1938. Bragdon, Claude. More Lives Than One. NY: Knopf 1938. 1st ed. Over 360p + 16 photos. Frontispiece portrait photo by Doris Ulmann. Good hardcover (a few bottom page corners chipped away) in fair d.j. designed by Bragdon. Owner's ink stamp on front endpaper. ** Memoirs of the "projective ornament"..... More
1992. Beard, Geoffrey. The Work of Robert Adam. London: Bloomsbury 1992 (1st pub. 1978). 243p, 60 ills., many in color. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** Good introduction and pictorial survey of Adam's work, the first such study since 1922. (Pub. at $35.00) Can be sent outside the..... More
1972. Baudouin, F. Rubens et Son Siecle. Antwerp: Fonds Mercator 1972. 285p, over 160 ills., 47 of them large tipped-in color pls. Very good hardcover (covers lightly smudged); lacks d.j. In French, translated from Dutch. ** Very comprehensive work on Rubens and his time. Large and heavy; shipping/handling will be..... More
1970. Baskin, Leonard. Baskin: Sculpture Drawings Prints. NY: Braziller 1970. 170p, 136 large pls. Near fine hardcover in very good d.j. (sunned). ** Text by Baskin plus his own selection of 136 "of his finest works": sculpture, drawings, and prints. Long bibliography. Book and jacket designed by Baskin; jacket and..... More
1979. Dubuc, Andre, introd.; Lucien Andrieu, et al., eds. Les Abbayes de Normandie. Rouen: Lecerf 1979. 354p, several photos and line ills. Good paperbound (covers scuffed). In French. ** Proceedings of the XIIIe Congres des Societes Historiques et Archeologiques de Normandie. Scholarly papers on many aspects of art and life..... More
1953. Rotch, Jane Whitehill. English Country Houses of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. B.A. Honors Essay, Radcliffe College, 1953. 76p + several ills. and plans. Typescript (chiefly originals; some carbon-copy pages), fastened crookedly in clamp binder. Occasional pencil notes, perhaps by a faculty member. Based on an ink note, the..... More
1964. Bodelsen, Merete. Gauguin's Ceramics: A Study in the Development of His Art. London: Faber and Faber 1964. 238p, ca. 200 ills., several in color. Very good hardcover in fair d.j. ** Important study of the "some sixty ceramic pieces that Gauguin executed in the late 1880s and early 1890's..... More
1822. Loweneck, Friedrich von. Haupt-Momente aus der Abrichtungs-Kunst des polnischen respective des Moldauer-Pferdes fur Cavallerie Offiziere und Pferdeliebhaber [on cavalry horse training in the Polish manner]. Augsburg: Joseph Rosl 1822. xiv, long list of subscribers, 132p + 2 hand-colored diagrams showing formations. Very good hardcover. In beautiful later binding: marbled..... More
1961. Konyot, Arthur. The White Rider: My 60 Years as a Circus Equestrian as told to William D. Reichman. Barrington, IL: Hill and Dale Press 1961. xi, 172p, several ills. by Elizabeth Mihalyi + 33p of photos. No. 181 of 250 "specially bound copies," signed by both authors. Very good..... More
1950. Duncan, Augustus. Horsemanship. No publishing information [1950s?]. 11p, printed on one side. Duplicated stapled typescript. ** Introduction to riding, "compiled for the National Lancers from standard works and U.S. Army Regulation by outstanding instructors at The U.S. Army School of Equitation at Ft. Riley, Kansas." Can be sent outside..... More
1967. Williams, Warren and Elsie, eds. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Tully Williams: An Autobiography. Boise, ID: Privately Printed 1976. 261p, a few ills. Very good paperbound, reproduced from typescript as issued. No. 77 of an unspecified limited edition, signed by Warren Williams and Elsie Williams. ** Publishes a 1945..... More
2000. Gudnason, Kathy. Notable Quarter Horse Sires 1900-1964. [Wamego, KS] Premier Publishing 2000. Ca. 250p, 1 ill. Photocopied and comb-bound paperbound, as issued. Nearly new. ** Compiles 4-generation pedigrees, race and show records, and summaries of race and show get, for 208 influential Quarter Horse sires in the first half..... More
1987. Langdon, William G. Fouler: Polo Manual. Colbert, WA: Langdon Enterprises 1987. 74p, many line ills. Very good large paperbound, comb-bound (light shelfwear). Laid in: photocopied diagram that either adds to or corrects the text. ** Manual on polo fouling and how players and teams can prevent it to avoid..... More
1988. Nemethy, Bertalan de. The de Nemethy Method: Modern Techniques for Training the Show Jumper and Its Rider. NY: Doubleday 1988. Fwd. by William Steinkraus. 192p, 114 photos by Alix Coleman, 45 line ills. by Heather St. Clair Davis. Very good hardcover in almost very good d.j. (private owner's shelf..... More
![Maine Horse Breeders' Monthly: 1884 [11 issues]. J. W. Thompson, ed](/pictures/thumb/15799.jpg?v=1539198022)
1884. Thompson, J.W., ed. The Maine Horse Breeders' Monthly: 1884. Canton, ME. Eleven monthly issues of volume 6, lacking July. Pp. 1-240, a few line ills; ads. Good paperbound (covers chipped, as usual). Name of J.B. Sanders written on front covers. ** A great primary source on 19th-century American horses..... More
![Palomino Progress: Official Stud Book & Registry, vol. 1, no. 1 [1942]. Palomino Horse Breeders...](/pictures/thumb/3080.jpg?v=1570915327)
1942. Palomino Horse Breeders of America. Palomino Progress: Official Stud Book and Registry, vol. 1, no. 1. Mineral Wells, TX, July 1942. 172p, many photos (those of horses are printed in light sepia, 1 in color). Very good paperbound (textured gold foil); outer pages foxed. ** The first volume of..... More
![Le Cheval a travers les Ages [exposition 1971]. MM. Galiano, Chateau de Chateaudun](/pictures/thumb/14329.jpg?v=1539198009)
1971. Galiano, MM., et al., eds., plus groups such as La Societe d'Encouragement pour l'Amelioration des Races de Chevaux en France, and several others. Le Cheval a travers les Ages. Chateau de Chateaudun, 1971. [132]p, reproduced from typescript as issued and printed on rectos only, so there are 64p of..... More
1967. United States Polo Association. Polo '67. No place, 1967. 76p, many photos and ads. Good paperbound (ink note on front cover, closed tear to back cover). ** Articles on the Copa de las Americas, intercollegiate polo in 1967, the polo mount, Tommy Hitchcock, polo as a risk exercise, overseas..... More
1926. Harms, Bernard. Untersuchungen an Haaren von Hannoverschen Warmblutpferden [Investigations into the Coat of Hanoverian Warmblood Horses]. Halle: Heinrich John 1926. 80p + 7p of line ills., many tables of measurements. Fair paperbound (spine chipped, covers soiled, internally sound and clean). In German. ** Technical doctoral dissertation analyzing the qualities..... More
1988. Crepin-Leblond (publisher). Plaisirs Equestres 157-162. 1988 (complete). Six issues. Variously paged, many photos and other ills. Very good paperbound, with light spine wear. From the library of dressage master Dr. H.L.M. Van Schaik. In French. ** Complete year of this informative equestrian journal, with articles on many historical and..... More
1936. Hampton Horse Show Association. Official Program: Eighth Annual Exhibition Hampton Horse Show. Hampton, VA: Houston Printing House 1936. 40p, many small ills. Very good large paperbound (covers faded). ** Entries for 41 classes (hunter, jumper, hack, 3- and 5-gaited saddle horse), also the hound show. Indexes of horses and..... More
1963. Solomon, Alan R. Robert Rauschenberg. NY: Jewish Museum 1963. N.p., over 50 large monochrome ills. + color cover. Good paperbound (cover, fore-edges, and outer pages foxed). ** Rauschenberg's first solo museum show, and the first show in the Jewish Museum's new contemporary art program. Can be sent outside the..... More
1974. Sidney Janis Gallery. New Sculpture by George Segal. NY, 1974. [16]p, 17 ills. (1 in color), mostly large pls. Good paperbound (light handling wear). The diecut opening on the front cover is very good and intact. ** Checklist of 41 items; no other text. Can be sent outside the..... More
1963. Platschek, Hans; Galerie im Erker. Antoni Tapies. St. Gallen, Switzerland: Galerie im Erker 1963. 24p, many pls., 2 in color. Very good paperbound. Owner's neat ink name. ** Texts by Hans Platschek and Tapies ("Uber mein Schaffen"). Checklist of 18 items in the exhibition. Can be sent outside the..... More
1975. Omodeo, Anna, ed. Grafica per Orafi: Modelli del Cinque et Seicento. Florence: Istituto Universitario Olandese di Storia dell'Arte Firenze (no. 4), 1975. 75p + 137 small but generally clear ills. Very good paperbound. In Italian. ** Exhibition catalogue of over a hundred 15th- and 16th-century prints and drawings for..... More
