![Faust [1 of 400 copies, ill. by Karel Svolinsky]. Johann Wolfgang Goethe](/images/noimage.png)
1948. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust: Nach altester Aufzeichnung. Frankfurt am Main: "Der Goldene Brunnen" 1948. 126p + 7 pls. by Karel Svolinsky, some in color. Very good paper-covered boards (spine and strip on front cover lightly faded, corners lightly shelf-bumped). No. 106 of 400 copies. In German. ** A beautifully... More about Faust [1 of 400 copies, ill. by Karel Svolinsky
![George Tooker [1 of 300, signed]. David Tunkl, Merry A. Foresta](/pictures/thumb/A5425.jpg?v=1564509112)
1980. Tunkl, David, and Merry A. Foresta. George Tooker. [Los Angeles]: David Tunkl Gallery 1980. N.p., 17 large pls., many in color. Fwd. and interview with Tooker by Tunkl; text by Foresta. Also "On the Prints" by Walter F. Maibaum of Editions Press, San Francisco. Very good hardcover (mounted color... More about George Tooker [1 of 300, signed
1932. [Monckton, R.F.P.]. Hunting Reflections for a Budding Sportsman. [Wolverhampton, 1932]. 12p, no ills. except on cover. Good paperbound (shelf-soiled). ** Advice for novice hunters on the hunting year, reasons for supporting hunting, the meet, hounds, coverts, holloaing, hunt servants ("Don't crack jokes with them. It is infradig."), damage, jumping... More about Hunting Reflections for a Budding Sportsman
1982. Kosloff, Lou. California Bit and Spur: A History and Development. Newport Beach, CA: J. Ralph Bell 1982. 238p, many large photos + several color pls. including eight that comprise "a chronological photo essay of the loose-jaw spade bit from the early 1700s to the present." Very good hardcover (tooled... More about California Bit and Spur: A History and Development
1984. Johnson, Sharon, ed.; Charles E. King, publisher. The Quarter Horse Breeder: Vol. II. Nortex Press 1984. 240p, many photos. Very good hardcover in good d.j. with color painting of Dash for Cash by Orren Mixer. ** Collection of many articles by various authors (Alexander Mackay-Smith, Tom Ivers, Leo Camarillo... More about The Quarter Horse Breeder: Vol. II
1971. Harrison, Fairfax. The Equine F.F.Vs.: A Study of the Evidence for the English Horses Imported into Virginia before the Revolution. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms 1971 (1st pub. 1928). 184p + several pls. (poorly reproduced). Fair paperbound (damp-rippled, outer pages damp-stained). ** One of Harrison's indispensable documentary histories of... More about The Equine F.F.Vs. [microfilm reprint
1949. Mora, Jo. Californios: The Saga of the Hard-Riding Vaqueros, America's First Cowboys. Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1949. 1st ed. 175p, many ills. by the author. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (torn at top). ** Besides being an acclaimed western artist, Mora spent years as a working cowboy in... More about Californios: The Saga of the Hard-Riding Vaqueros [1949
1965. Oliveira, Nuno. Haute Ecole: Forty-Three Photographs of Horses Taught and Mounted by Nuno Oliveira. London: J.A. Allen 1965. [50]p, 43 photos. Short text by Oliveira; introd. by Jons Gandrup. Very good paperbound (covers lightly rubbed). ** A small pamphlet, but scarce! (Our copy, like every one we have seen... More about Haute Ecole: Forty-Three Photographs of Horses [etc
![Bits, Bitting and Spanish Horses [1st ed.]. A. R. Rojas](/pictures/thumb/6748.jpg?v=1564508256)
1970. Rojas, A.R. Bits, Bitting and Spanish Horses. Goleta, CA: Kimberly Press 1970. 1st ed. 103p, many photos and line ills. Very good paperbound. Small label on inside front cover (an old inventory number?). ** "The chief Rojas fact book about successful horse training and the proper use of equipment."... More about Bits, Bitting and Spanish Horses [1st ed
1990. Langdon, William G., Jr. Bits, Patterns and Reining. Colbert, WA: Author 1990. 153p, many line ills. Very good paperbound, comb bound. ** "A complete study on how to use bits and patterns in teaching a horse to rein. Let the bits and patterns do some of the work." Emphasis... More about Bits, Patterns and Reining
1982. Phillips & Gutierrez (Cheyenne). Silver Mounted Bits and Spurs. Burbank, CA: Reproductions West 1982. Facsimile reprint of the 1918 catalogue and price list, reproduced from "the only known issue in existence" of the original. [48]p, many ills. Very good hardcover; no d.j., as issued. No. 62 of 509 copies... More about Silver Mounted Bits and Spurs [1908 catalogue reprint
Lindeman, M.H. The Quarter Horse Breeder. Wichita Falls, TX, 1959. Vol. 1. 216p, many photos. Very good hardcover; no d.j. Printed in sepia. ** Articles by various authors on conformation, selecting breeding stock, performance, foot care and shoeing, foundation families, outstanding breeders (history, theories, practices of 36 breeders). The contributors... More about The Quarter Horse Breeder
1922. Tevis, William S., Jr. The Horse. San Francisco: Privately Printed 1922. 97p + 1 photo of the author jumping an unbridled horse. Good hardcover (paper-covered boards). Spine worn (as usual) and mended, but binding is very sturdy. ** This short book offers sensible advice on training and riding (western... More about The Horse
1978. Loder, Eileen. Bibliography of the History and Organisation of Horse Racing and Thoroughbred Breeding in Great Britain and Ireland: Books Published in Great Britain and Ireland 1565-1973. London: J.A. Allen 1978. 360p, no ills. Very good to fine hardcover (leatherette); no d.j., as issued. ** Annotated checklist, arranged by... More about Bibliography of the History and Organisation of Horse Racing
1989. Shevelow, Kathryn. Women and Print Culture: The Construction of Femininity in the Early Periodical. London: Routledge 1989. 235p, no ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (scrapes on front). ** How the popular British periodical press, from 1690 to 1790, solicited women as subscribers and contributors, "whilst also attempting... More about Women and Print Culture: The Construction of Femininity [etc
Samuels, Shirley, ed. The Culture of Sentiment: Race, Gender, and Sentimentality in 19th Century America. NY: Oxford 1992. 349p, several ills. Very good hardcover in d.j. ** Fifteen essays on the "aesthetics and politics of the American culture of sentiment" in literature and other fields, with an emphasis on "racial... More about The Culture of Sentiment: Race, Gender, and Sentimentality [etc
1990. Romaine, Lawrence B. A Guide to American Trade Catalogs 1744-1900. NY: Dover 1990 (1st pub. 1990). 422p, no ills. Good sturdy paperbound (remainder felt-tip line on bottom fore-edges). Out of print. More about A Guide to American Trade Catalogs 1744-1900
1993. Machor, James L., ed. Readers in History: Nineteenth-Century American Literature and the Contexts of Response. Johns Hopkins 1993. 285p, no ills. Very good paperbound. ** Eleven essays on Theory and the Historicizing of Reading Practices, Reading Communities and the Contexts of Inscribed Audience, and Reading and Writing against the... More about Readers in History: Nineteenth-Century American Literature [etc
1985. Martin, Henri-Jean, and Roger Chartier, eds. Histoire de l'Edition Francaise. Vol. 3: Le Temps des Editeurs, du Romantisme a la Belle Epoque. Paris: Promodis 1985. 539p, many ills. + many color ills. on 38 plates. Good ex-lib. hardcover (bottom page corners lightly bumped; label removed from front endpaper; old... More about Histoire de l'Edition Francaise: Tome III
1989. Slingerland, Jean Harris, ed. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900: Vol. 5, Epitome and Index. University of Toronto Press 1989. Over 900p, no ills. Very good hardcover; no d.j. ** Indexes to vols. 1-4 (originally edited by Walter E. Houghton): thousands of contributors and their appearances; initials and... More about The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900: Vol. 5
![Linotype Matrix: Volume 4, issue 2 [2006]. Linotype GmbH](/pictures/thumb/A6020.jpg?v=1540327686)
2006. Linotype GmbH. Linotype Matrix: Volume 4, issue 2. Bad Homburg, 2006. 64p, many ills., most in color. Fine paperbound. ** "A typographic journal published from time to time by Linotype." This issue features the typography hidden in the wooden pencil collection of Claudio Rocha; the Gutenberg Museum; the Auriol... More about Linotype Matrix: Volume 4, issue 2 [2006
1902. Libbie, C.F. & Co., Auctioneers. Catalogue of the Valuable Private Library of the Late William H. Whitmore, of Boston, Genealogist and Historian, and for many years Registrar of the City of Boston. Boston, 1902. 288p, a few ills. Good paperbound (base of spine mended). Ex-museum lib., minimally marked. **... More about Catalogue of Valuable Private Library of the Late William H. Whitmore
1929. Sinclair, MacD. The Intertype: Its Function, Care, Operation and Adjustment. Brooklyn: Intertype Corp. 1929. 421p, ca. 175 line ills. Very good hardcover (thin split to front hinge but binding very sound). ** Very detailed pressman's guide to "the simplest line-casting machine in the world:" "the workings of the machine... More about The Intertype: Its Function, Care, Operation and Adjustment
1958. May, James Boyer. Little Magazines. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center 1958. [16]p, a few ills. Good paperbound (margins foxed). ** Exhibition checklist of little magazines and literary reviews from the collection of Dr. Marvin Sukov, with their addresses at the time. Some "are not strictly speaking little magazines, but like... More about Little Magazines
1998. Quaritch, Bernard. The Science of Art: Optics, Perspective, Colour (Catalogue 1250). London 1998. 94p, many line ills. + several color pls. Very good paperbound (slight external handling wear). ** Bookseller's catalogue of 88 extraordinary European and British books of the 15th-19th centuries: Alberti, Durer, Chevreul, Euclid, Newton, Kepler, Fosse... More about The Science of Art: Optics, Perspective, Colour (Catalogue 1250
