Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, n.d. [1949]. First edition. Unbound plates in portfolio. [16]p + 14 loose plates, all in original portfolio. Ca. 12 x 16 inches. Corners lightly bumped; folder soiled, rubbed, chipped. No. 434 of 500 copies. Large richly printed facsimile reproductions of horses portrayed in The American..... More
London: Edward Jeffrey and Son, 1820. Scott, J. Third edition (1st pub. 1733). Hardcover (cloth and half leather, spine gilt stamped). 92p + 1 pl. (engraved frontispiece). Opening pages foxed. Contemporary ink inscription at head of title page. We know this of the author, in his own words: "My Work..... More
![Item #15152 Krik's Guide to the Turf 1882-1883, 1883-1884 [2 vols.]. H. G. Crickmore](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/15152.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1630871617)
New York: Crickmore, "The New York World" 1883. First edition. Hardcover (leather). 2 vols., totaling over 1000p, no ills. Ca. 4 x 6 inches. Part 1 gives the results of "races run in 1882 in the United States, Dominion of Canada, and by American-bred Horses in England, Ireland, France, etc."..... More
[Paris]: [Author], [1840]. No stated edition. Unbound sheets. [16]p of music. According to Hilda Nelson, Partisan was one of the difficult or misused horses that Baucher often worked with. Here is the music to which he performed on Partisan, originally printed at the end of Baucher's book Passe-Temps Equestres. Composer..... More
New York: Printed and Sold by Mahlon Day, at the New-Juvenile Book-Store, 1833. No stated edition (first published in 1831?). Soft cover. 16p, 14 small ills. + cover ill. Covers and pages browned; some handling wear. Tied with thread (as issued?). A small chapbook for young children, with one-page descriptions..... More
![Item #31130 The English Mail Coach [and] Joan of Arc. Thomas De Quincey](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31130.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1664279264)
New York: Henry Holt, 1893. No stated edition. Hardcover. 138p, no ills. In the publisher's series, Reading for Students. Edited with introduction and notes by J.M. Hart. Spine frayed, ghost of old sticker on front cover, first two pages loosening. Previous owners' ink stamp and blindstamp on front endpaper. Student..... More
London: William Kidd, 1831. G.W. Bonner; Robert Cruikshank. First edition. Hardcover. 36p, 10-wood-engravings by G.W. Bonner after Robert Cruikshank. Handsomely rebound in plain boards, leather spine; original wrappers bound in. Two old bookplates removed; outer pages lightly foxed. The trajectory of a racehorse's life in verse, followed by accounts of..... More
London: William Kidd, 1831. G.W. Bonner; Robert Cruikshank. First edition. Soft cover. 36p, 10-wood-engravings by G.W. Bonner after Robert Cruikshank. An older rebinding in marbled soft covers. Lacks half-title page and frontispiece. The trajectory of a racehorse's life in verse, followed by accounts of famous Thoroughbreds and other material. Without..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 174p, many small ills. from various old and new sources. Jacket spine is faded. Annotated edition of the 15 letters that Custer wrote to the sporting journal Turf, Field and Farm between 1867 and 1875, under the pen name Nomad. They..... More
Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 429p, several line ills. No jacket (as issued?). Classic collection of 40 firsthand accounts about the range horse from the 19th-century on--"the most extensive and informative compilation on mustangs and mustangers ever printed." The texts are by a wide variety of writers--historians..... More
London: Pickering, 1879. No stated edition. Hardcover. 35p + 16p of publisher's ads. No ills. Poems about fox hunting, the death of Whyte-Melville, a visit from the Empress of Austria, etc. "Bought and Sold" refers to Rarey's work. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping..... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1874. Faber, Hamon; Jeremiah Rea. First edition. Hardcover. 30p + 5 line pls. Original purple pictorial cloth, gilt-stamped. Front cover faded to brown. Long poem set in Chester County, Pennsylvania, by a Chester County author. Illustrated by H[armon] Faber, engraved by [Jeremiah] Rea. A relatively early..... More
![Item #30930 Catalogue of Maple Park [Standardbreds]. A. C. Fisk, proprietor](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30930.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1653390596)
Coldwater, MI: Michigan Horse News, 1892. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 24 pp, 4 plates showing the stallions Latitude 4870, Judean 5154, Great Heart 11172, and Highlawn Prince 15456. Ca. 6 x 8 inches. .Advertises 5 stallions plus several other trotters, pacers, mares, and young horses for sale. Family and..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1929. Bunbury, H.; Ross, Gordon. Facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1787. Hardcover (imitation leather, gilt-stamped). xx, 38p + 12 pls. by Bunbury and 2 additional pls. by Gordon Ross, 1 in color and signed in pencil. One of 100 deluxe copies (unnumbered;..... More
N.p. [London or Paris]: H. Gaze & Son, n.d. [1889]. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 10p, 1 ill. on front cover (self-wrappers). Detailed descriptions of the excursions offered to Paris and environs, with related ads for souvenir photo albums, theaters, etc. One pound (25 francs or $5) bought you..... More
Newark: Unpublished, 1813, 1814. Unbound sheets. (1) Letter of agreement between Miller and Crane [coachmakers] and T[homas] Gibbons, 1813. (2) Memorandum of agreement between Robert B. Campfield [coachmaker] and Thomas Gibbons, 1814, with detailed specifications for the carriage. Two sheets, one folded (creases split). In readable ink hands. In the..... More
![Item #13878 Hell for Leather! [1 of 350]. Edward Goulburn, Martin Hawke](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13878.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633884539)
New York: Derrydale Press, 1928. Limited edition. Hardcover (paper-covered boards, vellum spine). 36p + 3 hand-colored pls. (old hunting scenes). No. 229 of 350 numbered copies. Bookplate of Irving Eugene Loveland. Fine printing of three early 19th-century British hunting poems: "The Epwell Hunt" by Edward Goulburn, "The Melton Hunt," and..... More
Orwell, VT: No stated publisher, April 1858. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. Broadside. One folded sheet, 1 wood-engraved ill. First and last pages blank, letterpress text printed on two inside pages. Folded, ca. 7 1/2 x 10 inches. Advertisement for the services of Morgan stallion Black Hawk: description, family details..... More
Paris: Calmann Levy, 1888. Crafty. First edition. Hardcover (gilt-stamped pictorial green cloth, recased). 324p, many line ills. by Crafty (Victor Gerusez). Former owner's ink name. Binding by Engel. In French. Photo is cropped on right. Humorous look at French stag hunting: the hunt breakfast, what men say about women and..... More
Unpublished, 1886. Unbound sheet. One sheet, written on both sides on the letterhead of The Halfpenny Road Cart, Pontiac, MI, plus envelope. Dated February 9, 1886. Halfpenny requests a copy of Huntington's history of Clay horses, describes a local Clay stallion and some of his get, and asks if Huntington..... More
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1875. Second edition, revised and enlarged (1st pub. 1872). Hardcover. liii, 411p, no ills. Rebound: original leather (scuffed and cracking); new leather spine, label, and endpapers. Light browning to opening pages. A volume of case law, presenting 750 cases, "embracing the law of bargain, sale, and warranty..... More
Newark, NJ: Hedden & Wheeler, n.d. [1880s or earlier?]. No stated edition. No binding. One sheet of card stock, folded. No ills. Handling soil. Price list and short descriptions of 13 types of varnishes--finishing, rubbing, and Japans. No paints or colors are listed. Distributor's name printed on back: Randall &..... More
Vienna: Hartleben, 1884. First (only) edition. Hardcover (original gilt- and blind-stamped cloth, slightly rubbed). 272p (including 3p of publisher's ads), 77 line ills. (8 of them full page plates). In German. Comprehensive guide for owners and breeders of saddle, carriage, and draft horses--their selection, care and management, leg and hoof..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. Second edition (1st pub. 1848). xx, 218p + 34p of publisher's ads + 1 engraved pl. (heavily foxed). No jacket, as issued. Owner's ink name on endpapers. Sensible, considerate advice on buying, feeding, stabling, and affording horses. Can be sent outside the U.S...... More
Manitou Springs, CO: Ute Iron Springs Photo. Gallery, n.d. [ca. 1900]. Hiestand, J.G. No stated edition. Unbound. Mounted original photo (cabinet card), printed in sepia. Mount is ca. 8 x 4 1/2 inches. The caption, hand-lettered within the negative, appears at the lower left. This put-upon and soulful burro is..... More
