1942. Call, Hughie. Golden Fleece. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1942. 250p, 23 chapter head ills. by Paul Brown. Very good hardcover in fair d.j. (torn). ** Early though not first edition of these lively memoirs of a Montana sheep rancher's wife. More
Calvert, Patricia. The Snowbird. London: Macmillan 1980. 146p. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** "Following the murder of her parents Willanna faces an uncertain future as she and her younger brother move from Tennessee in 1883 to the Dakota Territory where she trains her first horse." Children's novel..... More
Cameron, Ewen, and Dick Francis. "Just for Fun." Ayr: T.M. Gemmell 1980. 81p, 5 pls. Very good paperbound. ** Memoirs of owning, training, and riding steeplechasers and hunters, with a short foreword on the pleasures of country sport by Dick Francis. Originally published to benefit the Injured Jockeys Fund. Can..... More
Campbell, D.M., ed. Colics and Their Treatment. Chicago: American Journal of Veterinary Medicine 1914. (Veterinary Medicine Series, 3) 137p, no ills. Very good hardcover (very light shelf rubbing). No d.j., if issued. ** Seven chapters by specialists of the day on diagnosing and handling colic in horses. Can be sent..... More
2000. Campbell, Lisa. Jumps, Etc.: Jumps, Dressage Arenas and Stable Equipment You Can Build. Boonsboro, MD: Half Halt 2000. ix, 77p, many line ills. and photos. Very good hardcover; no d.j., as issued. ** A useful design and construction guide. Each project features a materials and tools list, instructions, measured..... More
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1958. Cannam, Peggie. Musical Ride. London: Lutterworth 1958. 151p + 1 color pl. (repeat of jacket). Good hardcover in fair color d.j. (torn, soiled). Unrelated gift inscription. Outer pages and fore-edges foxed; owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one bottom page margin. ** British pony novel and school..... More
1958. Cannam, Peggy. She Wanted a Pony. London: Andrew Dakers (The Viscount Series), n.d. [ca. 1958]. 145p + 1 color pl. Good hardcover (front endpaper removed); no d.j. ** Misadventures and successes with ponies, including a scary opening scene about a pony arriving at a clueless family. Can be sent..... More
1978. Capdevila, Pedro V. La Estancia Argentina. Buenos Aires: Plus Ultra 1078. Over 400p, many photos and line ills. + several color photos. In the publisher's series Grandes Obras de la Literatura Gauchesca. Good hardcover in good d.j. (book would be very good except the covers are splayed due to..... More
Captain X, pseud. Tales of the Turf. London: Partridge, n.d. [1951]. 128p, no ills. Good hardcover (front cover stained), no d.j. Pages age browned as usual. ** Lots of memories and opinions about British horse racing in the first half of the 20th century. "Captain X" was the journalist-sportsman William..... More
1888. Caran d'Ache, pseud. [Emmanuel Poire]. Les Courses dans l'Antiquite. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit, n.d. [1888]. 63p, many color ills. by the author. Fair hardcover (pictorial boards worn, rebacked); page wear. In French. ** Large album of cartoons loosely based on horse racing through history, by a popular caricaturist of..... More
1965. Carberry, Don. Pedestrian's Guide to Polo. Spring City, PA: Author 1965. 38p, many photos. Very good paperbound (shelfsoiled). ** Spectator's guide to understanding and enjoying polo--equipment, players' positions and duties, rules and penalties, play and tactics, etc. Uncommon. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default..... More
Carne, O. de. Traite Pratique d'Equitation. Paris: Payot 1960. 278p, ca. 20 line ills. Good paperbound (pages age browned, cover wear). In French. ** General riding advice for all levels, plus children. Laid in is a carbon typescript, in English, outlining the French Horse Society's ideal rider position, 1956. (Wells..... More
1883. Carnegie, Andrew. An American Four-in-Hand in Britain. NY: Scribner 1883. viii, 338p + photographic frontispiece of "Our Coach." Good hardcover. Gilt-stamped pictorial brown cloth (smudged, rubbed, small spine label). Signed presentation copy to William Digby (the Liberal jouranlist?), London, June 1883. Tipped in: part of a handwriten signed luncheon..... More
1995. Carpenter, Bryant. The Classic Experience: The Hampton Classic, Bridgehampton, NY: Carl W. Miller 1995. 221p, many color photos by Helen Carpenter. Very good hardcover; no d.j., as issued. ** Colorful photographic survey of this legendary Long Island horse show and its history, with profiles of many stables, riders, celebrities..... More
1986. Carr, Raymond. English Fox Hunting: A History. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1986. Rev. ed. (1st pub. 1976). xix, 275p, 2 maps. Very good paperbound (pages age browned, as always). ** Excellent modern history. "Hunting, in essence, depends on the right to ride over other people's land. The history of..... More
Cartwright, Ingrid, and Janie Welker, curators. Hoofbeats and Hearbeats: The Horse in American Art. Art Museum at the University of Kentucky 2010. 94p, ca. 50 ills., most in color. New paperbound. ** Excellent and welcome survey of the horse in American paintings, sculpture, and photography, from the 18th century to..... More
![Cartoons by Cassidy [signed??]. Cassidy, Custer](/pictures/thumb/12973.jpg?v=1565369434)
1958. Cassidy [Custer]. Cartoons by Cassidy. Middleburg, VA: American Racing Publications 1958. N.p., many line ills. Very good in torn d.j. Presentation to "Miss Hewitt," possibly signed by Cassidy. ** Hunting and jump racing cartoons, made popular in The Chronicle of the Horse. Earlier in his career, Cassidy was a...... More
Castelvetro, Primo. Il Trottare Americano e Francese: Origini e Sviluppi della Due Razze. Bologna: Tipografia Compositori 1953. 28p + 72 genealogical tables of leading American and French Standardbred stallions; 5 mounted pls. in the first part. Hardcover (skewed from size but sturdy). Covers rather stained; some pages stained but overall..... More
1927. Students of The Cavalry School. The Rasp: The Cavalry Service Annual [1927]. Fort Riley, KS, 1927. 314p, many photos and line ills. Good sturdy hardcover (leatherette covers a little rubbed, outer pages and a few others lightly soiled or rubbed). Short ink note on half-title. ** Doings at Fort..... More
2012. Cavendish, William, Duke of Newcastle. A General System of Horsemanship. N. Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square 2012. (Trafalgar Square Classic Series) 256p, ca. 90 line ills. Introd. by William C. Steinkraus, technical commentary by E. Schmit-Jensen. New paperbound. ** The original 1743 edition--a landmark of both horsemanship and fine printing--is..... More
1948. Chaffee, Allen. Wandy the Wild Pony. London: John Murray 1948 (1st pub.1933). 144p, line ills. by D.L. Mays. Good hardcover in fair d.j. (chipped, back panel foxed). ** English children's story about the adventures of a young Dartmoor pony. Followed by Wandy Wins! Can be sent outside the U.S...... More
1964. Challan Belval, Colonel [Henry]. Dressage: De la Reprise No 1 a la Reprise Olympique: Les Principes et Leur Application. Paris: Emile Hazan 1964. 86p, many line ills. by G. Margot. Very good hardcover (plasticized boards), slight shelfwear. No d.j., as issued. In French. ** Introduction to dressage principles from..... More
1949. Chamberlain, George Agnew. Overcoat Meeting. NY: Barnes 1949. 185p, no ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (edges rubbed, chipped, spine faded). ** Novel about the couple "Jeddo and Mit, their feuding families, their tempestuous romance and the amazing comeback of their trotting horse, Spring Hanover," by a popular..... More
![The Phantom Filly [in jacket]. George Agnew Chamberlain](/pictures/thumb/13892.jpg?v=1539198004)
Chamberlain, George Agnew. The Phantom Filly. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1942. 241p. Early but not 1st printing. Very good hardcover in fair d.j. Photo is cropped. ** Lively trotting novel, from which the Movie "Home in Indiana" was made. Hard to find, especially in jacket... More
1886. Champlin, John Denison. Chronicle of the Coach: Charing Cross to Ilfracombe. NY: Scribner 1886. 298p, 75 line ills. by Edward L. Chichester. Good hardcover (normal shelfwear, a few page margins chipped). Overall a nice bright copy in a pictorial binding, printed in gold and black. ** Account of two..... More
