Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat der DDR, 1979. Reprint (1st pub. 1660). Hardcover. 189p, many line ills. No jacket (as issued?). In German black letter. Facsimile reprint of the 1660 German translation of Galiberto's Il Cavallo da Maneggio (1650). Covers horsemanship including airs above the ground; care and management, and bitting, with many..... More

Galashiels, Scotland: Craighead Bros. 1904. First edition. Hardcover (original cloth, gilt stamped). 341p, 67 ills. (line and photos). Covers rubbed, endpapers foxed, but in much better condition than usual. Pencil name of owner,dated 1904. An unusually wide-ranging guide, with chapters on early training to saddle and harness, yoking colts, jumping..... More

Washingon, DC: Folger Shakespeare Library, 1991. First edition. Soft cover. Introd. by Anthony Dent. 64p, many black-and-white ills. Catalogue of a large exhibition of English, French, German, and Italian books and prints on many aspects of Renaissance horses and horsemanship--military, literature, the great riding masters, carrousels, tournaments, travel, the law..... More

New York: J.W. Waring, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 342p, many photos and ads for equestrian and luxury goods (riding apparel, hotels, furs, ocean cruises, etc.). Unlike most volumes in the series, this one was published without a mounted cover photo. "Containing complete summaries of all recognized horse shows in the..... More

N.p. [India]: No stated publisher, n.d. [mailed in 1915]. No stated edition. Unbound postcard. Printed photo postcard, no. 242 of an unidentified publisher's series. Condition as shown.. Scrape in middle of building's roof. Mailed to England from Abu (Rajasthan hill station), July 3, 1915, postmarked over 2 half-anna stamps. It..... More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. 754-771, lacking pp. 757-78. Ca. 11 x 15 inches. Worn; pages are loosening. Dogeared, creased from folding. Incomplete issue, lacking one leaf of`18 total. The missing page may include information on fashions and/or women journalists. The equestrian material is..... More

N.p. [Nashville?]: Tennessee State Department of Agriculture, November 1945. Second edition. Soft cover. 55p, many photos. Covers, some pages and margins foxed. Published "as a deserved contribution to the great and revived horse breeding industry of Tennessee.” Van Cleave was commissioner of agriculture. Chapters on breeds associated with Tennessee--early Thoroughbreds..... More

Upperville, VA: Oak Spring Garden Library, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. lxxiii, 427p, over 100 ills., most in color including many large pls. Fwd. by Rachel Lambert Mellon. Very small stain to back of jacket, which is cropped on the right in the photo. The third in the series of catalogues..... More

Paris: Delestre & Coutanceau, 1903. First edition. Unbound sheets. 56 large plates, loose within soft covers, as issued. Covers worn and detached; plates are little edge-worn but generally very good. Plate album only of this sale of "livres modernes en editions de grand luxe [and] reliures d'art par les principaux..... More

Paris: S.A.Georg, 1929. First edition. Soft cover. 65p + several large pls. of early 19th-century French bindings in various styles (mosaic, Empire, etc.), 1 in color. Another color plate reproduces a Gavarni lithograph. Bookseller's large-format catalogue. Disbound but complete. A good rebinding project, or just for reference... More

Rome: Capitolium (Revista di Roma), 1968. First edition. Soft cover. Special issue of the journal Capitolium. Over 250p (some numbered separately), hundreds of photos + ca. 10 folding maps and plans in flat colors. Covers worn, outer pages dogeared, but text block is secure and sturdy. The maps are generally..... More

N.p. [Moscow?]: No stated publisher, n.d. [ca. 1910?]. No stated edition. Matted photograph. Gelatin silver print (ca. 9 x 7 inches) within contemporary embossed mat (ca. 13 x 11 inches). The photographer's name and "Moscow" are printed on the mat. A few long shallow scratches to the photo, but overall..... More

Washington DC: GPO, 1887. First edition. Hardcover. 75p + many ills. (halftone photos and line cuts after photos) + 2 maps. No jacket, as issued. In 1881-1883 Lieut. Adolphus W. Greely and his men made four ill-fated attempts to set up a meteorological observation station in the Canadian Arctic.  They..... More