![Item #16973 Premium Horse: "Balgreen Autocrat" (22582) [Clydesdale stallion card]....](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16973.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1631640858)
Kilsyth, Scotland: Duncan, Printers, n.d. [1944-45]. First edition. Card stock. One sheet of card stock, folded once to vest-pocket size. Printed on cover and inside two pages. No ills. Stallion card for this Clydesdale stallion, owned by James Jackson, Midton Farm, by Gartcosh. With his traveling schedule for the 1945..... More
Atha, Ontario: Atha Farm, 1877. First edition. Soft cover. 46p, no ills. Auction catalogue, October 17, 1877. Lists many shorthorn cows and bulls for sale, each with a several-generation line pedigree. No horses are listed, and the sheep are not identified separately. The farms were owned by William Miller, Jr...... More
St. Louis: Banner Buggy Co., n.d. [ca. 1920]. No stated edition. Hardcover. 60p, many phiotos and line ills. printed in red and black against yellow backgrounds. Rebound in buckram, stamped with initials J.A.R. Original embossed wrappers bound in (torn). Two small leather samples are missing (a third one is present)..... More
Richmond, VA: Benj. T. Crump Company, 1941. No stated edition. Soft cover. 96p, hundreds of line ills. Printed in black and light brown. Stain at bottom of front cover; back cover lightly creased. Damp-rippled throughout but not stained. There is no odor, and the pages are complete and not stuck..... More
Detroit: Calvert Lith. Co., n.d. [1890s?]. No stated edition. Unbound. Trade card, ca. 3 x 5 inches. Front shows a horse safely tied using the rein holder, and then what might happen without a rein holder, all in a decorative surround. Back describes the advantages of various models of rein..... More
N.p. Bryn Mawr Horse Show Association, n.d. [1914]. First edition. Unbound sheet. 4p (one sheet, folded twice), 1 small ill. Laid in: unused entry form. Prize list and conditions for 41 classes: American Hounds, English Hounds, American-Bred English Hounds, Half-Bred Hounds, and Beagle Hounds. Many well-known names on the various..... More
![Item #32732 Barrington, 3766 [cover title]. J. S Darnell](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32732.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1750717306)
Indianapolis: J.S. Darnell, Agent, n.d. [ca. 1888]. Schultz, N. First edition. Soft cover. 16p, 1 plate. Ca. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Catalogue advertising the services of Barrington 3766 (by Harry Clay) and listing ca. 10 colts and broodmares for sale, with their families and histories (some owned by..... More
Dublin: Browne and Nolan [printers], 1930. First edition. Unbound sheet of card stock. Folded twice to make three panels. A few results inked in; one crease torn ca. 2 inches. Apparently removed from a scrapbook, affecting but not really obscuring the content in three small places. Lists the entries for..... More
[Dubuque, IA]: No stated publisher, 1940. First edition. Soft cover. 20p, a few ills. in ads (no horses are pictured). Damp-rippled but not stained and there is no odor. Pencil notes on front and back cover, unrelated to the show. Ca. 6 ½ x 10 inches. Lists entries for over..... More
New York: Durland Company, 1908. First edition. Soft cover. 51p, many small ills. in the ads; no pictures of horses or exhibitors. Covers soiled, chipped, marginal tears and mended holes in back cover. Program of 27 classes held at the Durland Riding Academy on April 21-23, 1908. Index of exhibitors..... More
[Cairo?]: No stated publisher, n..d. [1970s?]. No stated edition. Paperbound (self wrappers). [20]p, many photos and a few line ills. Small pamphlet, chiefly in Arabic, with a little English. The overall printing quality is poor, typical of the time and place. Small introduction to the Egypt's state Arabian horse stud..... More
![Item #32131 Complete Dispersal of Foxcatcher Farms [William du Pont, Jr.] AND Supplementary...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32131.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718665418)
New York: Fasig-Tipton, 1932. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., no ills. Auction of 69 horses total including the racing stable, steeplechasers, stallions, broodmares, yearlings, weanlings, foals of 1932, a hunter, and a lead pony. Detailed racing, stud, and pedigree information for each horse. Foxcatcher Farms was established by William du..... More
![Item #12167 Concorso Ippico Internazionale [1931/IX]. Federazione Nationale degli Sports Equestri](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/12167.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1539197816)
[Florence?]: No stated publisher, 1931. First edition. Soft cover. Official program of this several-part international jumping contest held in Florence, May 14-24, 1931 (Fascist year IX). Ca. 44p, several photos, many ads. In Italian. The program summarizes all the prizes for the entire show, and lists the entrants for the..... More
![Item #30930 Catalogue of Maple Park [Standardbreds]. A. C. Fisk, proprietor](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30930.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1653390596)
Coldwater, MI: Michigan Horse News, 1892. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 24 pp, 4 plates showing the stallions Latitude 4870, Judean 5154, Great Heart 11172, and Highlawn Prince 15456. Ca. 6 x 8 inches. .Advertises 5 stallions plus several other trotters, pacers, mares, and young horses for sale. Family and..... More
Walsall, UK: H. Frost & Co., 1904. No stated edition. Hardcover (limp cloth). Over 200p + many tinted line ills. on 106 plates, showing the items listed on the title page and much more. "Book No. 556" printed on a preliminary page. This extraordinary trade catalogue lists and prices thousands..... More
Newark, NJ: Hedden & Wheeler, n.d. [1880s or earlier?]. No stated edition. No binding. One sheet of card stock, folded. No ills. Handling soil. Price list and short descriptions of 13 types of varnishes--finishing, rubbing, and Japans. No paints or colors are listed. Distributor's name printed on back: Randall &..... More
Chicago: 1908. First edition. Soft cover. 46p (86 lots), a few photos. Auction catalogue, December 2, 1908, of "the greatest sale of Shetland Ponies in point of quality and numbers ever held in America," held under the auspices of the American Shetland Pony Club, at the height of the pony..... More
Decatur, IL: J.S. & H.C. Starr, 1901. No stated edition. Stapled softcover. 32p, over 30 line ills. "Our Forty-Fifth Year." Ca. 8 x 5 1/4 inches. Trade catalogue of over 30 vehicles, "sold by mail to dealers only." All fully described; various options are priced. Chiefly buggies, also some wagons..... More
![Item #31106 Special Lines of Harness, Supplied by John Jardine, Nottingham; [Catalogue] No. 31....](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31106.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1663071717)
Nottingham: John Jardine, n.d. [1906 from printer's code]. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 16p, many ills. Covers detached; foxed; creased; old stain on several pages. Complete. Saddle and harness maker Jardine was a "contractor to H.M. Government." This trade catalogue describes and prices several styles of harness for gig..... More
New York: Kauffman, n.d.[1950s?]. First edition. Soft cover (imitation suede). [20]p, many line ills. in brown. One 4-page gathering has come loose. A short catalogue, distributed at one of the National Horse Shows. A selection of saddles, bridles, clothing, boots, jewelry, etc., plus "Helpful Hints on Horsemanship." Can be sent..... More
Owego, Tioga County, NY: King Harness Company, n.d. [ca. 1890s]. First edition. Soft cover. 12p, 9 photos of saddles and many line ills. of accessories (halters, brushes, pads, leather dressings, etc.), all with short descriptions and prices. Ca. 7 1/2 x 8 inches. Photo 2 is cropped along the sides..... More
Cincinnati: C.T. Woodrow & Co., printer, 1880. First edition. Soft cover. 16p, no ills. Lists 23 stallions, mares, and young horses, all with family information. The stallions were Solicitor (with 7-generation pedigree), Lord Coke, and Barrister. The stallions and young horses were for sale. Can be sent outside the US..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, 1949. First edition. Soft cover. Ca. 40p, a few small ills. in the ads. Ca. 8 1/2 x 6 inches. Program for the show, which was held on May 30, 1949, for the benefit of the Peninsula General Hospital Building Fund. Almost entirely ads for dozens..... More
![Item #31527 Use Gombault's Caustic Balsam [with portrait of trotter Boralma 2:07]. Williams...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31527.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1684238752)
Cleveland: Lawrence, Williams Co., n.d. [ca. 1902]. No stated edition. Unbound card. Chromolithographed trade card, ca. 5 x 3 1/2 inches. Ink stamp of G. Jay Tompkins (a local distributor?) on back. Thomas Lawson's Boralma 2:07, "one of the most famous trotters seen on the turf," is used to advertise..... More
Le Mars, IA: 1893. First edition. Soft cover, bound with original cord. N.p.,no ills. Name of D.A. Sheldon on front cover and title page (former owner?). Printed on one side of the page. Ca. 6 x 3 inches. Booklet listing the entries for 21 trotting and pacing stakes for the..... More
