Toledo factory. Reprints the popular poem (1st published..... More
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Richmond, VA: The Attic Press, 1951. Limited edition (first pub. 1835). Paperbound, sewn with light cord. [16]p + 1 line ill. (frontispiece, printed in green). Christmas inscription, 1951, on inside back cover. Covers are a softer grey-green than photo shows. "This booklet was composed, printed on dampened sheets and bound..... More
London: Hulton Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 128p, 440 photos. Fwds. by The Duke of Beaufort and H.M. Llewellyn. Step-by-step photo analysis of many aspects of riding, from beginning to advanced work on the flat and over jumps. Includes lungeing the horse and rider, riding through passage, jumping including cross-country..... More
Marshall, VA: No stated publisher, n.d. [early 1980s]. First edition. Soft cover. [12]p, many photos. Small brochure promoting the French Performance Horse for jumping and eventing. Some pedigrees; photos of leading sires and performers such as Fra Diavolo, Nankin, Aime, Val de Loire, Uriel, etc. Can be sent outside the..... More
London: Badminton Magazine, 1903, 1909, 1911. Soft cover (removed from the magazine and stapled into paper covers). Each several pages. The articles are: "Grey Racehorses" by Hughes-Onslow (1911, several photos), "The Starting Gate: With Suggestions" by Sievier (1903, no ills., on mechanical gates), and "At the Gate" by "Looker On"..... More
Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. 217p + 32p of publisher's ads, over 160 line ills. and charts. Contemporary ink name of a veterinarian or veterinary student at the University of Pennsylvania. "Being a complete treatise on the dentition of the horse, ox, sheep, hog, and dog, and on..... More
Las Vegas, NM: Hutchins, 1997. First edition. Soft cover. 35p, ca. 40 black-and-white photos. First annual edition of this price list of over 650 western items that sold at auction in 1996 (High Noon, Engel, Payne, Old West Show, etc.). Divided into spurs, bits, saddles, chaps, saddlebags, cuffs, books and..... More
London: Hutchinson House (late Derby House), n.d. [ca. 1950]. First edition. Soft cover. 100p (563 entries), no ills. except for cover picture. Cover wear and soil; front cover is loose. Some correction slips tipped in. Occasional pencil notes on the works by someone who was viewing them at the time..... More
London: Grange Books, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 224p, many photos and line ills. Using a new translation of Arrian's military manual, Hyland describes Roman parade-ground training exercises (lance-throwing, close-order fighting, various galloping patterns, etc.). Many of them resemble today's games or movements, and she describes how she reconstructed and tried..... More
Chicago: 1908. First edition. Soft cover. 46p (86 lots), a few photos. Auction catalogue, December 2, 1908, of "the greatest sale of Shetland Ponies in point of quality and numbers ever held in America," held under the auspices of the American Shetland Pony Club, at the height of the pony..... More
