London: Beenham House, n.d. [1987]. First edition. Soft cover. 48p, several photos and line ills. Published in aid of The Spinal Injuries Association. Verse, sayings, limericks, and other snippets about British racing, from the viewpoints of jockeys, trainers, bettors, etc. Fair warning: some are a little offensive. Sprinkled throughout are..... More

Racine, WI: Whitman, n.d. [1920s?]. Later printing. Hardcover. 125p, no ills.; color d.j. Publisher's number on jacket: W-808. Six Nick Carter novels, including this one, listed on back of jacket. Dated from owners' names, 1931. Paper-covered boards (spine tips chipped). Torn jacket reinforced with lined writing paper. Pages age browned..... More

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. 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

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

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1950. Weiler, M.C. Reprint. Hardcover. 243 pp., line ills. plus color jacket by M.C. Weiler. . Lively vernacular horse racing stories, first published in magazines 1915-1921, and in book form in 1923.  Not a scarce book, but of interest to book or reading historians because of the child's..... More

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

New York: Century Co., 1903. First book edition. Hardcover (pictorial cloth). 255p + 1 plate. No jacket (as issued?). Owner's old ink name. In better condition than often found. Seven short stories of hunting, showing, and romance, first published in magazine form in 1900-1903. The stories seem to be based..... More

London: William Rider & Son, 1923. First edition. Hardcover, stamped in gilt. 238p, many line ills. + 1 color plate. Without the jacket. Classic folklore study. Chapters on horses as fairies, ghosts, demons, and phantoms, hobby-horses, horseshoes, moon and sun horses, symbolic horses, gods and patron saints of horses, the..... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 271p, no ills. Covers dampstained and wrinkled, as shown. Ex-lending library. Occasional staining to the gutters, else Internally clean and complete. Western romance set in the Arizona desert, by an author more remembered today for his cowboy poetry. "Miss Percival, a pretty girl..... More

N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [late 19th century]. No stated edition. Soft cover. 7 leaves, comprising title page with line "Eat Scotch Oats" + 6 leaves printed on coated stock. Ca. 5 1/2 x 5 inches. Tied with original gold cord. Cover printed in embossed gold. Front cover fly-specked, back..... More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. Second printing. Hardcover. 607p. Jacket is worn, torn at edges. Tell-all novel about foxhunting and other sport between the sexes; set in Virginia. Good for the guest bedroom! More

Clitheroe, England: Sold by H. Whalley, printed at the "Advertiser" Office, n.d. [ca. 1820s-40s]. No stated edition. Soft cover. 8p, 1 line ill. on cover. Subttitle continues, "which was honoured with the presence of the Duke of Norfolk and his noble brothers, and his kinsman--Talbot; [etc.]." A 24-stanza poem recounting..... More