New York: Printed Matter, Inc., 1978-1983. First edition. Soft cover. Variously formatted, paged, and illustrated. Some with address label or ghost of label. (1) Catalogue Update December 1978 (17x22 inch poster). (2) Artwork in Bookform. Printed Matter, Inc. Presents Heart: A Collection of Artist's Books for Libraries, Museums, and Collectors..... More
London: Sotheby & Co., 1939-1946. First edition. Soft cover. Complete in 6 volumes. Portions 1-4 were published in 1939, and the others in 1946 after the war. Variously paged (hundreds of items), many plates (many folding). If you don't have the space or the strength to handle the massive limited-edition..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 152p. Jacket by George Salter. Hazzard's second book, and first novel. More
London: The Verona Press, printed in 1939 but issued in 1947. Laurencin, Marie. Limited illustrated edition. Hardcover in good numbered slipcase (sturdy but soiled). 316p + 16 color lithographs by Marie Laurencin. Designed by Hans Mardersteig and printed at the Officina Bodoni, Verona. World War II delayed the actual publication..... More
N.p. [Norfolk, UK]: 1885. North, Hilda F. Hardcover (original boards and leather spine, with ribbon). [28]p, each with a lively watercolor on the recto. Signed on endpaper: "Hilda F. North, Rougham Hall Norfolk, Jan. 1885. Aged 16 1/2." Her married initials, H.Z., are also there. Within a modern enclosure. Ca..... More
Lehigh, Ind. Ter. [Oklahoma]: No stated publisher, 1898. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. One newsprint sheet advertising the services of the trotting stallion Gold Dust, "the best bred horse west of the Mississippi River." Ca. 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. In the late 1800s Lehigh, located in coal country..... More
Paris: Sold at Librairie des Mathurins, 1900-1901. First edition. Three-quarter leather (front cover detached). Originally subtitled Revue Elegante et Pratique. Volume 1, numbers 1-12 (May 1900-April 1901). Variously paged, many ills. and plates. Plate 5 in no. 2 is misbound in no. 3. Retitled and redesigned with number 5 (September)..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1966. Sendak, Maurice. Fourth printing (1st pub. 1964). Hardcover. 43p, many line ills. by Maurice Sendak. Small neat inscription by Sendak on front endpaper, dated May 9, '66, in the owner's presence. Unclipped jacket is very slightly shelf smudged. An exceptional copy of this fable about a...... More
New York: John W. Lovell, 1890. No stated edition. Soft cover. 171p + 15p of publisher's ads. Line ills. on front and back covers. No. 7 in the monthly Lovell's Detective Series. Covers age browned and a little stained; pages are browned but very clean. Binding is tight. Tales of..... More
Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1838. First American edition. Hardcover in slipcase. 2 vols.: 200, 195 pp, no ills. Ex libris "From the Books at Farandnear." Old (original?) quarter cloth and plain paper boards, with old paper spine labels. In modern slipcase and matching chemises.(ribbons frayed away). Scattered age..... More
[Windsor, VT?]: No stated publisher, [1820s]. Peabody, Moody Morse. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. Stipple engraving of a coaching scene. Caption reads "Engraved by Peabody, for Simon Ide, Windsor, Vermont." Printed on one side of thin paper. Ca. 13 x 5 1/2 inches. Wrinkled; large piece torn away from upper..... More
London: Hulton Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 128p, 440 photos. Fwds. by The Duke of Beaufort and H.M. Llewellyn. Step-by-step photo analysis of many aspects of riding, from beginning to advanced work on the flat and over jumps. Includes lungeing the horse and rider, riding through passage, jumping including cross-country..... More
N.p. [Wilmington, DE?]: National Vulcanized Fibre Co., 1937. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 20p, several photos. Introduction to the forward seat. Nothing is here that isn't in his other books, but of interest because this brochure was sponsored by a boot-tree company. One page on "The Selection and Care of..... More
London: Percy Young, 1896. First English-language edition. Hardcover. 128p, many line ills. No jacket, probably as issued. Trans. from French. Detailed, informative study of the interaction of the horse's anatomy and conformation with the mechanics of its movement. One of the best of many such studies by the French military..... More
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Lexington, KY: Blood-Horse, 1957. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. 1325-1370, many photos. Two pages are partly cut out. One half of an advertising page is missing (probably a photo of Ambiorix and Atlantic City schedule of races). The other cut-out page is a very short article, affecting no other text..... More
New York: Scribner's, n.d. Brown, Paul. Later printing (1st pub. 1950). Hardcover. [96]p, many ills. by Brown. Copyright date line reads E-4.67 [MH]. Light dampstain to back cover and inside back of jacket, not visible from the outside. Jacket is price-clipped. Further adventures of Bud and Lynn, Pony Farm, and..... More
Germany: Cadmos, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 128p, many ills. and photos, many in color. In German. To accompany their text, the authors pair details of original La Guerniere illustrations with contemporary photos of riders performing the same movements--shoulder-in, volte, levade, capriole, etc. The horses in the photos are Andalusian and..... More
N.p. [Utica?]: No stated publisher, 1934. First edition. Stapled softcover. 36p, several photos. The show was held at the Troop "A" Cavalry Armory, Utica. Entries for a wide range of over 40 classes--draft teams, hunter-jumper, pony, park and saddle, western, etc. The entrants included members of the Troop "A" Civil..... More
Caen: Musee de Normandie, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. 200p, many ills., many in color. No jacket, as issued. In French. Catalogue of a wonderful exhibition that was held at the time of the World Equestrian Games in France. Divided into sections on the history of classical horsemanship, equitation as spectacle..... More
N.p. [Buffalo?]: Privately printed, n.d. [1972?]. First edition. Soft cover. 180, 140 pp., many photos. Vol. 1 is inscribed by Knox to "Charlie and Gloria." Knox's memoirs of a lifetime of polo with his beloved Aurora club, plus chapters on shooting, skiing, farming, showing horses and dogs, and Aiken. Printed..... More
N.p. N.d. [ca. 1890-1900?]. Hardcover. 10p of card stock, on which are mounted 10 original ambrotypes. No text. Probably of English origin, as most of the products are from Britain, the British Empire, and Europe. Someone took great care and pride in composing these artful displays of food and drink..... More
Vienna and Leipzig: F. Tempsky and G. Freytag, 1907. Lefler, Heinrich; Joseph Urban. First edition. Hardcover (decorative paper-covered boards). 64p, many decorative ills. and 16 color pls. Covers worn as often, and stained, as pictured. This title with its festive pictures probably got a lot of family use. Internally very..... More
Paris: Ernest Flammarion, n.d. [1904]. Bonnard, Vallotton. First edition. Sewn soft cover. 346p, 67 pls. by Pierre Bonnard. Front cover color ill. by Bonnard; back cover color ill. by Felix Vallotton for Renard's Poil de Carotte (1902). In original glassine jacket (spine chipped). In custom-made later box. Ex libris Deirdre..... More
Boston: [Author], n.d. [ca.1919]. No stated edition. Sewn softcover. [20]p + 7 pls. (photos printed in sepia). Printed in red and black, title mounted on cover. Prospectus and information about the school, founded in 1908 and located at 4 Arlington Street, Boston. With list of the faculty, school calendar for..... More
Philadelphia: 1761. Unbound sheet. Written in ink in a very neat hand. Old light folds. Dated Philadelphia, October 7, 1760. Addressed on the reverse to [Sister] Rebeckah Langly, Bethlehem. Ca. 7 1/2 x 9 inches. In search of a second wife and a mother to his two children, widower Brother..... More
