New York: Columbia University Press, 1936. First edition. 455p + 4 pls. and 13 maps and charts. No jacket (as issued?). Chapters on the "age of self-sufficiency," the coming of the railroad, rural decline and the lure of the city, the sheep and dairy industries, forestry, farmer education, summer recreation..... More
Mount Morris, IL: Brethren's Pub. Co., 1893. Moore, A.F., Jr. First edition. Hardcover. 127p, 28 pls. by A.F. Moore, Jr. (some aftrer photos). Covers shelf-rubbed, edges rubbed; hinges cracked but binding sturdy. A little light marginal staining. On early training, bitting, training to drive and ride, and correcting vices, all..... More
New York: Morgan Horse Club, 1920. Reprint. Stapled paperbound. Pp. 91-174, 1 ill. (Hale's Green Mountain Morgan). Reprint of the chapters on Origin of the Morgan Horse, Memoir and Description of the Justin Morgan, History and Description of the Stallions Sired by the Justin Morgan [Sherman, Woodbury, and Bulrush], and..... More
St. Louis: Banner Buggy Co., n.d. [ca. 1920]. No stated edition. Hardcover. 60p, many phiotos and line ills. printed in red and black against yellow backgrounds. Rebound in buckram, stamped with initials J.A.R. Original embossed wrappers bound in (torn). Two small leather samples are missing (a third one is present)..... More
![A Treatise of Veterinary Medicine [2 vols. in one]. James White](/pictures/thumb/30204.jpg?v=1623336722)
London: J. Badcock and W. Bristow (Canterbury); J. Johnson, n.d. [1802?]; 1806. Hardcover (rebound in cloth, gilt-stamped paper shelf label). Vol. 1 comprises the second edition of A Compendium of the Veterinary Art. Vol. 2 comprises the third edition of the Materia Medica and Pharmacopoeia. Compendium: xii, 14 stipple-engraved pls. (plate..... More
![Cedarbrook; The Life of My Horse [presentation copy]. Lucretia](/pictures/thumb/30201.jpg?v=1623334742)
New York: Privately Published, 1930. First edition. Hardcover (paper-covered boards). 73p, no ills. Short story told in the horse's voice to his young owner Trixy: Cedarbrook relates his life as a cowpony, polo mount, and rodeo racer. He is then sold and shipped East where he becomes a show jumper..... More
![The Bit and Spur [3 issues]. authors, ed. Bill Hagen](/pictures/thumb/30200.jpg?v=1623276132)
Billings, MT: Bill Hagen, 1944, 1950, 1951. First edition. Soft cover. Issues of November 1944, August 1950,and September 1951. From 24 to 32 pages, many photos and ads. Incorporating The Intermountain Horseman and Amateur Horseman magazines. This monthly magazine offered "Horse News for Horse Enthusiasts." News, short articles, etc., focusing..... More
Amarillo, TX: AQHA, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 549 pp., no ills. Covers lightly shelf-scuffed, outer pages lightly browned; overall very good and sturdy. No jacket, as issued. Index of all the Quarter Horses registered in the Official Stud Books 1 through 16 (1941 through 1962), registration numbers 1 through 210,000..... More
![Red Cross Membership Week [poster]; December 17 to 24 Join Now. American Red Cross, Paul Brown](/pictures/thumb/14825.jpg?v=1623355338)
No place: [American Red Cross], n.d. [1940s?]. Brown, Paul. First edition. Poster printed in red and green, ca. 14 x 22 inches. Number "28" printed in green in lower left. Dark area is due to shadow, not discoloration. Poster is shrinkwrapped against cardboard, which has creased across the middle. The..... More
1987. Forbis, Judith, et al. Nordarab (Arabians International): The Egyptian Issue. Copenhagen, August 1987 (vol. 5, no. 5). 50p, many photos, many in color. Good paperbound (light handling wear, outer pages foxed). Advertising information laid in. ** "A Short History of Egypt's Arabian Horses" by Forbis (taken from her book)..... More
![The Western Sidesaddle [2nd ed.]. Rhonda C. Watts Hettinger](/pictures/thumb/14914.jpg?v=1539198012)
Watts Hettinger, Rhonda C. The Western Sidesaddle. Wilton, NH: Side Saddle Source 2012. 2nd ed. (1st pub. 2002). 129p, many photos and line ills. New paperbound, but 2 small light stains on inside front cover and title page, as received from the publisher. Signed by the author. ** The revised..... More
![The Blood-Horse [1934 complete]. Thomas B. Cromwell, ed](/images/noimage.png)
Lexington, KY: Thomas B. Cromwell [The Blood-Horse], 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Two sturdy volumes containing all 52 weekly issues, with original covers bound in. Over 1400p total, photo on every front cover and occasional photos inside (chiefly stallions at stud). Vol. 1 also lists the 1933 stakes winners (alphabetically and..... More
1932. Cromwell, Thomas B., ed. The Blood-Horse [1932 complete]. Lexington, KY, 1932. 2 volumes containing all 53 issues, with original covers bound in. Over 1600p total, photo on every front cover and occasional photos inside (chiefly stallions at stud). Very good hardcover: hardcovers soiled and rubbed (especially one corner); magazine..... More
1958. Galerie im Erker. Otto Dix: Gemalde, Zeichnungen, Grafik. St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1958. 20p, many black-and-white ills. Very good paperbound. Owner's neat ink name. ** Texts by Otto Nebel on Dix's war subjects, and by Otto Conzelmann on "overcoming sentimentality." There is no list of the items in the exhibition..... More
Paris: Societe d'Editions Parisiennes Associes, Summer 1975 (n.s. 36). First edition. Soft cover. 78p, many photos. Cover wear; internally clean, complete. In French. This "non-conformist" magazine turns its irreverent attention to French racing (mostly flat, also some trotting): its history, betting combinations and tricks, and the scandal of the 1973..... More
Caligari: Paolo Pisano, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 174p, many photos and line ills., several in color. Monograph on the pre-Christian grotto-crypt of the church of Santa Restituta in Caligari, Sardinia, and its excavation. Chapters on its history, some reproductions and transcriptions of documents relating to the later church, inscriptions found..... More
Cleveland: Ivan J. Bezugloff, Jr., 1976. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 50p, many photos and ads. Cover soil and wear. Articles on various national dressage and three-day teams and their prospects at the 1976 equestrian Olympics: US, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Denmark, Canada, USSR, Poland, and France. The articles were..... More
Frankfurt: Societats-Verlag, 1930. First edition. Soft cover. 16p, several ills. + 200 ills., mostly full-page plates. They are numbered to 199; the 200th is the half-title photo. Half-title page detached. Original covers chipped. Text in German; captions in German, French, and English. Short survey of the first 30 years of..... More
New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1969. De Kooning. First edition. Stapled soft cover. [28]p + 2 folded inserts comprising the Hess text and the list of paintings and drawings. Many ills., including 4 large color plates and 4 installation photos of the Janis exhibitions in 1953, 1956, and 1959. Covers..... More
[New York?]: No stated photographer, n.d. [ca. 1860-69]. First edition. Unbound CDVs. Three photographs of three different vehicles, all photographed against a backdrop and with a Brewster & Baldwin sign and the 786 Broadway address. One shows a gent leaning against what looks like a painted pillar. A strip of..... More
!["What They Said"--Postscript to Art Criticism [MoMA benefit]. Jerome Mellquist, ed](/pictures/thumb/30186.jpg?v=1622056063)
New York: Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1949. First edition. Stapled soft cover. [24]p, several ills. Covers lightly age soiled. Laid in: list of MoMA patrons. Catalogue of an exhibition of 18 MoMA treasures held for the benefit of the Museum of Modern Art's 20th anniversary. Collects comments by contemporaneous art critics, writers..... More
![Score Card [harness and flat racing]. Geneva Pre-Emption Park, NY](/pictures/thumb/30183.jpg?v=1622054223)
No stated place [Geneva, NY?]: No stated publisher, N.d. [1890s]. First edition. Unbound card. One card, ca. 5 ½ x 7 inches. Pencil notes on both sides, though not full race results. Creased, worn, edge tears. No loss. Lists 2 trotting races and 1 running race, each with a few..... More
![Private Dictionary of the Arts [1 of 500, inscribed]. Peter Fingesten](/pictures/thumb/30181.jpg?v=1622053333)
New York: Lyle Stuart, 1958. Limited Edition. Soft cover. [16]p, several black-and-white line ills. by Fingesten. Cover wear and fading; staples rusted; first pages lightly stained at bottom. Die-cut front cover revealing the word "private." A send-up of artistic terms and concepts by the German-born artist and educator Peter Fingesten..... More
![Milton Avery [his first career retrospective]. Frederick S. Wight](/pictures/thumb/30180.jpg?v=1622053333)
Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, N.d. [1952]. First edition. Soft cover. 20p, 10 color ills. + color cover. Covers loosening, handling wear and soil. Back cover paint stained, probably courtesy of the previous artist-owner. Milton Avery's first career retrospective exhibition. Eighty five works were shown at the Baltimore Museum of..... More
New York: Dwan Gallery, 1966. First edition. Soft cover. Exhibition catalogue of ten works in various media by Carl Andre, Jo Baer, Dan Flavin, Don Judd, Sol Lewitt, Agnes Martin, Robert Morris, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Smithson, and Michael Steiner. Each work is illustrated with one full-page black-and-white photo. There are..... More
