1883. Revoil, Benedict-Henry. Chasses dans l'Amerique du Nord. Tours: Alfred Mame 1883. New ed. 366p, many ills. by Yan'Dargent. Fair hardcover: sound but lightly dampstained in places; quarter-leather covers are quite rubbed. Ink presentation, 1884. In French. ** Accounts of hunting game in North America: coyotes, wild cats, wild pigs..... More
1973. Outland, Charles. Stagecoaching on El Camino Real: Los Angeles to San Francisco 1861-1901. Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark 1973. (American Trails Series, 9) 339p, many photos, 2 maps (1 folding). Fine hardcover in very good unclipped d.j. ("9" written on spine, small sticker covering up original price). "The clouds..... More
1961. Mellin, Jeanne. The Morgan Horse. Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene 1961. 238, many ills. by the author and photos. Very good hardcover (occasional marginal stains) in fair d.j. (complete but worn and torn). ** The first edition of the first modern book on the Morgan, which was later reworked as..... More
1987. Hanbury-Tennison, Robin. A Ride along the Great Wall. Topsfield, MA: Salem House 1987. 215p, many photos, some in color. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** With the aid of a Chinese support crew, the author and his wife rode a thousand miles through regions in China that..... More
1924. Dixon, William Scarth. The Influence of Racing and the Thoroughbred Horse on Light-Horse Breeding. NY: Dingwall-Rock, n.d. [1925]. xi, 247p + 8 pls. Good hardcover (frontispiece detached); no d.j. ** On the Thoroughbred strain in the Cleveland Bay, Yorkshire coach horse, hackney, pony breeds, and polo pony. Harry Worcester..... More
2008. The Blood-Horse. Best of the Widener Collection: Images from Racing's Golden Era. Lexington: Blood-Horse 2008. 202p, ca. 150-200 photos. As new hardcover in as new d.j. ** Never-before-published rare and historic photos of Thoroughbred "horses, people, and racetrack life in and around New York from 1890 to 1910." They..... More
1925. Nimrod, pseud. [C.J. Apperley]. Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. NY: Longmans, Green 1925 (1st pub. 1835). 157p + 18 color pls. by Henry Alken and T.J. Rawlins. Opening pages lightly foxed. Very good unopened hardcover (covers smudged, spine faded). Red cloth, gilt stamped. Lacks..... More
2004. Green, Kate. Schooling for Success with William Fox-Pitt. Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles 2004. 136p, many color photos by Kit Houghton. Very good hardcover (plasticized boards); no d.j., if issued. ** "Expert riding techniques shown in dynamic sequenced photographs." Flatwork, jumping, and especially cross-country. Fox-Pitt, a 3-time Olympic..... More
1997. Snape, Andrew. The Anatomy of an Horse. NY: Howell 1997. x, 373p, many line ills. As new hardcover in as new d.j. ** Near-facsimile reprint of the first English-language book on equine anatomy (1643), with an introduction and commentary by David W. Ramey, D.V.M. Snape was farrier to King..... More
1875. Wallace, John H., ed. Wallace's Monthly: Vol. 1. NY, October 1875-May 1876. Over 770p, several wood-engraved portraits of horses, and occasionally cattle and dogs. Good hardcover (contemporary half leather, marbled boards). Covers quite rubbed; endpapers browned and stained; old damp rippling and staining throughout (chiefly to the margins). Lacks..... More
1985. Varola, Franco. Typology of the Racehorse. London: J.A. Allen 1985 (1st pub. 1974). 242p, many charts + 7 photos. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** Detailed introduction to the dosage theory of Thoroughbred breeding, which classifies runners into 7 groups (brilliant, intermediate, etc.) and identifies the leading..... More
1973. Rossi, Domenico; Matilde Lopez Serrano (editor). Las Parejas: Juego Hipico del Siglo XVIII. Madrid: Editorial Patrimonio Nacional 1973. 70p, 18 ills., most in color. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (faded, chipped). In Spanish. ** Reproduces Rossi's paintings of a royal Spanish quadrille held in 1781, and reprints various..... More
1949. McMeekin, McLennan [Isabel McLennan McMeekin]. The First Book of Horses. NY: Watts 1949. 45p, many small ills. by Pers Crowell, some in color. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (edge wear). Signed by the author on the front endpaper. ** Still a good introduction for young to middle readers..... More
1858. Mason, Richard. The Gentleman's New Pocket Farrier [with] An Essay on Domestic Animals, especially the Horse [with] Annals of the Turf, American Stud-Book [etc.]. by J.S. Skinner. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1858. New edition of Mason's Farrier and Stud-Book (1st pub. in this form 1848). 415, vi, 101p + 5 wood-engraved..... More
1940. Cumming, Primrose. The Chestnut Filly. NY: M.S. Mill, n.d. [1940?]. 190p + 25 pls. by Stanley Lloyd. Good hardcover (covers spotted but internally very good and clean), in fair d.j. (torn, soiled). ** Boy trains a wild chestnut filly to be tractable enough to star in films, but there..... More
1979. Connor, Patricia, and Lionel Lambourne. Derby Day 200. London: Royal Academy of Arts 1979. 131p, many photos, paintings, and vintage ills., many in color. Good paperbound (light shelfwear, owner's unobtrusive ink stamp on front endpaper). ** Exhibition catalogue for the 200th anniversary of the Epsom Derby, chock-full of information..... More
1945. Allen, E. Douglas. "Frederic E. Remington--Author and Illustrator. A List of His Contributions to American Periodicals from 1886 to 1913." In Bulletin of The New York Public Library, December 1945, pp. 895-912, no ills. Very good paperbound (light cover wear; tips of backstrip torn). ** This issue features Allen's..... More
1991. Lang, Gerald, and Lee Marks. The Horse: Photographic Images, 1839 to the Present. With an essay by Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence. NY: Abrams 1991. 155p, 155 photos, 4 in color. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. Ink inscription on front endpaper. ** Wonderful photos from pioneers like Muybridge to..... More
1986. Tayloe, W. Randolph. Educating the Horse: With particular emphasis on the Thoroughbred yearling. Lexington: Blood-Horse 1986. vi, 67p, several photos. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** Advice on backing and starting the race horse, with good advice for exercise riders, too. Can be sent outside the U.S...... More
1958. Caffrey, Nancy. Scene from the Saddle. NY: Dutton 1958. 88p, many photos by A.L. "Budd" Waintrob. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (chipped, soiled). Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one page margin. ** Young Johnny learns about horsemnship while preparing to take his pinto pony to..... More
1940. McMeekin, Clark, pseud. [Dorothy Park Clark and Isabel McLennan McMeekin]. Show Me a Land. NY: Appleton-Century 1940. Very good hardcover in good color d.j. 441p. ** The first edition of this historical romance set on the great Virginia and Kentucky plantations from 1816 to 1875, culminating in the first..... More
1913. DeLisle, H. de B. Polo in India. Bombay: Thacker 1913. 2nd ed. (1st pub. 1907). 286p, many diagrams + 13 photos. Good hardcover (spine faded; fore-edges foxed; traces of old insect damage, not affecting any content; front endpaper removed). Overall sound, clean, sturdy. No d.j. (if issued?). ** Learning..... More
2017. O'Reilly, CuChullaine. Encyclopaedia of Equestrian Exploration: Vol. 1. Long Riders' Guild 2017. 564p, many line ills. and photos. New hardcover; no d.j, as issued. ** Despite the rather grand subtitle--"A Study of the Geographic and Spiritual Equestrian Journey, based upon the Philosophy of Harmonious Horsemanship"--this fascinating book is full..... More
1914. Sanford, Edmund C. Psychic Research in the Animal Field: Der Kluge Hans and the Elberfeld Horses. Offprint from the American Journal of Psychology, (vol. 25, 1914), pp. 1-31, 131-136, no ills. Very good paperbound (small tear to back cover). ** Analysis of the experiments with Clever Hans and other..... More
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Lyons, Dorothy. Dark Sunshine. NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, n.d. (1st pub. 1951). 244p, many ills. by Wesley Dennis. Fair paperbound (covers creased, small tear to corner of front cover). Color cover ill. by Dennis. Warm presentation from Lyons to a family "for a fine night's lodging," 1976. ** Lame..... More
