1965. Conrad, Joseph; ed. David R. Smith. Conrad's Manifesto: Preface to a Career. The History of the Preface to The Nigger of the "Narcissus." Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press for the Rosenbach Foundation, 1966. 82p + original wood-engraved frontispiece portrait of Conrad by Leonard Baskin. Fine hardcover (marbled boards) within board..... More
![The Gardens of Kijkuit [signed by John D. Rockefeller]. Welles Bosworth, Arnold Genthe](/pictures/thumb/A6514.jpg?v=1595449863)
1919. Bosworth, Welles; photos by Arnold Genthe. The Gardens of Kijkuit. Privately Printed (Norman T.A. Munder & Co., Printers, Baltimore), 1919. N.p., many large halftone pls. from photos by Arnold Genthe + folding plan of the house and gardens. Grey boards in stab binding sewn with original silk ribbon. Light..... More
2013. Rubinfien, Leo, ed. Garry Winogrand. Yale University Press for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2013. 464p, 460 duotone photos. Fine hardcover in near-fine d.j. (slightly shelf smudged). Photo is a little cropped. ** Mammoth retrospective, with texts by Sarah Greenough, Susan Kismaric, Tod Papageorge, and others. Very large..... More
Internationaal Antiquariaat (Menno Hertzberger). Group of 11 rare book catalogues. Amsterdam, 1920s-ca. 1958. Variously paged and illustrated. Good paperbounds (cover soil, occasional pencil notes). ** Cats. 38 (1920s), 43, 49, 50, 75 (1934?), 93, 100 (1940?), 149, 174, 190 (Sixty-Two Incunabula, 1950s), 220 (Incunabula, 1958?). Manuscripts, incunabula, Bodoni, emblem books..... More
Hiersemann, Karl W. [bookseller]. Group of 5 catalogues. Leipzig, 1923-1931. Variously paged and illustrated. Very good paperbounds (paper age browned, occasional pencil notes). ** Cats. 517 (1923), 591, 595, 609, 612 (1931). Incunabula and other early printing, manuscripts, bindings, etc., in many fields, including 20th-century books. More details on request..... More
1930. Gottschalk, Paul. Catalogue X: Rare and Early Printed Books, Autographs and Manuscripts, Early English Literature, Miniatures, Bindings. Berlin, 1930. 165 items, many line ills. and photos + 2 folding pls. Good stapled paperbound (covers chipped, small piece out of back cover). Internally very good. In English. Scarce... More
Goldschmidt, E.P. [bookseller]. Collection of 72 rare book catalogues and lists. London, 1924-1980. Variously paged and illustrated, with color in the later numbers. Good to very good paperbounds (some cover soil and wear to the earlier numbers, occasional pencil notes). All internally very good and clean. Here's your chance to..... More
1939. Goldschmidt, E.P. & Co. Catalogue 52: Old Books. A Collection of Early Photographs and Books Commemorating the Centenary of Fox Talbot and Daguerre. London [1939]. 80p, several pls. Very good paperbound (light cover soil, top of spine chipped). ** Items 121-294 consist of books about Fox Talbot, Daguerre, the..... More
![Description and Directions Use and Care of Cavalry Equipment [reprint]. U S. War Dept](/pictures/thumb/16957.jpg?v=1594909571)
U.S. War Dept. Description and Directions for Use and Care of Cavalry Equipment (Model of 1912). No place, no date. Facsimile reprint of the 1916 edition. 58p + many photos and line ills. on 15 (of 17) pls. Very good stapled paperbound, though incomplete. Small museum store ink stamp at..... More
2003. Ramey, Pete. Making Natural Hoof Care Work for You. Harrison, AR: Star Ridge 2003. Fwd. by Jaime Jackson. 168p, many photos and line ills. Very good large paperbound. ** "A hands-on manual for natural hoof care. All breeds of horses and all equestrian disciplines. For horse owners, farriers, and..... More
1898. Perry, Walter Copeland. The Revolt of the Horses. London: Grant Richards 1898. 230p + 16p of publisher's ads (dated Autumn 1897, making this an early issue). Good hardcover in pictorial binding by John Hassall. Scattered foxing to opening pages and a few other pages; fore-edges foxed; endpapers age browned;..... More
1900. No author. The Harness Makers' Guide. Walsall: Office of "Saddlery and Harness" 1900. 60p (including 2p of ads), several line ills. Poor stapled paperbound: front cover missing, back cover detached and torn, overall worn and soiled. Content is complete. Scarce in any condition; priced accordingly. ** "Containing the lengths..... More
1873. Murray, William H.H. The Perfect Horse: How to Know Him. How to Breed Him. How to Train Him. How to Shoe Him. How to Drive Him. Boston: James R. Osgood 1876 (1st pub. 1873). xi, 480p + 4 (of 15) pls. (portraits of the "best trotting stock-horses in the..... More
![War Horse [1st U.S. ed. in d.j.]. Michael Morpurgo](/pictures/thumb/16955.jpg?v=1594909503)
1982. Morpurgo, Michael. War Horse. NY: Greenwillow 1982. 148p, no ills. Very good hardcover, unread, in very good unclipped d.j. with color ill. by Derek James. Would be fine except for owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one page margin. Old bookstore price sticker on front d.j. flap..... More
![Cicero and the Silver Drums [presentation copy]. Gwen Morgan](/pictures/thumb/8564.jpg?v=1594909480)
1972. Morgan, Gwen. Cicero and the Silver Drums. London: Arlington 1972. 54p, many photos by the author, 1 in color. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (front torn). Presentation copy from the author ** How a 17-hand skewbald Irish carthorse became Elizabeth II's royal drum horse in the Queen's Life..... More
![Exercising a Thoroughbred, State Fair, Pueblo, Colorado [stereo card]. B. W. Kilburn, publisher](/pictures/thumb/16958.jpg?v=1594909429)
1907. Kilburn, B.W., publisher. Exercising a Thoroughbred, State Fair, Pueblo, Colorado. Stereo card, copyright 1907 by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, NH. No. 17025 of an unidentified series. Very good (light handling soil to card). Image background is printed a little light. Two ink names on back, dated 1910. ** Young man..... More
Genestoux, Magdeleine du. M. Terrible a la Chasse. [Paris] Hachette, n.d. [1920s-30s]. 20p, many small ills., 8 color pochoir pls., and color cover by Harry Eliott. Sewn card covers. Light cover soil, dampstain to top of front cover, small snag to base of spine. Pages age browned. Overall a very..... More
Army and Navy Stores, London. [Catalogue of Saddlery, Harness, Carriage, and Forage Department]. N.d. [1890s]. Ca. 30p, many line ills. Poor paperbound: lacks front cover; pictures of 2 lamps and 1 saddle or pannier cut out, with loss also to text. Tops of a few pages mistrimmed, with a little..... More
1953. Estes, Joe A. American Race Horses 1952: An Annual Review of the Breeding and the Performances of the Outstanding Thoroughbreds of the Year Engaged in Racing, Steeplechasing and Hunt Races. NY: Sagamore Press and A.S. Barnes, 1953. 132p, many photos. Very good hardcover in very good original acetate d.j...... More
1947. Palmer, Joe H. American Race Horses 1946: An Annual Review of the Breeding and the Performances of the Outstanding Thoroughbreds of the Year Engaged in Racing, Steeplechasing, and Hunt Races. Sagamore Press 1947. Over 160p, many photos. Very good hardcover (pages age browned, as always). No d.j. From the..... More
1919. The Arab Horse Society. The Arab Horse Stud Book: Vol. 1. Lewes, England, 1919. 144p + several photos. Good sturdy hardcover (quarter leather, marbled boards; spine rather scuffed). ** This first volume of the British register of Arabian mares and stallions includes a preface by D.B. Montefiore. Col. E.T...... More
1944. Knott, M. O'Malley, with Page Cooper. Gone Away with O'Malley: Seventy Years with Horses, Hounds and People. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1944 (wartime edition). 280p, many line ills. by Paul Brown. Near fine hardcover (slight edge fading): rebound in half leather, marbled boards and endpapers. Gilt-stamped spine. Author's..... More
2010. Wall, Maryjean. How Kentucky Became Southern: A Tale of Outlaws, Horse Thieves, Gamblers, and Breeders. University Press of Kentucky 2010. 291p, several ills. New hardcover in new d.j. ** History of the Kentucky Thoroughbred industry from the early 19th century to the present--its highs and lows, and the role..... More
Rais, Kathleen; later doing business as Cynogetica. Five bookseller catalogues of dog books. Published variously in Bloomington, IN, Philadelphia, and Phoenixville, PA, 1980s-1993/94. Good paperbounds, with some mailing wear (details on request). ** Catalogues 4 (not shown in photo), 10, 11, 13, and 15. Except for Cat. 4, which is..... More
Merts & Riddle, Coach and Hearse Builders. [Catalogue]. Ravenna, OH, n.d. [1880s]. 50p, many full-page wood-engravings of horse-drawn hearses; 2p of decorative devices; view of the firm's factory on cover and title page. Good stapled paperbound (cover soil, spine chipped, front endpapers soiled); internally overall very good and clean. **..... More
