![Ponies in the Forest [New Forest Ponies]. Cynthia Cresswell.](/images/noimage.png)
1980. Cresswell, Cynthia. Ponies in the Forest. N.p.: Chequer Press [Author], n.d. [ca. 1980]. 112p, several photos. Good paperbound (front cover creased; light shelfwear); internally very good. ** "Miss Cynthia Cresswell's experience of the ups and downs of acquiring a riding school in the Forest of Dean from 1967-1979." Adventures... More
1937. Velazquez Chavez, Agustin. La Pintura Mexicana. [Mexico City] Galeria de Arte Mexicano 1937. 28p, several ills. Good paperbound (covers soiled, occasional short marginal tears). In Spanish. ** Short survey of contemporary Mexican painting, published to accompany an exhibition. Works by 16 artists (Merida, Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros, Tamayo, and others)... More
1876. Redgrave, Richard. Manual of Design: Compiled from the writings and addresses of... London: Chapman and Hall 1876. The first edition. (South Kensington Museum Art Handbook, 6) 173p + 8p of ads, 18 line ills. Good hardcover, no d.j. (as issued); original rear wrapper bound in. Museum library deaccession (bookplate... More
1987. Prahl, Roman, et al. Maxmilian Pirner 1854-1924. Prague: Narodni Galerie 1987. 189p, over 300 ills., a few in color. Very good paperbound in good d.j. (slight shelfwear). In Czech; short German summary. ** Loan exhibition catalogue of the mythological, mystical, and sometimes macabre paintings and drawings by this one-time... More
1934. Poulain, Roger, ed. Ecoles: Deuxieme Serie. Paris: Vincent Freal, n.d. [1934 according to B.N.]. 39p of text in loose gatherings + 171 loose pls. In the series Bibliotheque de l'Architecte Moderne, 9. Original pictorial board covers and ties. Cloth spine frayed, partly exposing inner board but covers are sound;... More
1956. Lemaitre, Maurice. La Plastique Lettriste et Hypergraphique. Paris: Caracteres 1956. 68p, several line ills. + 2 double-page halftone pls. Very good paperbound (covers lightly shelfsoiled). One of 500 copies of the regular edition. In French. ** On writing systems and graphic expressions of hypertexts, by a leading practitioner and... More
![Catalogue des Verreries de Rene Lalique [reprint]. R. et Cie Lalique.](/pictures/thumb/A5868.jpg?v=1540573862)
1980. Lalique, R. et Cie. Catalogue des Verreries de Rene Lalique. No publishing data, ca. 1980s. Facsimile reprint of the 1932 edition. Many hundreds of ills. on 115 pls. + 27p of catalogue. Good stapled paperbound with tasseled cord (last pages damprippled). ** With text "Rene Lalique: Renovateur de l'Art... More
1982. Hoppin, Martha J. The Emmets: A Family of Women Painters. Pittsfield, MA: Berkshire Museum 1982. 63p, many ills., many in color. Very good paperbound. ** Essay and checklist by Hoppin; preface by Lydia Sherwood McClean. The first systematic study of Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Lydia Field Emmet, and Ellen Emmet... More
1992. Hirshler, Erica Eve. Lillian Westcott Hale (1880-1963): A Woman Painter of the Boston School. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI 1992. 375p, many ills. (poorly reproduced). Very good hardcover. ** Xerographic reproduction of Hirshler's Ph.D. dissertation for Boston University. Contains vol. 1 (life and art) and vol. 2 (checklist of paintings... More
1941. Hatfield, C.W., ed. The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Bronte. Columbia University Press 1941 (later ptg.). 262p + 4 pls. (facsimiles). Very good hardcover (no d.j.) ** Definitive edition, containing the poems published in 1846 plus 200 manuscripts gathered after Bronte's death. (In print at $95.) Can be sent... More
1981. Susanne, pseud. [Emily Ellen Scharf]. Famous Saddle Horses: Vols. 1-3 (complete). Louisville: American Saddle Horse Museum 1981. Facsimile reprint (1st pub. 1932-47). Variously paged (ca. 1700p total), many photos. Good hardcover, no d.j. (as issued?). All volumes are more or less skewed from poor storage; fore-edges lightly foxed. Internally... More
2001. Stoecklein, David R., and Darrell Dodds, photos; text by Jennifer Forsberg Meyer. The American Paint Horse: A Photographic Portrayal. Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center 2001. ** 252p, over 250 photos, most in color. As new hardcover in d.j. ** One of Stoecklein's popular photo books, a lavish tribute to... More
1973. Shafer, Elizabeth Culley. Who's Who in Horsedom, vol. XVI (16). Louisville, 1973. 353p, many photos, many in color. Fair to good hardcover (covers rather discolored, rubbed); skewed from poor storage. Internally nice and clean. D.j. quite rubbed. More condition details on request. ** Annual "record book of the horse... More
1914. Percheron Society of America (Wayne Dinsmore, secretary). Percheron Stud Book of America: Vol. 16. Chicago, 1914. Over 550p, no ills. Good hardcover (original half leather): covers rubbed; endpapers browned; outer pages foxed; a little skewed from poor storage. Content very good and clean. ** Includes registrations 86000 to 98000... More
2008. Hearn, Karen, and Stephen Daniels. Horses and Landscapes: George Stubbs at Welbeck. Welbeck, UK: Harley Gallery 2008. 20p, several color ills. New paperbound. ** Despite the subtitle, this short exhibition publication isn't devoted to Stubbs. The first essay treats the rise of English horse portraiture from 1620 on (John... More
2000. Gahwyler, Max. The Competitive Edge III: Gravity, Balance and Kinetics of the Horse and Rider. Boonsboro, MD: Half Halt Press 2000. 160p, many photos and line ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (long tear through front cover, neatly taped on the inside). ** On the biomechanics of effective... More
1973. Culley, Elizabeth. Who's Who in Horsedom, vol. XV (15). Louisville, 1970. 429p, many photos and other ills., 1 in color. Good hardcover (covers rubbed and discolored); slightly skewed from poor storage. No d.j. (as issued?). Internally nice and clean. ** Annual "record book of the horse show scene," covering... More
1033. Cook, Dyrus. Donkeying through Seven States. Privately Printed 1933. 55p, many woodcut ills. by Edith A. Roberts (Cook). Fair paperbound in torn d.j. Spine neatly taped; front cover detached; endpapers and last page detached. Signed by both Cooks. ** An unusual "home-spun" account of a couple's round trip between... More
1948. Ashoub, Abdel Alim. History of the Royal Agricultural Society's Stud of Authentic Arabian Horses. Cairo: Royal Agricultural Society, Animal-Breeding Section, 1948. 136p + many photos. Good paperbound (covers faded, chipped). Some foxing to the newsprint-like pages. ** Historical text, followed by a list of all the stallions and mares... More
1983. Hackney Horse Society; Tom Ryder. Centenary Year Book 1883-1983. Kenilworth: British Equestrian Centre 1983. 148p, many color photos, many ads. Very good paperbound. No. 3 of 50 copies of this edition (presentation letter laid in). ** Show results, lists of owners and exhibitors, etc., for 1982. With a long... More
1981. Willett, Peter. The Classic Racehorse. University Press of Kentucky 1981. 272p + 16 photos. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** Good history of the British Thoroughbred and its influence on racing worldwide. Abridged reissue of Willett's book The Thoroughbred: omits steeplechasing and some of the material on... More
1983. Thomas, Keith A. Man and the Natural World: A History of the Modern Sensibility. Oxford University Press 1983. 425p, several incidental ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (spine faded). ** This classic work of scholarship examines the changing "views and feelings of the inhabitants of early modern England... More
1978. Thelwell, Norman. A Plank Bridge by a Pool. NY: Scribner 1978. 160p, many ills. + color d.j. by the author. Very good hardcover in good jacket (spine faded). Neat ink gift inscription on half-title page. ** No Thelwell ponies here, but a loving "portrait, in words and pictures," of... More
1986. Sherman, Joe. The House at Shelburne Farms: The Story of One of America's Great Country Estates. Middlebury, VT: Paul S. Eriksson 1986. 95p, many vintage photos and other ills. Good paperbound (a little skewed from poor storage). ** The story of Shelburne Farms on Lake Champlain in Vermont: "its... More
1894. Neponset Farms Stud. Catalogue of the Thoroughbreds belonging to the Neponset Farms Stud, Dedham, Mass. W.H. Forbes, proprietor. Boston, 1894. 119, no ills. Good hardcover (front endpaper chipped and loose + some pages not printed; see below). ** Lists all the mares then at stud, with reference data for... More
