Des Moines. IA: Mills Publishing Co., 1892. First edition. Hardcover (original pebbled cloth). Over 714p, no ills. "Containing complete alphabetical lists, with condensed pedigrees of all standard stallions, standard mares, geldings, and non-standard animals, with an appendix containing a numerical list of standard stallions; the trotting rules and regulations; the..... More
![Item #31256 Wallace's Year Book of Trotting and Pacing in 1929 [complete vol. 42], and...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31256.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1672745848)
Goshen, NY: American Trotting Register Association, 1929, 1930. First edition. Hardcover (leather). Part 1: 520p. Part 2: 310p. Bound at the end of Part 2 is Volume 26 of Wallace's American Trotting Register (1930) 104p. No ills. No jacket, as issued. Part 1 of the Year Book includes race summaries..... More
N.p. Unpublished, 1879. Hardcover. 208p, many line ills. of locks, keys, door knobs, etc. Several pages removed throughout. The compiler has pasted many periodical articles onto the first ca. 40 pages of a Parker & Whipple Company trade catalogue for locks and related hardware (based in Meriden, CT). The articles..... More
Bologna: Tipografia Compositori, 1953. Morris, George Ford; Dickey, Robert. First edition. Hardcover (skewed from size but sturdy). 28p + 72 genealogical tables of leading American and French Standardbred stallions; 5 mounted pls. Skewed; covers rather stained and rippled; some pages damp-stained but overall internally good, clean, and sturdy. Further condition..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1955. Dennis, Wesley. First edition. Illustration by Wesley Dennis. Price is clipped. JACKET ONLY for this children's trotting horse story. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
New York: Nathan Cole, July 1, 1898. First edition. Soft cover. 48p, 3 ills. Small-format magazine, focusing on recent harness race results and upcoming meetings with their entry deadlines. The illustrations are a lithograph of Lavalard 9234 and photos of Prince Direct and his owner, C.H.Chandler. A few ads. The..... More
Fort Riley, KS: Press of the Mounted Services School, 1915. First edition. Soft cover, placed by former owner into a photograph album. Ca. 50p, no ills. but many family tables. Presentation from Danford to army surgeon Major D.W. McEnery. The front cover reads "Photographs." This the only book I know..... 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
![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
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
![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
[Boston]: [C.S.E. Cassino and E.K. Dunbar], n.d. [1881-1882]. Scott Leighton, N.W. First edition. Unbound. Original chromolithograph from The Celebrated Horses of America, printed by Armstrong & Co. Mounted on old board, with old hand-lettered title. Overall ca. 17 x 14 inches, image ca. 15 x 11 inches. The Celebrated Horses..... More
[Lewiston]: No stated publisher, 1952. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 12p, 1 ill. on cover. Ca. 5 1/2 x 10 inches. Entries, with past performances, for 8 trotting and pacing races held at the fair's 6th session. One is Class A, the rest are C and D. Results and times..... More
Goshen, NY: [Author], n.d. [1910 or later]. No stated edition. Unbound sheet, accordion folded to make 8 pages. 8p, no ills. Ca. 3 1/4 x 6 inches, folded. In this pamphlet Mills introduces his qualifications to “secretaries, managers, and executive committees of trotting meetings”—as a longtime owner, breeder, trainer, driver..... More
Nashville, TN: Trotwood Publishing Co., 1905. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. [61]-[122], 2 plates (engravings of Jersey cows Landseer's Fancy and Bisson's Belle). The articles include part 2 of a partly romanticized "History of the Hals," "Tennessee Jerseys," "Do Farmers Think?," "Modern Cotton Culture," "Phosphates of Tennessee," various inspirational stories..... More
White River Junction, VT: Green Mountain Card Co. [GMCCO], n.d. [ca. 1900-1910?]. No stated edition. Unbound card. Postcard with reproduced photo. Vermont State Fair Series No. 11. Printed in Germany. Unused. The photo shows four trotters put to bicycle sulkies, the grandstand and tented pavilions, and spectators on the track..... More
Independence, IA: No stated publisher, 1891. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 52p, a few ills. in the ads. Lightly age browned and edge-worn, lower corners dogeared, short closed crease to right side of title. If there were any covers, they aren’t present. Ca. 10 x 14 inches. Volume 1, number..... More
![Item #31845 [Real Photo Postcard: Racetrack and Grandstand]. No stated photographer](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31845.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1704157029)
N.p. n.d. [ca. 1900]. No stated edition. Unbound. Unmailed postcard. Probably an American trotting track (fairgrounds?), based on the card's provenance. Maybe someone can identify it? Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
N.p. n.d. [late 19th century]. First edition. Unbound photo. Albumen print mounted on cardboard, overall ca. 6 1/2 x 4 inches. Lightly foxed, three small black stains in front of house. Bottom left corner chipped off photo. Caption printed within negative: Home of "Sea King" Record 2:21 1/4. The background..... More
N.p. [Moscow?]: No stated publisher, n.d. [ca. 1910?]. No stated edition. Unbound. Gelatin silver print (ca. 9 x 7 inches) within contemporary embossed mat (ca. 13 x 11 inches). The photographer's name and "Moscow" are printed on the mat. A few long shallow scratches to the photo, but overall very..... More
N.d. [mid-20th century]. Stull, Henry. Reprint (1st pub. 1881-1882). Unbound. High-quality full-size color reproduction from The Celebrated Horses of America. On textured stock, mounted on board in shrinkwrap. Overall ca. 24 x 20 inches, image ca. 15 x 11 inches. Reflections in the photo. The Celebrated Horses of America was..... More
[Boston]: [C.S.E. Cassino and E.K. Dunbar], n.d. [1881-1882]. Leighton, Scott. First edition. Unbound. Original chromolithograph from The Celebrated Horses of America, printed by Armstrong & Co. Mounted on old board, with old hand-lettered title. Overall ca. 17 x 14 inches, image ca. 15 x 11 inches. The Celebrated Horses of..... More
n.d. [mid-20th century]. Stull, Henry. Reprint (1st pub. 1881-1882). Unbound. High-quality full-size color reproduction from The Celebrated Horses of America. On textured stock, mounted on board in shrinkwrap. Overall ca. 24 x 20 inches, image ca. 15 x 11 inches. The Celebrated Horses of America was a lavish collection of..... More
N.d. mid-[20th century]. Stull, Henry. Reprint (1st pub. 1881-1882). Unbound. High-quality full-size color reproduction from The Celebrated Horses of America. On textured stock, mounted on board in shrinkwrap. Overall ca. 24 x 20 inches, image ca. 15 x 11 inches. The Celebrated Horses of America was a lavish collection of..... More
