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
![Item #30739 [Gertrude Lamont, Daughter of Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont]. International...](/pictures/thumb/30739.jpg?v=1643661548)
N.p. International News Press, n.d. [1929-1932]. No stated edition. Unbound photograph. Original glossy photo, ca. 6 x 8 inches. Grease-pencil crop marks on front. Newspaper tear sheet with caption mounted on back; back also has partial International News Photos stamp, pencil notes, and a torn form that hints the photo..... More
Chicago: Regan Printing House, 1893. First edition. Soft cover. 29p + 2 photos. Descriptions of the Orloff Trotter, Orloff Saddle Horse, Russian-Arab Horse, and Russian Light Draft Horse (Bitiug). Followed by descriptions and pedigrees of the 19 horses of these breeds exhibited by Russia at the Chicago World's Fair (chiefly..... More
![Item #16384 K Vershinam Sportivnogo Olimpa [The Top Russian Olympic Equestrians]. M. Ivanov](/pictures/thumb/16384.jpg?v=1633973436)
Tallin, Estonia: Eesti Raamat, 1968. First edition. Soft cover. 46p, several drawings + ca. 18 photos of Russian Olympic jumping and dressage riders. In Russian. History of Soviet participation in the equestrian Olympics, published under the auspices of the Union of Sports Organizations of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. The..... More
Leipzig: Grunow, 1872. First edition. Hardcover (marbled boards; original wrappers bound in). 2 vols., totaling over 900p. No ills. Owner's ink name. Old German library ink stamp. In German. First edition of this very detailed scholarly "cultural history" of the horse in German life, language, legend, and history. (Wells 4028)..... More
Portland, ME: James Bailey Company, 1909. No stated edition. Soft cover. 176p, hundreds of line ills. Covers loose. First page dampstained red from inside cover. An interesting assortment of goods from the "largest stock of general saddlery goods in New England." The firm (established 1846) had two shops in Portland..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1828. 3rd ed. (1st pub. 1827). Hardcover (new full leather, gilt stamped). 316p + 4p of publisher's ads, no ills. Owner's blind stamp on half title page. Volume 2 of Kitchiner's 2-volume Traveller's Oracle, complete in itself. Volume 1 covered hints to travelers--what to take with you..... More
![Item #31106 Special Lines of Harness, Supplied by John Jardine, Nottingham; [Catalogue] No. 31....](/pictures/thumb/31106.jpg?v=1663071724)
Nottingham: John Jardine, n.d. [1906 from printer's code]. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 16p, many ills. Covers detached; foxed; creased; old stain on several pages. Complete. Saddle and harness maker Jardine was a "contractor to H.M. Government." This trade catalogue describes and prices several styles of harness for gig..... More
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2022. First edition. Soft cover. 436p, some ills. The first truly global history of veterinary medicine and animal healing, and how these practices have both shaped and been shaped by the social, cultural, and economic roles of animals from antiquity on. It ranges from Ayurvedic..... More
![Item #31128 Combined Driving [1 of 1000]. Emil-Bernhard Jung](/pictures/thumb/31128.jpg?v=1664279284)
Millwood, VA: Author, 1981. Limited signed edition. Hardcover. 134p, many line ills. and photos, many in color. Owner's blindstamp on front endpaper. Worn jacket. No. 86 of 1000 copies, signed by Jung. Jacket photo is cropped on the right. Lessons from the international driving champion on selecting horses; breaking singles..... More
Littleton, NH: B.W. Kilburn, 1905. Kilburn, B.W. Unstated edition. Photograph. Stereo card. No. 16329 in an unnamed series, captioned "Don't detain us long. The dainty little Shetlands, La. Purchase Exposition." Also printed on front: James M. Davis, New York City, and St. Louis, Mo. Image is very good and sharp..... More
![Item #16958 Exercising a Thoroughbred, State Fair, Pueblo, Colorado [1907 stereo card]. B. W....](/pictures/thumb/16958.jpg?v=1633973451)
1907. Kilburn, B.W., publisher. Exercising a Thoroughbred, State Fair, Pueblo, Colorado. Stereo card, copyright 1907 by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, NH. No. 17025 of an unidentified series. Very good (light handling soil to card). Image background is printed a little light. Two ink names on back, dated 1910. ** Young man..... More
Saint-Michel-sur-Orge: Editions Piccolia, 2011. Parsons, Garry. First French edition. Hardcover. [24]p, many color ills. In French. Children's picture book about Doctor Hoof, who learns to treat all animals, not just horses. Translated from English; great for a youngster who's beginning to learn French. More
Boston: Pucker Gallery, 2008. King, B.A. First edition. Soft cover. 26p, many photos, some in color. Exhibition catalogue. The late King was a popular Massachusetts photographer. Here he recalls his childhood in Canada with horses and his later experiences on western ranches. The photos range from suburban horses to western..... More
Cincinnati: C.T. Woodrow & Co., printer, 1880. First edition. Soft cover. 16p, no ills. Lists 23 stallions, mares, and young horses, all with family information. The stallions were Solicitor (with 7-generation pedigree), Lord Coke, and Barrister. The stallions and young horses were for sale. Can be sent outside the US..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 271p, no ills. Covers dampstained and wrinkled, as shown. Ex-lending library. Occasional staining to the gutters, else Internally clean and complete. Western romance set in the Arizona desert, by an author more remembered today for his cowboy poetry. "Miss Percival, a pretty girl..... More
London: George Bell, 1894. White, G.H.A. First edition. Hardcover, stamped in black. 180p, 34 line ills. by G.H.A. White. Endpapers foxed, covers worn and stained; internally very good; binding is tight. Blindstamp of recent owner on front endpaper. Old bookseller label on rear endpaper. First edition of this classic guide..... More
Lexington: Printed by Britton Printing Co., Cleveland, 1904. First edition. Hardcover (original pebbled cloth, gilt stamped). 200p, many photos. Top of spine torn; slightly shaken due to size; cover edges and some margins rubbed. Text by Greene, photos by Knight. Opens with a history of the Bluegrass region and its..... More
N.p. [Buffalo?]: Privately printed, n.d. [1972?]. First edition. Soft cover. 180, 140 pp., many photos. Vol. 1 is inscribed by Knox to "Charlie and Gloria." Knox's memoirs of a lifetime of polo with his beloved Aurora club, plus chapters on shooting, skiing, farming, showing horses and dogs, and Aiken. Printed..... More
