![Item #31108 Das Reiten der Dame [Women's Riding]. Hilda Dollmann](/pictures/thumb/31108.jpg?v=1663071725)
Berlin: Paul Parey, 1931. First and only edition. Hardcover. 88p, 8 text ills. + 12 photos. Lacks jacket, if issued. Covers soiled, some light foxing. Pencil underlining to contents page. In German. Sidesaddle manual, covering the basics and some advanced movements, plus further material on hunting, jumping, and dressage. Uncommon..... More
![Item #31106 Special Lines of Harness, Supplied by John Jardine, Nottingham; [Catalogue] No. 31....](/pictures/thumb/31106.jpg?v=1663071724)
Nottingham: John Jardine, n.d. [1906 from printer's code]. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 16p, many ills. Covers detached; foxed; creased; old stain on several pages. Complete. Saddle and harness maker Jardine was a "contractor to H.M. Government." This trade catalogue describes and prices several styles of harness for gig..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1928. Brown, Paul. One sheet, ca. 9 1/2 x 12 inches (photo is slightly cropped). The paper is age browned but not as dark as in the photo. The edges are chipped and creased; long crease along left side as shown. Matting and framing would hide these..... More
Ogdensburg, NY: Northern New York Publishing Company [printer], 1961. Remington, Frederic. "Limited edition" published for Canton's Remington Centennial Observance. Soft cover. 47p, many ills. + color ill. on cover. Recollections of Remington's early years in Canton, New York, taken from recollections, letters, diaries, etc. Most of the illustrations are photos..... More
Portland: Hoyt & Fogg, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. 332p (including 4p of publisher's ads), 3 ills. Covers worn; opening pages heavily foxed; some other foxing throughout; one gathering split though binding is sound. No jacket, as issued. Owner's ink name, 1875 (a Mr. Lufkin of Caribou, Maine). The work was..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1949. Dillon, Corinne. No stated edition; "A Guild Book" on spine, though no book club indication inside. Hardcover. 272p, ills. by Corinne Dillon. Lacks jacket. Narrow split between 2 pages, but binding is very sound. Owner's ink name on dedication page. Fondly remembered children's novel about Aristides..... More
![Item #31100 [Dedication of Cobbs Hill Reservoir, Rochester, New York, 1908?]. Unknown photographer](/pictures/thumb/31100.jpg?v=1662420844)
N.d. [ca. 1908]. No stated edition. Unbound. Large high-quality professional photograph, in sturdy mat and shrinkwrapped. Photo is ca. 16 x 20 inches, mat is ca. 21 x 15 inches. Photo is either laid down or mounted on black paper. Not examined under the mat. Civic pride on display here!..... More
Easthampton, MA: Warwick Press, n.d. [1993]. First edition. Unbound sheets. Folded card plus 2 loose sheets. Printed by offset in two colors. Ca. 4 x 5 1/2 inches. Publisher's prospectus. One sheet reads, "A gentle reminder to let friends, collectors, and book lovers everywhere know that Carol's nifty new alphabet..... More
![Item #31098 Michael Graves Draws Gatsby [cover title]. No named author, Andrew Hoyem?](/pictures/thumb/31098.jpg?v=1662420843)
San Francisco: Arion Press, [1984]. Graves, Michael. First edition. Stapled soft cover. [8]p, a few line drawings in brown by Michael Graves; photo of Graves on cover. Publisher's prospectus: "The Arion Press announces its fifteenth book to be published December 1, 1984: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrated..... More
Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1903. No stated edition. Hardcover (chromolithographed boards). [60]p, many line ills. taken from various sources; chromolithographed frontispiece and cover (two different images). The heavy newsprint pages are browned but very good and sound. Stories, anecdotes, and verse chiefly about animals and family life. They are by..... More
New York: E. Weyhe, n.d. [1944-45]. First edition. Unbound sheet. One sheet, ca. 9 x 12 inches folded. Creased across (probably from mailing), light age wear and soil. Promotes the "limited edition for libraries and collectors" of "a significant autobiography," Accent on America by designer Merle Armitage (1944). The edition..... More
Zurich: Amstutz & Herdeg, Graphis Press, 1950-1952. First edition. Sewn soft cover. Lot of 14 issues: numbers 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, and 40 through 44 of this "International Journal [later Bimonthly] for Graphic and Applied Art," all from volumes 6-8. Variously paged (each ca. 100p)..... More
![Item #31093 The Gehenna Press Is Pleased to Announce Its Continuation as an Active Press [etc.]....](/pictures/thumb/31093.jpg?v=1662420784)
Searsmont, ME: Gehenna Press, n.d. [1988-89]. Baskin, Leonard. First edition. Unbound sheets. Two nested folded sheets, making 8 pages total; 6 ills., mostly in color and mostly by Leonard Baskin. Ca. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches, folded. Publisher's prospectus, announcing "the establishment of [Gehenna Press's] subsidiary The Eremite Press..... More
Paris (printed in Vannes): Vogue, January 1945. First edition. Soft cover. 162p, hundreds of photos, drawings, and ads, many in full or two colors. Covers scrappy and detached, as shown. Light marginal dampstaining to opening pages, else internally overall good and complete. Haute couture, perfumes, and jewelry swirl confidently and..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [1880s-90s]. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. One newsprint broadsheet, folded once to make 4 pages. Large advertising flyer for Lee's "monster aggregation of living marvels. The most successful exhibition traveling of features that cannot be duplicated in America." Advertises educated horses, donkeys, and dogs; reed..... More
New York: Bantam Books, 1970. First edition. Soft cover. 118p, no ills. History of this influential mass-market paperback publisher, with a rundown of its bestselling titles, cover designs, production methods, etc. Long index of its in-print books as of 1970. In the mass-market format typical of Bantam books. Can be..... More
Providence: Rhode Island School of Design, 1987. First edition. Soft cover. 82p, over 60 ills., 4 in color. Designed by Malcom Grear Designers, printed by Meriden-Stinehour Press. Detailed exhibition catalogue of Victorian illuminated books in several genres--sacred texts, history of the book, secular literature, architecture and design, manuals and examples..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1992. First edition. Soft cover. 296p, ca. 500 ills., over 400 in color. Left side of photo is a little cropped. Substantial monograph, accompanying a major Royal Academy exhibition. Phillips describes the creation of his books, paintings, collages, postcards, and other works--successes and failures--in engaging and..... More
Berkeley: Saint Heironymous Press, n.d. [1970s]. Goines, David Lance. First edition. Soft cover. [12]p, several ills., some in color. Publisher's catalogue describing and illustrating books, stationery, posters, and practice paper for calligraphy (8 items in all). Most are designed by David Lance Goines. Includes a listing for "Thirty Recipes Suitable..... More
![Item #31085 Central Washington Agricultural Society Cattle Show and Fair [premium list]. No named...](/pictures/thumb/31085.jpg?v=1661858168)
Machias, ME: Furbish & Kingsley [printer], 1889. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 40p, a few line ills. in ads. Vest-pocket sized. About 16 pages list the prizes for dozens of classes for horses, livestock, manufactured items, arts and crafts (including the "best knit drawers"), crops and produce, and the trotting..... More
Paris: Le Goupy, 1925. Vernet, Carle. First edition. Soft cover. 204p, many ills. (mostly small). The binding is sewn but is quite loose. Scrappy remains of original glassine jacket. In French. Monograph on this 19th-century French painter and printmaker, best known for his many equestrian themes--hunting, the circus, the cavalry..... More
Pleasant Hill, OH: Jesse Beery, 1944. Revised editions (1st pub. ca. 1908). Stapled soft cover. Six of eight booklets. Each 32 to 40p, many line ills. Light blue covers; photo is too pale. The books cover Disposition and Subjection, Kicking and Balking, Shying and Running Away, Bad to Shoe and..... More
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2022. First edition. Soft cover. 436p, some ills. The first truly global history of veterinary medicine and animal healing, and how these practices have both shaped and been shaped by the social, cultural, and economic roles of animals from antiquity on. It ranges from Ayurvedic..... More
N.p. [Cleveland?]: [Sherwin, Williams], n.d. [ca. 1900-10?]. No stated edition. Unbound card stock. Trade card. Apparently removed from an album, with light rubbing along the back edges. Very slight edge wear; strip of dampstaining along one side of back. Ca. 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches. Advertises the firm's Coach..... More
N.p. [Brooklyn? New York?]: Long Island Kennel Club, 1912. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 58p, 1 ill. in an ad. Ca. 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Summary list of 739 classes, arranged by breed. This is prefaced by the AKC dog show rules and many pages listing the many..... More
