2018. Yager, Colleen. A Sporting Vision: The Paul Mellon Collection of British Sporting Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Richmond: VMFA 2018. 87p, over 60 color ills., mostly full page. New hardcover; no d.j., as issued. ** Highlights of this renowed collection of paintings by Alken, Ferneley, Herring... More
2013. Weil, Shannon Yewell. Strike a Long Trot: Legendary Horsewoman Linda Tellington-Jones. Turtle Rock Press 2013. 338p, many photos. New paperbound. ** Life and early career of Tellington-Jones, from her childhood up to when she left compeititon to focus on her TTouch Training Method. The Pacific Coast Equestrian Research Farm... More
![Young Horsewoman's Compendium of the Modern Art of Riding [1 of 500]. Edward Stanley.](/pictures/thumb/6716.jpg?v=1547746178)
1992. Stanley, Edward. The Young Horsewoman's Compendium of the Modern Art of Riding [etc.]. Yesteryear Pub. Co. for The International Side-Saddle Organization, 1992. 122p, a few ills. As new hardcover; no d.j., as issued. One of 500 numbered copies. ** Facsimile reprint of the 1827 edition. "A progressive course of... More
9999. Spooner, Patricia and Victoria. All about Riding Side-Saddle. London: J.A. Allen 2007 (1st pub. 1999). 24p, many color photos. New paperbound. ** No. 23 in the excellent Allen Photographic Guide series, now possibly out of print. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate. More
![Modern Side-Saddle Riding: A Practical Handbook for Horsewomen [1907]. Eva Christy.](/pictures/thumb/605.jpg?v=1547907638)
1907. Christy, Eva. Modern Side-Saddle Riding: A Practical Handbook for Horsewomen. London: Vinton 1907. 3rd rev. ed. (1st pub. as Side Saddle Riding, 1899). 120p + 36 photos (tissue guard-sheet over frontispiece). Very good hardcover; no d.j. (as issued?). Fore-edges and opening pages lightly foxed. ** Although the author took... More
1966. Kaiser, James L., trans. The Spanish Riding School of Vienna. Vienna, 1966. 81p, many photos, many in color. Fair paperbound (most of the pages have loosened from the binding but the book is complete). Inscribed by Hans Handler to Mary Layton, Saratoga Springs, 1967. ** Good souvenir booklet about... More
2018. Oliveira, Karen Psillas. Lusitano: Noble, Courageous, Eternal. Woodinville, WA: Veritas Editions 2018. 83p, many large color photos. New paperbound (cover edges slightly rubbed, as received from the publisher). ** The author's life with Lusitanos and horsemen such as Dominique Barbier, but the focus of the book are her breathtaking... More
1950. Board, John. Horse and Pencil. London: Christopher Johnson 1950. 159p + 20 pls. and many text ills. by the author. Very good hardcover in very good d.j., except that an opening gathering is loose. ** The popular illustrator's life with art and horses--hunting, point-to-point racing, polo, jumping, etc. Also... More
1965. Schilke, Fritz. Trakehner Pferde: Einst und Jetzt. Munich: BLV 1965. 3rd rev. ed. 251p, 132 photos + a few bloodline charts. Very good hardcover in poor d.j. (torn). In German. ** Comprehensive study of the Trakehner--its history, bloodlines, uses, etc. One of the essential books on the breed. There... More
1986. Seunig, Waldemar. The Essence of Horsemanship: From Practical Experience for Practical Usage. London: J.A. Allen 1986 (1st pub. in a limited edition in 1983). ix, 163p, many line ills. by the author. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (lightly stained). ** Seunig's last book. Covers suppling and relaxing exercises... More
2017. Scott, Brough. Churchill at the Gallop. Newbury, UK: Racing Post 2017. 230p, many photos and other ills., several in color. New hardcover; no d.j., as issued. ** A wonderful account of Winston Churchill's life with horses--as a "bold hussar" in Africa and Cuba, champion polo player in India, keen... More
2011. Kursinski, Anne, with Miranda Lorraine. Anne Kursinski's Riding and Jumping Clinic: A Step-by-Step Course for Winning in the Hunter and Jumper Rings. N. Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square 2011. 334p, many photos. New paperbound. ** Redesigned reissue (1st pub. 1995). Fwd. by George H. Morris. This clear, comprehensive guide takes... More
1967. Podhajsky, Alois. My Horses, My Teachers. Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1967. 1st American ed. x, 202p + several photos. Very good hardcover in fair d.j. (torn at edges). ** Not an autobiography, nor an instruction book, but on "the relationship between horse and rider" as seen through the lives... More
1977. Stecken, Fritz. Training the Horse and Rider: A Book of Dressage. NY: Arco 1977. 238p, many photos and line ills. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. (old price sticker partly removed from rear endpaper). ** A fairly early American book on dressage (aiming to help produce international-level riders)... More
1948. McCausland, Hugh. The English Carriage. London: Batchworth 1948. 144p + 31 ills., 3 in color. Good hardcover (covers stained) in poor d.j. (soiled, torn). ** Basic survey of English horse-drawn carriages and coaching from the late 18th century on. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate. More
1983. Wildenstein and Co., NY. Alfred J. Munnings: Images of the Turf and Field. Loan exhibition catalogue, 1983. N.p., over 120 ills., 7 in color. With a chronology and text by Joseph Baillio on "Munnings in America." Very good paperbound. ** Though the illustrations are mostly in black and white... More
![Man and the Horse [on equestrian fashion]. Diana Vreeland, introd.](/pictures/thumb/347.jpg?v=1546014243)
1985. Vreeland, Diana, introd. Man and the Horse. NY: Simon and Schuster for The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1985. 127p, many photos and other ills., many in color. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** Renowned exhibition of equestrian fashion and style, with chapters by Alexander Mackay-Smith, Jean R.... More
1968. Podhajsky, Alois. Kleine Reitlehre. Munich: Nymphenburger 1968. 257p, 66 line ills. + 1 pl. Very good paperbound (slight shelfwear to cover edges). In German. ** Abridgment of The Complete Training of Horse and Rider, omitting Part I (Review and Principles of Riding) and Part VI (The Spanish Riding School)... More
1988. Knisley, Vera. A Kingdom for My Horse. The Author, 1988. viii, 208p, several ills. Good paperbound (spine mended, old price sticker on spine, lower corner of front cover creased). ** About the leopard-spotted Colorado Ranger or Rangerbred (descended from General Grant's two Arabian imports, Leopard and Linden Tree), and... More
Bucher, Emil M. Isenbart, Hans-Heinrich, and Emil M. Bucher. The Imperial Horse: The Saga of the Lipizzaners. NY: Knopf 1986. 204p, ca. 370 photos by Bucher, over 300 in color. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** Excellent large history of the Lipizzans at the Spanish Riding School, Piber... More
2004. Harris, Charles. Workbooks from the Spanish School 1948-1951. London: J.A. Allen 2004. 448p, hundreds of line ills. (drawings and diagrams, printed in green) and many photos. As new hardcover in d.j. Out of print. ** "Harris was the first and only [outside] pupil to complete the 1948-51 course at... More
1959. Guttmann, Ursula. Schimmel, Rappen, Fuchse, Braune--Trakehnen lebt! Zurich: Albert Muller 1959. 3rd ed. 112p, many photos, 2 in color. Good hardcover in good d.j. (torn at edges). In German (the title translates as Dapple Grey, Roan, Chestnut, Brown--Trakehnen Lives!). ** Tribute to the breed in black-and-white photos of horses... More
1965. DuPont, Mrs. Richard C., et al. The Story of Kelso. [Chesapeake City, MD: Woodstock Farm] 1965. 96p, many photos and other ills., all in black and white. Good paperbound (back cover stained; internally very good). ** Tribute to the great Thoroughbred gelding, written after his retirement. Reprints many newspaper... More
1992. De Kunffy, Charles. The Athletic Development of the Dressage Horse: Manege Patterns. NY: Howell 1992. xvi, 192p, many photos and line ills. Very good hardcover in d.j. ** "The first book devoted entirely to classical manege exercises that are ridden to supple, strengthen and, when necessary, correct." Valuable for... More
1967. Caprilli, Federico. The Caprilli Papers: Principles of Outdoor Equitation. Trans. and ed. by Piero Santini. London: J.A. Allen 1967. 39p, 40 old photos. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. (lightly shelfsoiled). ** Presents and interprets Caprilli's writings on the forward seat--"a true equestrian revolution ... accomplished by one... More
