N.p. Unpublished, 1879.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
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
![Item #16606 The Blood-Horse [1932 complete]. Thomas B. Cromwell, ed](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16606.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1632420570)
Lexington, KY: The Blood-Horse, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes containing all 53 issues, with original covers bound in. Over 1600p total, photo on every front cover and occasional photos inside (chiefly stallions at stud). Covers soiled and rubbed (especially one corner); magazine covers occasionally faded. Two pages in vol..... More
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Lexington, KY: Thomas B. Cromwell [The Blood-Horse], 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Two sturdy volumes containing all 52 weekly issues of volume 19, with original covers bound in. Over 1300p total, photo on every front cover and occasional photos inside (chiefly stallions at stud). A little old dampstaining to covers. Ink..... More
Portland, ME: Carriage Association of America, Spring 1967. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. 141-196, many photos and line ills. Vol. 4, no. 4. The cover shows John M. Seabrook, G. Mossman, and Sanders Watney during their Irish coaching trip, August 1966. An early and rich issue of this fine journal..... More
Staten Island, NY: Carriage Association of America, 1969-1971. First edition. Hardcover (red buckram; some white spotting to front cover). Eight issues of this superb quarterly journal, Summer 1969-Spring 1971. Variously paged, hundreds of line ills. and photos, many in color. Bound in one volume. A treasury of information by many..... More
New York: Leslie-Judge, June 12, 1913. Fellows, Laurence. First edition. Soft cover. The complete issue. Pp. 615-638, many ills. Ca. 10 1/2 x 16 inches. Ex-lib., with stamp on cover. The top ca. 2 inches are torn throughout, but all the content is readable, and the tear doesn't extend to..... More
New York: Outing Pub. Co., February 1914. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. 515-640 + 48p of ads, many ills. Ordway's article is on pp. 583-589, with 5 photos of players and games. Overview of "the men who organized the sport and the opportunities it offers for winter play" in San..... More
Warrenton, VA: Virginia Horseman's Association, 1951. First edition. Unbound sheets. Vol. 5, nos. 1 and 2 of the Virginia Horsemen's News. 24p, no ills.; several pedigrees. This is a PHOTOCOPY of this issue of a very scarce magazine. Hewitt discusses some current breeding theories and leading European stud farms. His..... More
Lexington, KY: The Blood-Horse, 1963. First edition. Soft cover. 40p, many photos + 3 large fold-out charts. Internally very good, clean, complete. Reprints the Blood-Horse articles on the Kentucky Derby (Chateaugay), Preakness (Candy Spots), and Belmont Stakes (Chateaugay)—the races and the winners’ family histories. Most of the articles are by..... More
Lexington, KY: The Blood-Horse, June 27, 1964. First edition. Soft cover. 58p, many photos. Detailed wrap-ups, with charts, of The Kentucky Derby (Northern Dancer), Preakness (Northern Dancer), and Belmont Stakes (Quadrangle). With articles on Bill Hartack, Northern Dancer's Nearco line, Northern Dancer's training for the Preakness, Max Hirsch, Quadrangle's non-distance..... More
London: Badminton Magazine, 1903, 1909, 1911. First edition. Soft cover (removed from the magazine and stapled into paper covers). Each several pages. The articles are: "Grey Racehorses" by Hughes-Onslow (1911, several photos), "The Starting Gate: With Suggestions" by Sievier (1903, no ills., on mechanical gates), and "At the Gate" by..... More
Arcadia, CA: California Thoroughbred Breeders Association, 1962. First edition. Soft cover. Vol. 34, no. 6. Pp. 591-934, many photos and ads, some in color. The cover shows California-bred T.V. Lark, who was sold as a yearling for $10,000 "and today, with earnings of $845,654, is the greatest money-earning Thoroughbred ever..... More
[London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones], [1818 or 1820]. Unknown edition. Hardcover (half leather, marbled boards). Pp. 345-615 + many full-page engraved plates and smaller engravings. Bookplate. VOLUME 2 only (of 2) of this potpourri of information about hunting, racing, and other British outdoor sport; includes a section on Arabian horses..... 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
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
Philadelphia: Deacon & Peterson, 1858. First edition. Soft cover. 8p total, a few small line ills., including a diagram of gaits. Broadsheet, ca. 16 x 22 inches. Unopened at the top. Photos show the start of each article. "Locomotion of the Horse" describes in several paragraphs the footfalls of the..... 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
New York: Life Pub. Co., September 11, 1924. Peters, C.F. First edition. Soft cover. 32p, many ills. and ads, covers in color. Removed from a bound volume; old address label. A determined young woman rides off her opponent. The entire issue of this humor magazine, full of Roaring Twenties topical..... More
Nashville, TN: Breeder and Turfman Pub. Co., 1892. First edition. Soft cover. Vol. 1, no. 22 (May 26, 1892). Pp. [567]-590, many line ills. in the ca. 10 pages of ads at the end. Scrappy condition but complete; cover is torn with slight loss to text. News from the world..... More
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Colorado Springs: Western Horseman, 1953. First edition. Soft cover. Issues for January through September. Each 48 to 64p, many photos and ads. "The magazine for admirers of stock horses," full of old-time information and photos. Articles by Francis Haines, Bob Sutherland, Willard H. Porter, Lee M. Rice, John Richard Young..... More
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Colorado Springs: The Western Horseman, 1962. First edition. Soft cover. Full year (12 issues). Variously paged (ca. 100p each), hundreds of photos and ads. Clean, complete. Lots of good old-time reading and history here! Articles by Randy Steffen (2-part article on the Civil War soldier, hints), Bob Denhardt, Anthony Amaral..... More
Newark, NJ: Newark Daily Advertiser, April 26, 1843. First edition. Soft cover. Complete issue, 4p total. Removed from a bound volume (inner margins torn but without loss). Small line ills. in the ads. The photos show part of the letter and part of the first page. In a long article..... More
New York: Harper's Weekly, May 30, 1885. Thulstrup, Thure de. First edition. Soft cover. The complete issue, totaling 14p, many line ills. to the various articles. Removed from a bound volume. Overall ca. 11 1/2 by 15 inches. Photo is cropped on the right. This issue also contains a page..... More
Middleburg, VA: Chronicle of the Horse, 1992-2008. First edition. Soft cover. Issues of August 21, 1992; August 16, 1996; October 13, 2000; and August 29, 2008. Cover of 2008 is detached. Address labels removed. Variously paged and illustrated. Coverage of all the equestrian results, except for 2008, which covers show..... More
