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1923. Waring, J.W. (publisher). The Official Horse Show Blue Book: Vol. 17. NY, 1923. 327p, many photos and ads for equestrian and luxury goods (riding apparel, hotels, furs, ocean cruises, etc.). Good hardcover (front hinge neatly reinfored with tape). ** "Containing complete summaries of all recognized horse shows in the... More
1922. Waring, J.W. (publisher). The Official Horse Show Blue Book: Vol. 16. NY, 1922. 342p, many photos and ads for equestrian and luxury goods (riding apparel, hotels, furs, ocean cruises, etc.). Good hardcover (outer pages lightly foxed). ** "Containing complete summaries of all recognized horse shows in the United States;... More
1991. Powell, Christopher. Stables and Stable Blocks. Aylesbury, UK: Shire 1991. (Shire Album 261) 32p, many photos and line ills. Very good paperbound (3 glue? stains on inside back cover). ** Good concise history of British stable design, construction, and fittings. Focuses on grand country house stables; also some material... More
1998. Nagel, Hans Joachim. Hanan: The Story of an Arabian Mare and of the Arabian Breed. Northleach, UK: Alexander Heriot 1998. x, 277p, many photos, most in color. Very good hardcover; no d.j. A few pages show offsetting from the facing pages, as printed. ** On the history of the... More
1899. Magner, D. Magner's ABC Guide to Sensible Horseshoeing. Akron: Werner 1899. 130p, over 150 line ills. + 17 tinted pls. Fair hardcover; no d.j., as issued. Covers stained and rubbed; endpapers and some pages soiled; marginal tear from old paperclip; one closed tear neatly mended; a little penciling; binding... More
1978. Fairfax-Blakeborough, Noel, ed. "J.F-B": The Memoirs of Jack Fairfax-Blakeborough, O.B.E., M.C.. London: J.A. Allen 1978. 196p + 13 ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. ** Long full life of one of the great men of English horse racing--journalist, amateur rider, owner and trainer, steward, judge and administrator, etc.... More
2001. Ekins, Anne. Bits & Pieces [and] Stirrups, Spurs & Status Symbols: Saddlery Catalogue, vols. 1 and 2. Horsham, UK: Horsham Museum 2001, 2002. Each volume is ca. [60-70]p, with many photos. All photocopied, as issued. Very good paperbound, comb or spiral bound (bottom link of one plastic binding is... More
1980. Cresswell, Cynthia. Ponies in the Forest. N.p.: Chequer Press [Author], n.d. [ca. 1980]. 112p, several photos. Good paperbound (front cover creased; light shelfwear); internally very good. ** "Miss Cynthia Cresswell's experience of the ups and downs of acquiring a riding school in the Forest of Dean from 1967-1979." Adventures... More
1986. Colnaghi & Guy Nevill Pictures. Pastimes, Pleasures and Pursuits: A Survey of British Sporting Life. London, 1986. 93p, many ills., many in color. Very good paperbound (corners slightly bumped). ** Exhibition catalogue of 100 paintings and drawings of racing, hunting, some coaching and shooting, etc., of the 18th-20th centuries... More
1937. Velazquez Chavez, Agustin. La Pintura Mexicana. [Mexico City] Galeria de Arte Mexicano 1937. 28p, several ills. Good paperbound (covers soiled, occasional short marginal tears). In Spanish. ** Short survey of contemporary Mexican painting, published to accompany an exhibition. Works by 16 artists (Merida, Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros, Tamayo, and others)... More
1966. Sidney Janis Gallery. Erotic Art 66. NY, 1966. [20]p, many black-and-white ills. Good paperbound (shelfwear, covers creased in places). ** Catalogue of 28 works in oil, mixed media, film, plastic, and other media by contemporary artists--Arman, Dine, Fahlstrom, Lindner, Marisol, Rivers, Segal, Steinberg, Warhol, Wesselmann, etc. One-page text by... More
1876. Redgrave, Richard. Manual of Design: Compiled from the writings and addresses of... London: Chapman and Hall 1876. The first edition. (South Kensington Museum Art Handbook, 6) 173p + 8p of ads, 18 line ills. Good hardcover, no d.j. (as issued); original rear wrapper bound in. Museum library deaccession (bookplate... More
1987. Prahl, Roman, et al. Maxmilian Pirner 1854-1924. Prague: Narodni Galerie 1987. 189p, over 300 ills., a few in color. Very good paperbound in good d.j. (slight shelfwear). In Czech; short German summary. ** Loan exhibition catalogue of the mythological, mystical, and sometimes macabre paintings and drawings by this one-time... More
1934. Poulain, Roger, ed. Ecoles: Deuxieme Serie. Paris: Vincent Freal, n.d. [1934 according to B.N.]. 39p of text in loose gatherings + 171 loose pls. In the series Bibliotheque de l'Architecte Moderne, 9. Original pictorial board covers and ties. Cloth spine frayed, partly exposing inner board but covers are sound;... More
1956. Lemaitre, Maurice. La Plastique Lettriste et Hypergraphique. Paris: Caracteres 1956. 68p, several line ills. + 2 double-page halftone pls. Very good paperbound (covers lightly shelfsoiled). One of 500 copies of the regular edition. In French. ** On writing systems and graphic expressions of hypertexts, by a leading practitioner and... More
1980. Lalique, R. et Cie. Catalogue des Verreries de Rene Lalique. No publishing data, ca. 1980s. Facsimile reprint of the 1932 edition. Many hundreds of ills. on 115 pls. + 27p of catalogue. Good stapled paperbound with tasseled cord (last pages damprippled). ** With text "Rene Lalique: Renovateur de l'Art... More
1982. Hoppin, Martha J. The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters. Pittsfield, MA: Berkshire Museum 1982. 63p, many ills., many in color. Very good paperbound. ** Essay and checklist by Hoppin; preface by Lydia Sherwood McClean. The first systematic study of Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Lydia Field Emmet, and Ellen Emmet... More
1992. Hirshler, Erica Eve. Lillian Westcott Hale (1880-1963): A Woman Painter of the Boston School. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI 1992. 375p, many ills. (poorly reproduced). Very good hardcover. ** Xerographic reproduction of Hirshler's Ph.D. dissertation for Boston University. Contains vol. 1 (life and art) and vol. 2 (checklist of paintings... More
1992. Hendrix, Lee, and Thea Vignau-Wilberg. Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta: A Sixteenth-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel. Malibu: J. Paul Getty Museum 1992. 412p, many color pls. Ca. 5 x 7 inches. Very good hardcover in original slipcase (ghost of original price label on rear... More
1941. Hatfield, C.W., ed. The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Bronte. Columbia University Press 1941 (later ptg.). 262p + 4 pls. (facsimiles). Very good hardcover (no d.j.) ** Definitive edition, containing the poems published in 1846 plus 200 manuscripts gathered after Bronte's death. (In print at $95.) Can be sent... More
1981. Susanne, pseud. [Emily Ellen Scharf]. Famous Saddle Horses: Vols. 1-3 (complete). Louisville: American Saddle Horse Museum 1981. Facsimile reprint (1st pub. 1932-47). Variously paged (ca. 1700p total), many photos. Good hardcover, no d.j. (as issued?). All volumes are more or less skewed from poor storage; fore-edges lightly foxed. Internally... More
2001. Stoecklein, David R., and Darrell Dodds, photos; text by Jennifer Forsberg Meyer. The American Paint Horse: A Photographic Portrayal. Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center 2001. ** 252p, over 250 photos, most in color. As new hardcover in d.j. ** One of Stoecklein's popular photo books, a lavish tribute to... More
1973. Shafer, Elizabeth Culley. Who's Who in Horsedom, vol. XVI (16). Louisville, 1973. 353p, many photos, many in color. Fair to good hardcover (covers rather discolored, rubbed); skewed from poor storage. Internally nice and clean. D.j. quite rubbed. More condition details on request. ** Annual "record book of the horse... More
1914. Percheron Society of America (Wayne Dinsmore, secretary). Percheron Stud Book of America: Vol. 16. Chicago, 1914. Over 550p, no ills. Good hardcover (original half leather): covers rubbed; endpapers browned; outer pages foxed; a little skewed from poor storage. Content very good and clean. ** Includes registrations 86000 to 98000... More
2008. Hearn, Karen, and Stephen Daniels. Horses and Landscapes: George Stubbs at Welbeck. Welbeck, UK: Harley Gallery 2008. 20p, several color ills. New paperbound. ** Despite the subtitle, this short exhibition publication isn't devoted to Stubbs. The first essay treats the rise of English horse portraiture from 1620 on (John... More
