1888. Caran d'Ache, pseud. [Emmanuel Poire]. Les Courses dans l'Antiquite. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit, n.d. [1888]. 63p, many color ills. by the author. Fair hardcover (pictorial boards worn, rebacked); page wear. In French. ** Large album of cartoons loosely based on horse racing through history, by a popular caricaturist of..... More
![August in Saratoga [in scarce d.j.]. Bert Clark Thayer](/pictures/thumb/15117.jpg?v=1581542763)
1937. Thayer, Bert Clark. August in Saratoga. Sagamore Press 1937. 80p, 109 black-and-white photos by the author. Good hardcover: back cover damp-spotted, light narrow marginal dampstain to last two pages; else internally near fine. In very scarce original glassine d.j. (quite torn, yellowed). Mounted on the back of the jacket..... More
1947. Hervey, John. The American Trotter. NY: Coward-McCann 1947. xi, 550p + many photos and old ills. Good sturdy hardcover (some fore-edges stained or foxed); no d.j. ** Still the best history of the Standardbred horse in America (including its Morgan roots) up to the mid-20th century, by a renowned..... More
2005. Wright, Alison. The Pollaiuolo Brothers: The Arts of Florence and Rome. Yale University Press 2005. 572p, ca. 350 ills., many in color. Fine hardcover in fine d.j. ** Re-examines the brothers' careers and their paintings and sculpture in the context of their time. "Provides the definitive account of the..... More
1957. Wight, Frederick S. Hans Hofmann. Whitney Museum of American Art / Art Galleries of UCLA, 1957. 67p, many ills., many in color. Good paperbound (covers faded, lightly shelfworn; outer pages foxed). Neat ink name, 1957. ** Major retrospective. Includes "The Color Problem in Pure Painting" by Hofmann. Designed by..... More
1962. Schwitters, Kurt, and Raoul Hausmann. PIN and the Story of PIN. London: Gaberbocchus Press 1962. 56p, many photos and line ills. Very good paperbound (covers foxed). The original edition. ** Documents and prints the content of an artists magazine that was never realized. Introduction, "The Story of PIN," by..... More
2016. Ruscha, Ed. Ed Ruscha: Ribbon Words. NY: Edward Tyler Nahem 2016. Curated by Dieter Buchhart. 104p, many ills., most in color. Very good hardcover; no d.j. (as issued?). One of 2000 copies. ** Exhibition of Ruscha's calligraphic lines, handwriting, and nuanced drawings of words in the form of trompe-l'oeil..... More
1941. Noyes, Eliot F. Organic Design in Home Furnishings. NY: Museum of Modern Art 1941. 48p, ca. 90 photos and line ills. Very good paperbound in fair d.j. (3-inch closed tear to bottom of front jacket). Covers and jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. ** Presents the winners of a...... More
Marquardt & Company, Fine Papers. Design & Paper: 10 assorted issues. Nos. 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. NY: Marquardt, n.d. [1940s]. Variously paged, many ills., some in color. Very good paperbounds (some light shelfwear or soil; occasional loose gatherings). ** Each issue showcases various papers..... More
![Notice des Emaux Exposes dans le Galleries du Musee du Louvre [etc.]. comte de Laborde](/pictures/thumb/A6369.jpg?v=1581542105)
1852. Laborde [Leon Emmanuel Simon Joseph], comte de. Notice des Emaux Exposes dans les Galleries du Musee du Louvre [and] Notice des Emaux, Bijoux et Objets Divers, Exposes [etc.]. Paris: Vinchon 1852, 1853. 2 vols., totaling ca. 900p, several examples of artist signatures or marks and some small mounted ills..... More
![Fritz Wotruba [+ 2 pieces]. Galerie im Erker](/pictures/thumb/A6372.jpg?v=1581176584)
1969. Galerie im Erker. Fritz Wotruba [+ 2 pieces]. St. Gallen, 1969. 52p, many ills. Very good paperbound. Together with: invitation to the show, prospectus for Wotruba's portfolio of lithographs, Verwandlungen. ** Important exhibition catalogue, with texts by Herbert Read, Jean Cassou, Theodor Adorno, Toni Stadler, and Wotruba (on Robert..... More
2007. Elderfield, John, et al. Martin Puryear. NY: Museum of Modern Art 2007. 216p, 165 ills. (142 in color). Very good hardcover (top corners lightly bumped) in good d.j. (lightly shelfworn). ** Major exhibition of Puryear's sculpture and mixed media work from 1977 on, including works shown here for the..... More
1919. Behne, Adolf. Die Widerkehr der Kunst. Leipzig: Kurt Wolff 1919. 113p, no ills. Very good paperbound in original wrappers, rebound in buckram. Very occasional pencil underlining. ** On the "revival" or "reappearance" of art, a call for modernism in architecture. The first edition of this early book by Behne..... More
![The Boy's Alphabet Book [1 of 1000]. Ian Hamilton Finlay, Dave Paterson](/pictures/thumb/A6182.jpg?v=1553603532)
Paterson, Dave. Finlay, Ian Hamilton, and Dave Paterson. The Boy's Alphabet Book. Toronto: Coach Press 1976. [56]p, 26 pls. printed in blue-black ink. Fine paperbound. One of 1000 copies. ** An alphabet book consisting of Paterson's photographs of "actual objects" that were made by Finlay: toy boats, aircraft, guns, tanks..... More
1857. Cousin, M.V. Lectures on the True, the Beautiful, and the Good. Increased by an Appendix on French Art. NY: Appleton 1857. Trans. by O.W. Wight. 391p. Fair (cover wear; marginal stains and foxing); more details on request. ** Based on Cousin's lectures on aesthetic and moral philosophy in Paris..... More
1994. Tellington-Jones, Linda. The Tellington TTouch for Horses + 3 other publications. La Quinta, CA: Thane Marketing 1994. Variously paged, many photos. Very good paperbounds. ** The first title covers getting started with TTEAM, starting foals and young horses, trailering, ground driving, etc., republished from the TTEAM newsletter. Together with..... More
1892. Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Co. Wagons, Buggies, and Carriages: World's Fair Edition 1892-1893 [cover title]. South Bend, IN [1892]. Title page reads: General Catalogue and Illustrated Hand Book of Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Etc. 128p, dozens of line ills. Very good paperbound, with a small hole and string for hanging up..... More
1955. O'Connell, Alice L. The Blue Mare in the Olympic Trials. Boston: Little, Brown, 1955. 1st ed. 225p, many line ills. by Paul Brown. Fair hardcover (skewed from reading, bottom of front cover and spine stained). No d.j. Internally sturdy and clean. Owner's neat ink name. ** Beloved children's/young adult..... More
1892. National Carriage & Harness Retail Dealers' Protective Association. National Carriage & Harness Retail Dealers' Protective Journal. Troy, NY: Journal Pub. Co., July 1892 (vol. 3, no. 2). 74p, many line ills. (several printed in blue, 2 printed with red). Good paperbound (spine reinforced, front cover damp-spotted). ** Official organ..... More
1930. Licart, Lieutenant [Jean]. "The Barb." PHOTOCOPY of a long article in an unidentified 1930s issue of The Cavalry Journal, pp. 559-579, several ills. Very good, loose sheets. ** Translation of part of Le Cheval Barbe et Son Redressage (1930). On "the Barb as he is found, and as he..... More
1990. Bruns, Ursula. Reiten mit FS: Freizeit im Sattel. Bonn, n.d. [ca. 1990]. 136p, many photos and line ills. Very good paperbound. In German. ** Collection of wide-ranging articles on recreational riding of many kinds, training horses for many disciplines, etc. Includes riding Icelandic horses, how to pony a horse..... More
1936. Blunn, C.T., and C.E. Howell. "The Inheritance of White Facial Markings in Arabian Horses." PHOTOCOPY of an article published in The Journal of Heredity, Aug. 1936. Pp. 293-299 + 4 photos, 4 charts. Very good, loose sheets. ** The authors used data from the Arabian Horse Club stud books..... More
1844. M'Adam, William. Observations on Single-Horse Carts. Bath: H.E. Carrington 1844. 19p + many line ills. on 5 pls. Good paperbound (soiled, spine reinforced; plates browned). From the library of W.B. Lowe, Stratford on Avon, a Shire horse breeder in the 1880s (his blind stamp on front cover). ** On..... More
1980. Bloom, Lynda. Fitting & Showing the Halter Horse. NY: Prentice Hall 1980. 216p, many photos. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (short tears). ** The first book on the subject, written for beginning exhibitors. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate... More
1917. Sanders, Alvin Howard, with Wayne Dinsmore. Name Index to A History of the Percheron Horse. Chicago: Breeder's Gazette 1917. 22p. Very good, loose sheets. ** PHOTOCOPY of the long index to people and horses named in the book. It was issued separately from most editions of the book. Can..... More
