![Item #3042 Annual Convention [1929]. Maine State Horseshoers, Blacksmiths Association](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3042.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973582)
Skowhegan, ME: No stated publisher, 1929. First edition. Soft cover. [12]p, a few line ills. Publication of the summer convention of the Master Horseshoers and Blacksmiths of the State of Maine. Summary program of events, list of prizes donated (e.g., "to the wife or daughter of the best looking blacksmith")..... More
New Holland, PA: Martin Auctioneers, April 27-28, 2012. First edition. Soft cover, comb bound. 170p, many photos, many in color. Over 1000 lots offering a wide range of vehicles and related items. From the renowned coaching library of Deirdre H. Pirie, with a few ink notes by her, and many..... More
![Item #16952 [Catalogue]. Merts, Coach Riddle, Hearse Builders](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16952.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973451)
Ravenna, OH: S.D. Harris, Printer, n.d. [early 1880s]. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 50p, many full-page wood-engravings of horse-drawn hearses; 2p of decorative devices; view of the firm's factory on cover and title page. The firm was founded in 1831; this was its first catalogue, according to the company..... More
Goshen, NY: [Author], n.d. [1910 or later]. No stated edition. Unbound sheet, accordion folded to make 8 pages. 8p, no ills. Ca. 3 1/4 x 6 inches, folded. In this pamphlet Mills introduces his qualifications to “secretaries, managers, and executive committees of trotting meetings”—as a longtime owner, breeder, trainer, driver..... More
Billings, MT: Thomas Minckler Gallery, 1993. James, Will. First edition. Soft cover. 71p, many ills. by Will James. Second photo (one of his rare stagecoach scenes) is cropped. This catalogue, from a dealer in Western art, offered dozens of Will James items--art, books, book galleys, unpublished short stories, autographed letters..... More
Walsall, England: No stated publisher, n.d. [1940s-60s]. No stated edition. Soft cover. Ca. 24p, many photos. Fastened with brads in paper covers. Old dampstaining to bottom margins throughout, and with a very faint musty smell. Priced accordingly. Catalogue of riding, racing, hunting crops and thongs; whips for trotting, dressage, polo..... More
South Hamilton, MA: Polo Productions and others, 1983-1992. First edition. Soft cover. Variously paged and illustrated, many photos and luxury ads in color. Most are 100+ pages. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Profiles of the players, historical and other articles, description of the game, etc. Lots of information and photos..... More
New York: No stated publisher, 1913. First edition. Soft cover. 20p, 9 pls. printed in light brown. An evening of display by the artillery's Rough Riding Class (commanded by Captain Stokes) and the Mounted Carriage Drill (commanded by Major Matlock), with musical interludes. Also a mounted basketball game, with a...... More
New York: Frederick M. Crossett, 1896. First edition. Soft cover. [50]p, several photos and line ills. in the ads (no pictures of the entries). Very occasional pencil notes. Lists entries for a wide range of classes--four-in-hands, tandems, harness horses, carriage and appointments, ponies in harness, heavy draught horses, cabs, horses..... More
N.p. [Amesbury?]: No stated publisher, n.d. [1893]. First edition. Soft cover. 40p, many line ills. Handling wear and soil; minor old insect damage to 3 margins. Ca. 4 x 8 inches horizontal. Catalogue of “Amesbury’s World Columbian Exhibit,” as stated in the page headings. Each spread features vehicles exhibited at..... More
Boston: No stated publisher, 1937. First edition. Soft cover. 36p, many photos and other ills. in local ads. Covers faded and worn as shown, but the colors are brighter than in the photo here. Front cover loosening. Ca. 8 x 11 inches. Internally clean, complete. Souvenir program for the 7th..... More
![Item #31085 Central Washington Agricultural Society Cattle Show and Fair [premium list]. No named...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31085.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1661858168)
Machias, ME: Furbish & Kingsley [printer], 1889. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 40p, a few line ills. in ads. Vest-pocket sized. About 16 pages list the prizes for dozens of classes for horses, livestock, manufactured items, arts and crafts (including the "best knit drawers"), crops and produce, and the trotting..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [1907]. First edition. Unbound folded sheet. For the Black Beauty collector who has (almost) everything! Announcement for the four-act play "Black Beauty," running for the week of December 23, 1907, at the Worcester Theatre, Worcester, Mass. With three photos of the production--a large center spread..... More
Auburn, CA: Western States Trail Ride, 1965. First edition. Soft cover. 8 stapled pp., many small photos, all printed in dark green. Ca. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. This brochure gives the history of the ride from Lake Tahoe to Auburn, rules, information about the route, including an elevation chart..... More
![Item #31626 [Advertising Trade Card for McClain's "Success" Sweat Collars]. No stated artist](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31626.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1689031749)
Cincinnati: Henderson-Achert Lith. Co., n.d. [ca. 1900]. No stated edition. Unbound card. Chromolithographed lightweight card stock, ca. 5 1/2 x 3 inches. The shoulder sore seems to have been lightly scraped--for maximum painful effect? Perhaps a proof, as there is no text on the back although the front directs the..... More
Minneapolis: International Food Co., n.d. [ca. 1901]. No stated edition. Soft cover. 16p, 15 ills. Closed tears to front cover, neatly though unprofessionally mended on the inside. Dogeared. Stapled binding loosening. Newsprint pages age browned, lightly stained. Small promotional booklet for M.W. Savage's International Stock Food products, featuring photomechanical line..... More
N.p. [Tri-State Horseman's Association], 1989. First edition. Soft cover. 268p, many photos of horses in ads, a few in color. Lists over 900 classes and their entries, followed by an index of the horses. No results noted. All kinds of classes—American Saddle Horse, pony, Arabian, Appaloosa, Western, Morgan, draft horses..... More
Owosso, MI: Owosso Press Steam Print [printer], March 1879. First edition. Sewn softcover. 28p, no ills. except the same line cut on front and back cover. Two gatherings are loosening; others may follow. Removed from a bound volume, spine neatly taped. Cover printed in red and black. Ca. 3 1/4..... More
Cincinnati: Perkins-Campbell, n.d. [1925]. No stated edition. Paperbound. 351 pp., many line ills. and photos. 72 pages of Western, riding, military, and boys’ saddles. 5 pages of misses’ and ladies’ sidesaddles (English and Western, 2 and 3 horns). 4 pages of ladies’ astride saddles (English and Western). Also bridles, saddle..... More
![Item #30183 Score Card [harness and flat racing]. Geneva Pre-Emption Park, NY](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30183.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973522)
No stated place [Geneva, NY?]: No stated publisher, N.d. [1890s]. First edition. Unbound card. One card, ca. 5 ½ x 7 inches. Pencil notes on both sides, though not full race results. Creased, worn, edge tears. No loss. Lists 2 trotting races and 1 running race, each with a few..... More
Salina, KS: [Salina Horse Show Management], 1931. First edition. Soft cover. 48p, a few ills. in the many ads. Owner's ink name on front cover. Light average handling wear and soil. Lists the entries for 59 classes for three- and five-gaited horses, roadsters and heavy harness, Hackneys, ponies, and children..... More
Louisville, KY: Louisville Color Gravure Co. [printer], 1931. First edition. Soft cover. 23p, many photos and ads. Printed in sepia gravure. Several closed tears, hole torn out of one page, affecting an ad and a photo (as pictured in photo 3). Covers loosening. Ca. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches..... More
Painted Post, NY: Stanley Attractions, n.d. [1940]. First edition. Folded sheet. One sheet of coated paper, folded in two; several photos on cover. Handling wear. Description of Stanley Attractions' 8 equestrian acts and races, for hire to fair managers. Many details as to the acts and their unique features (chariot..... More
![Item #16836 Wagons, Buggies, and Carriages: World's Fair Edition 1892-1893 [cover title]....](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16836.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973447)
South Bend, IN: Studebaker Brothers, N.d. [1892]. First edition. Soft cover. Title page reads: General Catalogue and Illustrated Hand Book of Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Etc. 128p, dozens of line ills. of the firm's vehicles. Very good paperbound, with a small hole and string for hanging up. Ink stamp of former..... More
New Britain, CT: n.d. [1880s-90s?]. First edition. One sheet, printed on one side. Ca. 6 x 11 inches. Light edge wear including one short closed tear, light handling wear and soil. In this flyer the company is looking for sales agents for these bells—“any man who has any appreciation of..... More
