London: Printed by M. Ritchie for the Author, October 1799. Sartorius. First edition. Hardcover (old full polished leather, new leather spine label). 196p + 9 line plates (including frontispece portrait and 4 folding plates), some by Sartorius. This one-volume work preceded the 1805 3-volume edition. Chiefly detailed descriptions of manege..... More

Buenos Aires: Talleres Graficos del Instituto Geografico Militar, 1932. No stated edition. Soft cover. 63p, no ills. Ink gift notation from a cavalry captain, 1993. In Spanish. Rules and conditions for various Argentine military equestrian competitions--dressage tests, jumping, championship polo cups, etc. Small; can be sent outside the U.S. for..... More

Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2002. First American edition (1st pub. 1983). Soft cover. 222p, many vintage photos. Horses, mules, donkeys, dogs, pigeons, elephants, camels in World War I and II. With a little about earlier wars. The photos are very interesting though not well reproduced. Can be sent outside the..... More

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1948. Paul Brown. First and only U.S. edition. Hardcover. 230p, many line ills. by Paul Brown (chapter heads and double-page spreads). also music for trumpet calls. No jacket. Young adult novel about a young trumpeter and one of General Custer's staghounds at the Battle of the..... More

[Washington, DC]: 1908. Photocopy. Loose sheets. Pp. 49-102, 36 line ills. Trans. from the Russian by G.W. Read, Fifth U.S. Cavalry. Originally published in Professional Papers (U.S. Adjutant General Military Information Division, 18). PHOTOCOPY. Covers basic riding and schooling, "riding over difficult ground," teaching horses to lie down and swim..... More

London: William Clowes, June 1, 1819. First edition. Hardcover (old boards, rebacked). 155p + 20 engraved plates + 2p of publisher's ads. Armorial Bagot bookplate (first name undeciphered). From the estate of military collector Donald Skinner, though there is no physical evidence of this provenance. Many drill and gymnastic exercises..... More

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1937. Hargens, Charles. Fourth printing (1st pub. 1933). Hardcover (textured green cloth). 302p + 4 pls. and color jacket by Charles Hargens. Bookseller label of Newbegin's, San Francisco. Jacket is torn. A lively tale of Frog, at first "an outlaw who can only be ridden by..... More

Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1922. First edition. Soft cover. 55p, 22 line ills. Old regimental library stamp on cover and half-title. In French. There are very few French books on polo, and this cavalry manual was printed only in this one edition. Covers training, rules, tactics, etc. Very scarce: one location..... More

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Federation of Arts, 1982. First edition. Soft cover. 179p, ca. 200 detailed ills. with several large color plates. Photo slightly cropped on right. Traveling exhibition catalogue of armor, edged weapons, and firearms. There are only a few entries on specifically horse-related armor..... More

Brazil: Imprensa Nacional [printer], n.d. [ca. early 1940s]. No stated edition. Hardcover. [30]p, 7 plates and title page printed in flat colors: blue, red, green, brown. Text printed in blue and red. "Organizados sob a Orientacao do Exm. Snr. General Odilio Denys Comandante Geral da Policia Militar do Distrito Federal."..... More

New York: Arabian Horse Club of America (printed by Smith-Poley Press, Berlin, NH), n.d. [1920s]. Morris, George Ford. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. One folded sheet, ca. 17 x 23 inches unfolded. 8 ills. Torn creases are now expertly stabilized with Japanese tissue. Broadside promoting the qualities of the Arabian..... More

N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [1924-1949]. No stated edition. Unbound. Printed on Kodak's AZO paper, which the stamp block design dates to the years 1924-1949. Not mailed. The Eighth Cavalry, stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, held annual horse shows, where this dramatic photo was no doubt taken. Azina Orndorff, of..... More

Allahabad: Pioneer Press, 1922. No stated edition. Hardcover. 99p, over 160 small line ills. showing gait sequences. No title page, apparently as issued. Manual on how to teach recruits "for the use of officers and N.-C.O.'s doing the R.A. School of Equitation course"; supplements the Royal Artillery manuals on Artillery..... More