![The Hand-Book to Veterinary Homoeopathy [etc.]. John Rush](/images/noimage.png)
1854. Rush, John. The Hand-Book to Veterinary Homoeopathy [etc.]. [Probably Philadelphia, 1854]. 144p, no ills. Fair hardcover (original cloth). Covers rubbed; scattered staining throughout; binding sound. Lacks front endpaper and title page. From the date of "1869" written several times on the front pastedown, this would seem to be the..... More
Russell, Eleanor. The Truth in the Teaching of Master Nuno Oliveira. Xenophon 2015 (1st pub. 2001). Over 100p, many color photos. New paperbound but slightly shelfworn so reduced from in-print price of $49.95. ** Russell studied extensively with Nuno Oliveira; here are her notes of his "teachings and faithfully recorded..... More
1973. Sack, Kristine W. North American Show Stoppers: North American Show Jumpers 1971-1972. [The Author] 1973. 111p, many photos. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (mended closed tear through head of rider on front). ** Action photos and one-page commentaries on the season's 45 leading jumpers in the U.S. and..... More
1981. Sadler, Julius Trousdale, Jr., and Jacquelin D.J. American Stables: An Architectural Tour. Boston: New York Graphic Society 1981. 218p, 280 ills. + 30p of color photos. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. (owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper). ** Still the only social and architectural history of..... More
Sample, H. The Horse and Dog: Not as They Are But as They Should Be.... With an Elaborate and Scientific Essay on Horse-Shoeing.... [San Francisco, 1882?] 280, vii p, over 100 line ills. Very good bright hardcover, stamped in gilt (back cover lightly spotted). ** Subtitle continues: "Old and erroneous..... More
1917. Sanders, Alvin Howard, with Wayne Dinsmore. Name Index to A History of the Percheron Horse. Chicago: Breeder's Gazette 1917. 22p. Very good, loose sheets. ** PHOTOCOPY of the long index to people and horses named in the book. It was issued separately from most editions of the book. Can..... More
1952. Santini, Piero. The Riding Instructor. London: Country Life 1952. 161p, 34 line ills. + many photos. Very good hardcover (edges lightly faded) in good d.j. (edges torn). ** The third title in Santini's trilogy of books on horsemanship based on the Italian cavalry tradition as interpreted by Caprilli. Written..... More
1979. Savory, T.H. The Mule: A Historic Hybrid. Durham, UK: Meadowfield Press 1979. 49p, a few ills. and charts. Very good paperbound (spine sunned). ** In the scientific series Patterns of Progress. Focuses on breeding mules and the genetics of mules and hinnies; also informative sections on the mule in..... More
Schirg, Berthold, fwd. Goethe und die Reitkunst. Hildesheim: Olms Presse 1982. (Documenta Hippologica) Variously paged, several ills. Good paperbound (shelfwear to covers). In German. ** Reissues three writings on Goethe as a horseman, each taken from a larger work: "Goethe und die Reitkunst" by Herrmann B. Muller (1921, in fraktur)..... More
![Vore Husdyr [Our Domestic Animals]; Praktisk Dyrloaegebog [Practical Veterinary Book]. Dryloaege...](/pictures/thumb/30020.jpg?v=1616516342)
Chicago: John Anderson Pub. Co., 1902. No stated edition. Hardcover. 247p, many line ills. Pictorial boards, cloth spine (rubbed, old insect damage to spine). Internally nice and clean. Veterinary handbook in Norwegian for Midwest and Upper Midwest farmers. Author Bernhard was one "animal doctor Schjoll" from Red Wing, Minnesota. Covers..... More
1796. Schmidt. Instruction pour la Cavalerie, sur le maniement le plus avantageux du sabre, publiee en 1796, par Schmidt, professeur d'escrime du corps royal des cadets a Berlin,... Paris: Anselin 1828. cccxxxiii, 84p + 8 folding engraved pls.; 30p of publisher's ads. Very good paperbound (original wrappers, untrimmed; partly unopened)..... More
1885. Schriber, Fritz. The Complete Carriage and Wagon Painter. NY: M.T. Richardson 1885. (1st pub. 1883). 177p, many line ills. Good hardcover (pictorial cloth). ** The title page continues: "A concise compendium of the art of painting carriages, wagons and sleighs, embracing full directions [for] lettering, scrolling, ornamenting, striping, varnishing..... More
![Seventh Annual Auction [Saddlebred, Palomino horses]. Oklahoma City Seventh Annual Sales Co](/pictures/thumb/15736.jpg?v=1539198021)
Seventh Annual Sales Co. Seventh Annual Auction. Oklahoma City 1944. Marvin F. Couch, manager. N.p., over 50 horses listed, 2 photos. Good paperbound (center gathering beginning to loosen from staples). ** A mixture of Saddlebreds, Tennessee Walking Horses, Palominos, and others, often with summary pedigree information. The cover shows Duke..... More
1938. Brown, Paul. Sheppard, Tad. Pack & Paddock. NY: Derrydale Press 1938. 143p, 55 ills. by Paul Brown. Very good hardcover (boards, half leather), in good original glassine d.j. (edge tears), and broken original box. Owner's ink name. The pages are mostly opened. Number 176 of 950 copies. ** Small..... More
![A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Guild of Saddlers [1889]. John W. Sherwell](/pictures/thumb/16294.jpg?v=1539198039)
Sherwell, John W. A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Guild of Saddlers of the City of London. London: For Private Circulation 1889. xxiv, 240p + 12 pls. (1 chromolithographed and some folding). Very good hardcover (gilt-stamped red leather by Harrison & Sons); pages ruled in red. Scattered light foxing;..... More
Siegel, Henry A., et al. The Derrydale Press: A Bibliography. Goshen, CT: Angler's & Shooter's Press 1981. 266p, many photos and line ills. Very good hardcover (lacks the slipcase). One of 1250 copies, this one unnumbered. ** Fine descriptive bibliography and history (not a price guide) of the Derrydale sporting..... More
1992. Skalecki, Liliane. Das Reithaus: Untersuchungen zu einer Bauaufgabe im 17. bis 19. Jahrhundert. Hildesheim: Olms 1992. 256p, 66 photos and line ills. Very good paperbound. In German. ** Architectural and cultural history of stables, riding schools, hippodromes, and related buildings in Europe from the Renaissance to the end of..... More
1976. Smith, Frederick. The Early History of Veterinary Literature and Its British Development. London: J.A. Allen 1976. Facsimile reprint of the original edition of 1919-1933. 4 vols., variously paged (over 900p) + many pls. Good sturdy hardcover (covers lightly stained overall); internally very good. No d.j., as issued. One of..... More
1936. Smith-Worthington Saddlery Co. The Modern Forward Seat Saddle [Catalog 20]. Hartford, CT, n.d. [ca. 1936]. 12p, many ills. Very good large paperbound (spine faded). Photo-duplicated promotional letter laid in. ** The first two pages feature two "Italian model" forward seat saddles, one of them improved by Captain S.N. Kournakoff..... More
1950. Smith-Worthington Saddlery Co., Hartford. Catalog No. 65 [cover reads: Modern Saddlery]. N.d. [1950s?]. 48p, many photos and line ills. Good paperbound (front cover stained). ** English, driving, and western tack and equipment. Smith-Worthington, founded in the late 1700s, is one of the oldest continuously operating businesses of any kind..... More
London: Sotheby & Co., 1973. First edition. Paperbound. 108p (42 lots), many plates, several in color. Spine faded. The first of four parts of this landmark series of sales, complete in itself. Many masterpieces by Stubbs, Ferneley, Seymour, Marshall, Pollard, Herring, Alken, Ward, etc. Racing, hunting, driving, portraits of horses..... More
Spohr, Oberst a. D. Der Logik in der Reitkunst. Part 3: Die rationelle Korrektur schwieriger, verdorbener und bosartiger Pferde. Stuttgart: Schickhardt & Ebner 1908. (Unsere Pferde series, 36) xv, 164p, no ills. In German. ** On "rational correction" of difficult, spoiled, and vicious horses. This is part 3 of a...... More
![Ryzhii Poni [Soviet edition of The Red Pony]. John Steinbeck](/pictures/thumb/14478.jpg?v=1539198010)
Steinbeck, John. Ryzhii Poni. Moscow, 1962. 82p, several line ills. Fair paperbound (outer lower corner of front cover torn away, affecting title). Pages age browned. In English and Russian. ** Soviet high school edition of the complete four stories in The Red Pony, translated by E.I. Khakina. With a glossary..... More
"Phiz" [Hablot K. Browne]. Stoddart, Alfred. Dame Perkins and the Old Grey Mare. NY: William Edwin Rudge 1927. [24]p, a few pls. in red by "Phiz" (Hablot K. Browne), first published in 1866. Very good hardcover in scarce d.j. (smudged overall). One of 500 copies. ** Nice copy of this..... More
1930. Brown, Paul. Streett, William B. Gentlemen Up. NY: Derrydale Press 1930. 60p, many ills. + 15 color pls. by Paul Brown. One of 850 copies. Very good bright hardcover (thin scrape to top of back cover); lacks d.j. ** Accounts of amateur hunt and hurdle racing on the east..... More
