1908. Wallace, Lew. The Chariot-Race from Ben-Hur. NY: Harper 1908. 133p + 4 color pls. by Sigismond Ivanowski. Very good hardcover; no d.j. ** Ben-Hur was first published in 1880; this illustrated edition reprints the episode of the chariot race and the events leading up to it. Handsomely printed by..... More
1909. United States Army. Official Program: U.S. Military Tournament, Albany, New York, October 4th-9th, 1909. 32p, ca. 29 photos. Fine paperbound, absolutely no flaws. Printed on cream paper, but the photos here are too yellow. ** Lists ca. 75 events contested by the 5th and 24th Infantry, 10th Cavalry, 3rd..... More
![Driving for Pleasure [1897; association copy]. Francis T. Underhill](/images/noimage.png)
1897. Underhill, Francis T. Driving for Pleasure: Or, the Harness Stable and Its Appointments. NY: Appleton 1897. xi, 158p + many photos on 124 pls. Good hardcover: half leather and suede (covers rubbed and spine alligatored, as usual). Half-title page removed. Internally very good. ** Original edition of "one of..... More
1967. Slater, Kitty. The Hunt Country of America. South Brunswick, NJ: Barnes 1967. 247p, many photos. Very good hardcover (paperclip stains on first several pages) in good d.j. Publisher's correction paragraph mounted to back flap. Signed by the author. ** Celebration of the Virginia hunt and timber racing country, focusing..... More
2005. McCausland, Christianna. Maryland Steeplechasing. Charleston, SC: Arcadia 2005. (Images of America) 128p, many photos. New paperbound. ** Pictorial history, from the 1890s into the 1930s (Billy Barton, Troublemaker), and on. Many vintage photos of horses and personalities. Much on the Maryland Hunt Cup, of course. Short chapters; the text..... More
![The Blue-Grass Stallion Record for Belview 7631 [trotting stallion]. C. N. Lyle](/pictures/thumb/16966.jpg?v=1596567370)
1888. Lyle, C.N. The Blue-Grass Stallion Record for Belview 7631. Lexington, KY: Transylvania Printing Co. 1888. 100p, no ills. Good hardcover (front cover loose but binding overall sound). ** POcket-sized stallion service book for mares bred to Belview 7631 in 1896-97, filled out in ink. Belview was a bay Standardbred..... More
Hinkle, Thomas C. Black Tiger: The Story of a Faithful Horse. NY; Grosset & Dunlap, n.d. (1st pub. by Morrow, 1952). In the Famous Horse Stories series. 188p, no ills. Very good hardcover in very good unclipped d.j. (light edge wear). Bookplate. ** Jim rescues Black Tiger as a wild..... More
1933. Brown, Paul. Spills and Thrills page proof--Mary Chamberlain, Huntington Horse Show 1927. [NY: Scribner 1933]. Very good plate, one of the publisher's set of unbound advance page proofs for Spills and Thrills. Ca. 9 1/2 x 12 inches (photo is slightly cropped). ** Spills and Thrills is filled with..... More
1993. Thomann, Peter. Pferde-Horses-Chevaux. Hildesheim: Olms 1993. 63p, many photos by the author. New hardcover, in original glassine packaging (torn). No d.j., as issued. In German, English, and French. ** Evocative photos by one of the world's leading equine photographers. He made the famous running foal/trotting mare photo that serves..... More
1877. Thrupp, G.A. The History of Coaches. London: Kerby & Endean 1877. 152p, 4p of publisher's ads + 38 line ills. Fair hardcover (gilt-stamped pictorial cloth). Covers rubbed, hinges mended, one plate detached. ** Based on a series of lectures, here expanded for book publication. History of private and public..... More
1969. Hamdan Stables. Stud Book of Arabian Horses: Volume 1. Cairo: Le Scribe Egyptien S.A.E. 1969. 104p, many photos of horses (all identified). Fair paperbound (covers foxed; spine mended and taped; light damp-rippling to bottom of pages; front cover coming off). Label with owner's name on back. ** Original edition..... More
2015. Singleton, Jennifer, design and production. World on Wheels 5: Studies in the Manufacture, History, Use, Conservation, and Restoration of Horse-Drawn Vehicles. Lexington, KY: Carriage Association of America 2015. 96p, many color photos and other ills. New large paperbound. ** Volume 5 in this fine series publishes five papers that..... More
![1905 Catalog [Percheron, Belgian horses]. Frank Iams' Stud](/pictures/thumb/15711.jpg?v=1596567365)
1905. Frank Iams' Stud. 1905 Catalog. Lincoln, NE: State Journal Co. 1905. 120p, many large plates of horses (mostly by Lou Burk, also N.A. Throop, Dave Risk, and a few photos). Good paperbound (light cover wear, last few upper page corners dogeared, scattered light staining). The plates are very good..... More
2017. Haak, Kathleen, design and production. World on Wheels 6: Studies in the Manufacture, History, Use, Conservation, and Restoration of Horse-Drawn Vehicles. Lexington, KY: Carriage Association of America 2017. 92p, many color photos and other ills. New large paperbound. ** Publishes five papers (four were given at the 2016 international..... More
1977. Veldman, Ilja M. Maarten van Heemskerck and Dutch Humanism in the Sixteenth Century. Maarssen; Gary Schwartz 1977. 176p, 105 photos and line ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (rubbed, one closed tear). Owner's neat ink name. ** The first monograph in English on Heemskerck, "the most intellectually ambitious..... More
Various authors. Collection of 18+ catalogues and other works on the Vienna Secession and Jugendstil. Various publishers and dates. Variously paged and illustrated. All paperbound, good to very good or better. In the language of the country of publication. A wealth of documentation and images for these art movements and..... More
1930. Sotheby, London. Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Remaining Library of John Ruskin. 1930. 122 lots, 3 pls. No prices realized. Good paperbound (cover soil and wear). ** "Comprising the autograph manuscripts of Fors Clavigera, a great part of Praeterita, and many works on art and literature, lectures, etc.; the..... More
1908. Scherl, August, ed. Hausgarten: Skizzen und Entwurfe aus dem Wettbewerb der Woche. Berlin: August Scherl 1908. 120p, hundreds of line ills. + 6 color pls. Stiff boards, printed in color; cloth spine. Light shelf wear (rubbed, bumped); internally very good and clean. In German. ** Records over 50 designs..... More
1941. Parke-Bernet Galleries, NY. The Important Collection of First Editions of William B. Yeats, Property of C. Walter Buhler. Sale 281, May 1, 1941. 303 lots, no ills. No prices realized. Very good paperbound. ** Lots 121-182 comprise Yeats first editions, presentation copies, manuscripts, and autographs. Also American views collected..... More
1944. Parke-Bernet Galleries, NY. Color Plate Books [etc.] Property of the Estate of the Late J.P. Morgan. Sale 545, March 21, 1944. 318 lots, several pls. Good paperbound (lightly damp rippled). Price for each item scrawled in blue pencil over the listing; the sale realized $21,845 in total. ** Also..... More
1995. Pardo, Francisco Fernandez, et al. Navarrete "el Mudo" Pintor de Felipe II (Seguidores y Copistas). Logrono, 1995. 357p, ca. 180 ills., over 50 in color. Very good paperbound. In Spanish. ** Catalogue of the substantial exhibition held at the Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos y Museo "Camon Aznar," Zaragoza..... More
2000. Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York. Spiagge. Exhibition catalogue, 2000. N.p., many b&w photos. Very good large paperbound (light shelfwear, soil). One of 1500 copies. ** Photographs by various Italian photographers "featuring life and leisure-time on the beaches of Italy from the 1950s through the 1970s." Lively works by..... More
Dulau & Co., London [bookseller]. Group of 8 catalogues. 1933-37. Variously paged and illustrated (some with photos of the shop). Good paperbounds (overall cover soil; one spine chipped; a few checkmarks. Cat. 214 middle gathering is split but sewn and will hold. ** Cats. 210, 214, 241, 248, 252, 253..... More
1934. Dulau & Co., London [bookseller]. Catalogue 220: Interesting Books in English Literature of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. 1934. 1011 items, no ills. Very good paperbound (covers sunned). ** Includes books formerly owned by John Addington Symonds, an extensive collection of Tennyson and Browning with many previously unrecorded variants..... More
Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles. Group of 13 catalogues. 1939-1966. Variously paged and illustrated. Good to very good paperbounds. Overall cover soil; old mailing address and canceled stamps. Stamp cut away from Cat. 136, with loss to a few items listed on last page. ** Cats. 136 (1939), 156, 180..... More
