![The Blood-Horse [1933 complete]. Thomas B. Cromwell, ed](/pictures/thumb/30214.jpg?v=1623336781)
Lexington, KY: Thomas B. Cromwell [The Blood-Horse], 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Two sturdy volumes containing all 52 weekly issues of volume 19, with original covers bound in (some plain, some printed against blue-green). Over 1300p total, photo on every front cover and occasional photos inside. A little old dampstaining to..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. 165p + 4 pls. by F. Walter Taylor. Original printed boards (worn, spine reinforced with tape, but binding is sturdy). Neat ink stamp of former owner on front endpaper and one margin. Some internal staining. Novel set in Virginia about Trix..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1936. First edition. 455p + 4 pls. and 13 maps and charts. No jacket (as issued?). Chapters on the "age of self-sufficiency," the coming of the railroad, rural decline and the lure of the city, the sheep and dairy industries, forestry, farmer education, summer recreation..... More
Mount Morris, IL: Brethren's Pub. Co., 1893. Moore, A.F., Jr. First edition. Hardcover. 127p, 28 pls. by A.F. Moore, Jr. (some aftrer photos). Covers shelf-rubbed, edges rubbed; hinges cracked but binding sturdy. A little light marginal staining. On early training, bitting, training to drive and ride, and correcting vices, all..... More
New York: Morgan Horse Club, 1920. Reprint. Stapled paperbound. Pp. 91-174, 1 ill. (Hale's Green Mountain Morgan). Reprint of the chapters on Origin of the Morgan Horse, Memoir and Description of the Justin Morgan, History and Description of the Stallions Sired by the Justin Morgan [Sherman, Woodbury, and Bulrush], and..... More
St. Louis: Banner Buggy Co., n.d. [ca. 1920]. No stated edition. Hardcover. 60p, many phiotos and line ills. printed in red and black against yellow backgrounds. Rebound in buckram, stamped with initials J.A.R. Original embossed wrappers bound in (torn). Two small leather samples are missing (a third one is present)..... More
![A Treatise of Veterinary Medicine [2 vols. in one]. James White](/pictures/thumb/30204.jpg?v=1623336722)
London: J. Badcock and W. Bristow (Canterbury); J. Johnson, n.d. [1802?]; 1806. Hardcover (rebound in cloth, gilt-stamped paper shelf label). Vol. 1 comprises the second edition of A Compendium of the Veterinary Art. Vol. 2 comprises the third edition of the Materia Medica and Pharmacopoeia. Compendium: xii, 14 stipple-engraved pls. (plate..... More
London: Peter Davies, 1973. Second printing. Hardcover. 180p + 38 photos. Fwd. by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Despite being blinded in World War II, Col. Ansell went on to head the British Show-Jumping Association, British Horse Society, and British Equestrian Federation, doing more "than any other single..... More
![Cedarbrook; The Life of My Horse [presentation copy]. Lucretia](/pictures/thumb/30201.jpg?v=1623334742)
New York: Privately Published, 1930. First edition. Hardcover (paper-covered boards). 73p, no ills. Short story told in the horse's voice to his young owner Trixy: Cedarbrook relates his life as a cowpony, polo mount, and rodeo racer. He is then sold and shipped East where he becomes a show jumper..... More
![The Bit and Spur [3 issues]. authors, ed. Bill Hagen](/pictures/thumb/30200.jpg?v=1623276132)
Billings, MT: Bill Hagen, 1944, 1950, 1951. First edition. Soft cover. Issues of November 1944, August 1950,and September 1951. From 24 to 32 pages, many photos and ads. Incorporating The Intermountain Horseman and Amateur Horseman magazines. This monthly magazine offered "Horse News for Horse Enthusiasts." News, short articles, etc., focusing..... More
Unpublished: April 1930. Photocopy of a carbon copy of this typewritten list. Unpaged; lists 269 items. Very readable. This inventory was probably prepared by a member of Hutton's staff or an outside art cataloguer. It is divided into Oil Paintings, Water Colours, Coloured Engravings, Cock Fighting, Boxers. In Black [uncolored..... More
Amarillo, TX: AQHA, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 549 pp., no ills. Covers lightly shelf-scuffed, outer pages lightly browned; overall very good and sturdy. No jacket, as issued. Index of all the Quarter Horses registered in the Official Stud Books 1 through 16 (1941 through 1962), registration numbers 1 through 210,000..... More
Welbeck, UK: Harley Gallery, 2008. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 20p, several color ills. Despite the subtitle, this short exhibition publication isn't devoted to Stubbs. The first essay summarizes the rise of English horse portraiture from 1620 on (John Wootton, the Duke of Newcastle's horses, etc.). The second essay discusses..... More
![Red Cross Membership Week [poster]; December 17 to 24 Join Now. American Red Cross, Paul Brown](/pictures/thumb/14825.jpg?v=1623355338)
No place: [American Red Cross], n.d. [1940s?]. Brown, Paul. First edition. Poster printed in red and green, ca. 14 x 22 inches. Number "28" printed in green in lower left. Dark area is due to shadow, not discoloration. Poster is shrinkwrapped against cardboard, which has creased across the middle. The..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1972. Facsimile reprint. Unbound sheets. 394p, several ills. Photo-duplicated typescript. PhD. dissertation in Theater, Tufts University. Founded by Charles Dibdin the elder and equestrian Charles Hughes, the Royal Circus was the first one in London to combine acts on the stage and in the riding..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1967-1969. Various editions. Hardcover. Hundreds of pages, some ills. Light shelfwear and soil; overall clean and sturdy). No d.j. (if issued?). From Henry Adams to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Vol. 5 is the 1969 first printing; vols. 1-4 are 3rd or 4th printings of 1967 and..... More
![Books [2 catalogues, ca. 1914-15]. Roebuck and Co Sears](/pictures/thumb/30051.jpg?v=1616763243)
Chicago: Sears, Roebuck, n.d. [ca. 1914-1915]. No stated edition. Stapled paperbound. Two catalogues of hundreds of books and magazines for sale by Sears, Roebuck. One is headed, "Greatest of All Bookstores at Your Service." Bestsellers, gift books, home study, practical arts, series books for boys and girls, history and current..... More
![The Breeder's Gazette Farmer and His Wife! [cover title]. Virginia C. Meredith](/pictures/thumb/30042.jpg?v=1616762922)
Chicago: Sanders Pub. Co., n.d. [ca. 1918]. First edition. Paperbound. A lavish promotional brochure soliciting subscribers and advertisers to the weekly Breeder's Gazette, which reached "the very cream of the farming population." The tone is aspirational: "The Gazette is devoted to 'nurture and education' in better thinking about the fine..... More
Paris: Promodis, 1985. First edition. Original cloth. 539p, many ills. + many color ills. on 38 plates. Masterful history of the 19th-century French book, with chapters by various experts. Covers book production, publishing and bookselling, the illustrated press, genres and reading audiences, etc. Large and heavy; shipping/handling will be extra..... More
1989. Schwarz, Dieter. Lawrence Weiner Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonne. Cologne: Walther Konig 1989. 205p, many ills., some in color. Very good hardcover; no d.j. (as issued). Would be fine except the bottom rear cover corner is bumped and the bottom rear cover edge is rubbed for ca. 1 inch. Text..... More
1987. Forbis, Judith, et al. Nordarab (Arabians International): The Egyptian Issue. Copenhagen, August 1987 (vol. 5, no. 5). 50p, many photos, many in color. Good paperbound (light handling wear, outer pages foxed). Advertising information laid in. ** "A Short History of Egypt's Arabian Horses" by Forbis (taken from her book)..... More
![The Western Sidesaddle [2nd ed.]. Rhonda C. Watts Hettinger](/pictures/thumb/14914.jpg?v=1539198012)
Watts Hettinger, Rhonda C. The Western Sidesaddle. Wilton, NH: Side Saddle Source 2012. 2nd ed. (1st pub. 2002). 129p, many photos and line ills. New paperbound, but 2 small light stains on inside front cover and title page, as received from the publisher. Signed by the author. ** The revised..... More
![The Blood-Horse [1934 complete]. Thomas B. Cromwell, ed](/images/noimage.png)
Lexington, KY: Thomas B. Cromwell [The Blood-Horse], 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Two sturdy volumes containing all 52 weekly issues, with original covers bound in. Over 1400p total, photo on every front cover and occasional photos inside (chiefly stallions at stud). Vol. 1 also lists the 1933 stakes winners (alphabetically and..... More
1932. Cromwell, Thomas B., ed. The Blood-Horse [1932 complete]. Lexington, KY, 1932. 2 volumes containing all 53 issues, with original covers bound in. Over 1600p total, photo on every front cover and occasional photos inside (chiefly stallions at stud). Very good hardcover: hardcovers soiled and rubbed (especially one corner); magazine..... More
1958. Galerie im Erker. Otto Dix: Gemalde, Zeichnungen, Grafik. St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1958. 20p, many black-and-white ills. Very good paperbound. Owner's neat ink name. ** Texts by Otto Nebel on Dix's war subjects, and by Otto Conzelmann on "overcoming sentimentality." There is no list of the items in the exhibition..... More
