N.p. n.d. [ca. 1930s-40s?]. Unpublished. Unbound photos. Two original photos printed in sepia on matte paper. The gaited photo is deliberately soft focus, and the other photo is somewhat out of focus. Each is mounted on board, overall ca. 12 x 14 inches. The photos show a trainer presenting a...... More
![Item #33188 Croquis de Dressage / Sketches of the Equestrian Art [signed]. Dominique Barbier,...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/33188.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1787669401)
Paris: Belin, 1992. Sauvat, Jean-Louis. First edition. Hardcover. 96p, many color drawings in chalk or pastel by Sauvat. Signed presentation "to Joyce" from Barbier on front endpaper. In French and English. Photo is cropped. In the publisher's words, "This book is the result of the encounter...between two horsemen of the..... More
![Item #30013 Akademische Reitkunst [Advanced Horsemanship]; Eine Reitlehre für anspruchsvolle...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30013.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1631895376)
Wentorf, Germany: Cadmos, 1996. First edition. Hardcover (printed boards, lightly shelfsoiled). 78p, many line ills. and color photos. No d.j., as issued. In German. Photo is a little cropped. Principles of dressage and groundwork for the ambitious amateur or recreational rider, followed by instructions for flying changes, work between the..... More
London: J.A. Allen, 1967. Reprint (1st pub. 1959). Hardcover. 544p, several line ills. + over 80 photos. Short introductions by the Duke of Beaufort and Bill Steinkraus. Owner's ink name on front endpaper. Jacket is rubbed, stained. An advanced, dense work, by a former rider on the Royal Hungarian Olympic..... More
![Item #30920 Manege et equitation [and] Marechal ferrant. Diderot and d'Alembert](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30920.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1652736156)
[Paris]: [1751-1772]. No stated edition. Hardcover (rebound in boards, quarter vellum). Two suites of captions and engraved plates from the Encyclopedie: 6p + many ills. on 33 pls., and 2p + many ills. on 7 pls. (1 double page). In French. From the collection of dressage master Dr.H.L.M. Van Schaik..... More
Paris: Belin, 2000. First edition thus. Soft cover. 2 parts. Part 1: 190p, several ills. Part 2: facsimile of the 1733 edition of Ecole de Cavalerie (over 270p, many ills. by Charles Parrocel). In French. Collection of papers by 17 equestrian scholars, delivered at an important Ecole Nationale d'Equitation symposium..... More
N.p. Georges Veuthey (printed in Milan), 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 213p, many photos, many in color. In English, French, and German. Lavish survey by various authors of the major European, Russian, and Latin American three-day, dressage, jumping, and driving competitions of 1964-74. The Olympics, Burghley, Hickstead, Aachen, Windsor, Punchstown, etc...... More
n.d. [ca. 1960?]. Corrected typescript. Unbound sheets in slipcase (quarter cloth, marbled boards; edges shelf rubbed). Ca. 200p, no ills. A mixture of carbon and original typed pages, sometimes cut apart and glued together. These pieces have often come unglued. Laid in: undated note to Pat and David [H. Munroe]..... More
Surbiton, Surrey, UK: Horse and Rider, 1994. Reprint (1st pub. 1988). Soft cover. 79p, many photos and line ills. Excellent introduction to balance, feel, rhythm, the back, seat, legs, and aids. "A book so cleverly written and easy to comprehend--suddenly the words 'classical seat' take on a new fascination" (Lucinda..... More
Paris: Grou-Radenez, printer, 1947. First edition. Soft cover (stiff wrappers, in original jacket). N.p. + several plates, several elegant ads (some in color). In French. In 1895 a group of amateur horsemen, headed by the Comte du Cosse-Brissac, established a riding club in Paris with these goals: "Le perfectionnement de..... More
Catlett, VA: Baroque Equestrian Arts, Fall 1985. First edition. Soft cover. 36p, many photos, 2 in color on the covers. The Premier Issue of this quarterly magazine. The articles include the Spanish horse in equestrian portraiture by Kathy Cleaver, "The Andalusian, American Riding, and Classical Horsemanship" by Jean-Claude Racinet, hock..... More
Washingon, DC: Folger Shakespeare Library, 1991. First edition. Soft cover. Introd. by Anthony Dent. 64p, many black-and-white ills. Catalogue of an extensive exhibition of English, French, German, and Italian books and prints on many aspects of Renaissance horses and horsemanship--military, literature, the great riding masters, carrousels, tournaments, travel, the law..... More
London: J.A. Allen, 1976. First English-language edition. Hardcover (plasticized boards). 118p, 16 photos. No jacket, as issued. If you're new to Oliveria and his meditations on classical dressage, this is the book to start out with. It has been reissued in another more expensive format. Trans. from French by Phyllis..... More
Paris: Belin, 1990. Sauvat, Jean-Louis. First edition. Hardcover. 108p, many ills. by Sauvat, many in color. No jacket (as issued?). In French and English. This "final leave-taking," published shortly after Oliveira's death, captures his art in his own words and in the evocative drawings by Sauvat in black, red, and..... More
Saumur: S. Milon fils, n.d. [1890]. First edition. Soft cover, in new archival pressboard box with button ties. 2 vols.: 595, 775p + many plates from Newcastle, Dupaty du Clam, and other sources. Photo 2 shows the Versailles Manege, under the direction of M. d'Abzac. In French. A monumental history..... More
London: Sportsman's Press, 1985. Reprint edition (1st pub. in English 1963). Hardcover. 224p, more than 200 photos, a few in color. Photo is cropped on the right. Large-format reprint of this picture book about the Spanish Riding School and the Lipizzans--their history, performances, World War II exile and rescue, etc...... More
Innsbruck: Pinguin, 1983. First edition in this format. Hardcover. 64p, many color photos and old ills. In English; captions also in German. Photographed through removable protective jacket. A pretty little book, a good survey of the breed's history, the tradition of classical horsemanship, and the training and performances at the..... More
Paris: La Compagnie des Librairies, 1769. No stated edition. Hardcover (old full leather, worn but expertly rebacked). 2 vols.: 317, 299p + several engraved plates (all called for; some folding). Old deaccession from the Polytechnic Society of Kentucky/Kentucky Historical Society, with various handwritten numbers and one title-page ink stamp. Bookplates..... More
![Item #33013 Horsemanship; A Comprehensive Book on Training the Horse and Its Rider [annotated]....](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/33013.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1769438509)
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1956. First US edition. Hardcover. 352p + 58 photos. Lacks the jacket. With numerous informed corrections to the translation, including an entirely new paragaph on transitions, all in ink. "This book is really masterful...there really isn't another...in English that can match it"--William Steinkraus at the time..... More
Salem, WV: Salem College, 1987. First edition. Unbound sheets, duplicated typescript as issued. 86p, no ills. but some charts. The photo shows page 1 of the table of contents. PHOTOCOPY of this physical education master's thesis, which served as source material for Struby's later book on teaching riding. She queried..... More
Tancook Island, Nova Scotia: Little Daisy Press, 1994. First English-language edition (1st pub. in German in 1925). Soft cover. 77p, several photos and other ills. Unrelated gift inscription on title page. Translation of Aus einem bunten Leben. Leo Weste (1845-1926) was a German animal trainer and equestrian for various European..... More
Franktown, MD: Xenophon Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. 128p, many color photos. No jacket, as issued. In English and Portuguese. Beautiful, creative photos of the Portuguese School riders and horses in various movements; short texts by various writers. Published at $49.95; price reduced. More
