The Sportsman and Veterinary Recorder: Vol. 2, nos. 1-6 (July-Dec. 1835, date corrected in pencil on title page). London: The Sportsman. 331p + 6 engraved pls. (offsetting onto facing pages). Very good hardcover: contemporary half leather, marbled boards (rubbed); new endpapers. Without the original paper covers. Occasional light staining; overall..... More
![The Horse: His Beauties and Defects [1866, uncolored]. pseud A Knowing Hand, Henry Alken](/pictures/thumb/14082.jpg?v=1582919823)
1866. A Knowing Hand, pseud. [Henry Alken]. The Horse: His Beauties and Defects. London: William Tegg, n.d. [1866; 1st pub.1816]. 29p + many uncolored lithographed ills. on 18 pls. and pictorial title page, all by Alken. Almost all the text and plates are printed on one side of the sheets..... More
![The Pocket Farrier: A Treatise on the Veterinary Art [1847]. "A Practical Farrier"](/pictures/thumb/16785.jpg?v=1574793183)
1847. "A Practical Farrier." The Pocket Farrier, A Treatise on the Veterinary Art; containing the Materia Medica and Pharmacopoeia. Derby, England: Thomas Richardson and Son 1847 (1st pub. 1844). 324p, 2 engraved pls. Very good hardcover (opening pages including frontispiece and pictorial title page foxed). Rebound in plain cloth. Owner's..... More
![Aachen Dressage, Jumping, and Driving Championships [3 programs]. Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein...](/pictures/thumb/8522.jpg?v=1539198051)
Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein e. V. Aachen International Dressage, Jumping, and Driving Championships. Three programs: 1971 (jumping), 1974 (jumping and German dressage championship), 1976 (dressage, jumping, driving). Each over 250p, a few ills. in ads. Good paperbound (some wear). In German. ** From the library of Dr. H.L.M. Van Schaik, with some..... More
1952. Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography from the Library of J.R. Abbey. London: Privately Printed at the Curwen Press, 1952. 399p, color frontispiece, 34 collotype pls., 54 other ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (soiled, lightly chipped). No. 401 of 500 copies..... More
Ackerl, Franz, and Arthur-Heinz Lehmann. Die Edlen Lipizzaner und die Spanische Reitschule. Munich: Duncker / Kellermann 1952. 210p, many photos by Steffi Lehmann. Very good hardcover in fair d.j. (rubbed, torn). In German. ** Comprehensive work on the Lipizzans and their training, and on the history of the Spanish Riding..... More
1986. Ackermann, Arthur & Son. Annual Exhibition of English Sporting Paintings. London, 1986. 102p (50 items), 50 large ills., many in color. Very good paperbound (light shelfwear). ** Catalogue of 18th- and 19th-century hunting and racing paintings by Sartorius, Ferneley, Herring, de Dreux, and more, including a wonderful 18th-century hunting..... More
1988. Ackermann, Arthur & Son. A View from the Saddle. London, 1988. 72p, many ills., many in color. Very good paperbound. Owner's small label on front endpaper. ** Auction catalogue of almost 100 equestrian watercolors, drawings, and bronzes. Chiefly racing and hunting; also some polo, driving, cats, and dogs. The..... More
1805. [Act of Parliament]. An Act for Granting to His Majesty Additional Duties in Great Britain on Horses Used in Riding, or for Drawing Certain Carriages [etc.]. [London] March 18, 1805. Pp. [125]-131, headed by British coat of arms; a few charts. Good paperbound, neatly reinforced with paper tape... More
1767. [Act of Parliament]. An Act to Explain, Amend, and Reduce...the General Laws Now in Being for Regulating the Turnpike Roads of This Kingdom [etc.]. London: Mark Baskett 1767. Pp. 527-559, no ills. except British coat of arms. Good paperbound (removed from a bound volume; occasional small holes). Printed in..... More
Acton, C.R. Saddle and Shoeleather. London: Lincoln Williams 1933. 288p, no ills. Good hardcover, no d.j. ** Thoughts and memoirs of hunting (especially on foot) and other sport, chiefly in Worcestershire and the New Forest. Chapters on the Croome Hounds, New Forest Hounds, buck hunting, polo, and more... More
Acton, C.R. Silk and Spur: NY: Scribner 1936. x, 322p + 16 pls. Sturdy clean hardcover but fair because covers are spotted and rubbed; top of spine torn. Fore-edges foxed. No d.j. ** On various aspects of British racing, especially in the early 20th century: history, famous horses and personalities..... More
1927. Adams, Andy. The Log of a Cowboy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1927 (1st pub. 1903). (Riverside Bookshelf) 324p + 6 color pls. and mounted cover pl. by R. Farrington Elwell. Good hardcover; no d.j. Plate margins and surrounding page margins foxed. ** A slightly abridged edition of this frontier classic..... More
1973. Adams, Eric. Francis Danby: Varieties of Poetic Landscape. Yale University Press for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 1973. xviii, 207 + 166 ills., 6 pls. in color. Very good in lightly worn d.j. Shipping/handling extra. ** Key monograph on this exemplar of romanticism in British..... More
Adams, O.R. Lameness in Horses. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger 1971. 2nd ed. (1st pub. 1962]. 562p, many photos and line ills. Very good hardcover (light cover soil, endpapers browned). Bookplate. No d.j., as issued. ** Although this longtime standard veterinary text has been much revised over the years, early editions..... More
1837. Adams, William Bridges. English Pleasure Carriages: Their origin, history, varieties, materials, construction, defects, improvements, and capabilities [etc.] London: Charles Knight 1837. xviii, 315p, ca. 25 line ills. Good hardcover (blue-green cloth, spine gilt stamped). Lacks front endpaper; occasional neat penciling. Armorial bookplate of Augustus Terry Clarke. Related material laid..... More
1837. Adams, William Bridges. English Pleasure Carriages: Their origin, history, varieties, materials, construction, defects, improvements, and capabilities [etc.] London: Charles Knight 1837. xviii, 315p, ca. 25 line ills. Good hardcover (orange-brown cloth). Covers becoming tender; rear hinge exposed; lightly foxed. Former owner's pencil name: Jay Coogan, Whitehall, Newport, R.I., with..... More
1953. Addison, William. Audley End. London: Dent 1953. 237p + 16p of photos, 1 color pl. Very good hardcover (outer pages lightly foxed, occasional marginal stains) in good d.j. ** History of the "family, the administration, and the fabric of the mansion, which when built by Lord Treasuer Howard between..... More
1953. Addison, William. Audley End. London: Dent 1953. 237p + 16p of photos, 1 color pl. Very good hardcover (outer pages lightly foxed) in good d.j. ** History of the "family, the administration, and the fabric of the mansion, which when built by Lord Treasurer Howard between 1603 and 1616..... More
2017. Adelman, Miriam, and Kirrilly Thompson, eds. Equestrian Cultures in Global and Local Contexts. Springer International 2017. 278p, a few photos, some in color. As new hardcover; no d.j., as issued. ** Chapters by many anthropologists and sociologists on the "social relations and cultural dimensions of equestrian practices across several..... More
1970. Adhemar, Helene, and Anne Dayez. Maurice Denis. Paris: Orangerie des Tuileries 1970. 128p, many ills. (2 in color + cover). Good paperbound (owner's name blacked out inside front cover, bookplate removed, one ink note, corners bumped). In French. ** Exhibition catalogue of over 280 paintings, prints, drawings, and illustrated..... More
1980. Adhemar, Jean, et al. Photographie & Architecture. Published as an issue of Monuments Historiques, number 110. Paris: C.M.H.N.S., no date [1980]. 84p, many photos. Very good paperbound. In French. ** Chapters on many aspects of French photography of architecture and urbanism (chiefly 19th century), by various specialists. Marville, Negre..... More
1961. Ainalov, D.V. The Hellenistic Origins of Byzantine Art. Ed. by Cyril Mango. Rutgers, 1961. xv, 322p, 128 ills. Trans. from Russian. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (torn). From the library of Stanford Anderson, with his small ink stamp. ** "The pioneer work on the classical heritage of Byzantine..... More
Ainslie, Kathleen. Sammy Goes a'Hunting. London: Castell Brothers, n.d. [ca. 1906]. [24]p., many sprightly chromolithographs by the author. Orig. pict. bds. Overall fair. ** Clothes-pin doll Sammy and his friends go hunting. Sammy tumbles into the brook and is run down by a primitive motor car but still manages to..... More
1994. Ainsworth, Maryan W. Petrus Christus: Renaissance Master of Bruges. NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1994. 232p, ca. 175 ills., many in color. Very good paperbound (bottom corners bumped). ** Beautiful exhibition catalogue. Includes a catalogue, cultural biography, archival documents and literary sources, and a dendrochronological analysis of the artist's..... More
