London: Badminton Magazine, 1904. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. [501]-507, 1 photo. Removed from the Badminton Magazine, volume 28, 1904, and stapled within paper covers. Tears to inside margins but still soundly stapled. A humorous account of a lady's (mis)adventures with wagering. Presented in the guise of an amateur letter..... More
![Item #31267 [Real photo postcard of Della Adelaide Brigham Follette riding astride]. Anonymous](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31267.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1673961628)
N.p. [United States]: No stated publisher, n.d. [ca. 1913]. No stated edition. Postcard. The subject's name and the year 1913 are written in ink on the back. RPPC on CYKO paper. A curious image. Della Follette wears a tight-fitting jacket and riding hat and what seem to be trousers that..... More
![Item #33003 [Hunting Diary with Photos]. Rachel Battye](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/33003.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1771358948)
1886. Unique album. Hardcover (contemporary half leather, marbled boards; leather label; all rather rubbed and dry). Two mounted photographs within a mostly unused hunting diary, enhanced by marginal ink drawings, plus a 1-page manuscript account of a run with the Albrighton Hunt (Shropshire and Staffordshire, UK). The rest of the..... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1933. Lida Lacey Bloodgood, Ned King. Limited edition. Hardcover. 131p, many line ills. by Lida Lacey Bloodgood (Princess Dominique Radziwill) + 15 plates by Ned King and others. No. 359 of 985 copies, signed by the author. Fwd. by A. Henry Higginson. Lacks the slipcase..... More
N.p. Author, 1963. Hall, Marilynn. First edition. Soft cover. 40p, many photos and line ills. by Marilynn Hall. Sensible guide to slow, step-by-step training from first handling of the foal to longeing and backing. The author relates her own experiences with Allen's Bloomer Girl 560907 (by David Copperfield out of..... More
London: Every Saturday, August 5, 1871. Bradley, Basil. First edition. Unbound sheet. Double-page wood engraving, removed from the magazine. Folded down the center, as published. Overall ca. 21 x 15 inches. On the other side is a paragraph about Rotten Row, with a poem by Frederick Locker about the Row's..... 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
Springton, S.A. Side-Saddle Association of South Australia, 1990. Limited edition. Hardcover. 333p, many photos, a few in color. A must for anyone interested in Australia, horse(wo)manship, or social history. Brief lives of dozens of women riders and drivers, from the settlement of Australia to the 1980s. A wealth of information..... More
New York: A.L. Burt, 1920. No stated edition. Pictorial hardcover, stamped in black and gilt. 308p + many pages of publisher's ads + frontispiece (same image as cover). Western adventure romance, dedicated to "the red-heads of the world and their admirers." Gloriana struggles between traditional feminine and hardy cowgirl identities..... More
![Item #31925 Equestrian Sketches: Plate 20 [Mrs. Maberley]. Ducote, lithographer, lfred](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31925.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716237368)
London: T[homas] McLean, July 1, 1839. Ducote, Alfred. First edition. Unbound sheet. Tinted lithograph of an equestrienne, enhanced with touches of white. Shrinkwrapped. Overall ca. 16 1/2 x 12 inches, image ca. 12 1/2 x 9 inches. Reflections in photo. Equestrian Sketches consisted of 50 plates, dated from 1838 to..... 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
Amityville, NY: Privately published, 2007. Bidwell (photograher). Limited edition (1 of 200 copies). Hardcover. 109p, ca. 100 large photos. No jacket, as issued. Reproduces turn-of-the-20th-century photos from August Belmont II's personal photograph album of Long Island society enjoying coaching, hunting, polo, the races, and balancing picnic lunches on their laps..... More
New York: William Hall & Son; lithographed by Elliott & Co., New York, n.d. [ca. 1850s]. No stated edition. Unbound. Lithographed sheet music cover. Matted in shrinkwrap (not examined under the mat; presumably only the cover is here). Overall ca. 13 1/2 x 17 inches, image ca. 10 x 13..... More
Berlin: Lustige Blatter, 1916. Heilemann, Ernst. First edition. Unbound sheet. Original cover of this weekly German satirical and humor magazine, on newsprint as issued. Ca.. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Apparently for issue 94 in a series during World War I, a conflict that doesn't seem to trouble these..... More
N.p. Paddock Press, 1931. Helvenston, Harold. Limited edition. Hardcover (boards, half cloth). 297p, many ills. No. 82 of 350 copies. This copy was owned by one of the horsewomen featured in the book--Florence Dibble, with her signature. She was a renowned four-in-hand whip, who set a speed record for coaching..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1905. Kemp-Welch, Lucy. First edition. Hardcover. 22p + 22 large mounted plates, 4 in color and the rest in grey tones. No jacket (if issued?). The first volume in the publisher's Artists of the Present-Day Series, ed. by W. Shaw Sparrow. This impressive book was published..... More
New York: William Hall & Son (lithographed by Sarony & Major), 1851. No stated edition. Unbound. Sheet music cover, lithographed in brown and black. Matted in shrinkwrap (not examined under the mat; presumably only the cover is here). Overall ca. 13 x 17 inches, image ca. 81/2 x 12 1/2..... More
New York: Harper's Weekly, July 10,1858. First edition. Unbound sheet. Wood-engraving, removed from the magazine. Overall ca. 16 x 11 inches. The thin white lines show where small wood-engraved blocks were joined to make a large picture. Illustration for the satirical article "On the Road and by The Beach," which..... More
![Item #30739 [Gertrude Lamont, Daughter of Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont]. International...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30739.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1643661522)
N.p. International News Press, n.d. [1929-1932]. No stated edition. Unbound photograph. Original glossy photo, ca. 6 x 8 inches. Grease-pencil crop marks on front. Newspaper tear sheet with caption mounted on back; back also has partial International News Photos stamp, pencil notes, and a torn form that hints the photo..... More
New York: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 13, 1891. Klepper, Max F. First edition. Unbound. Wood-engraved illustration, removed from the magazine. Matted in shrinkwrap (not examined under the mat). Overall ca. 18 x 14 inches, image ca. 13 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Klepper's name is misspelled "Klopper" in the..... More
Paris: Martinet-Hautecoeur, n.d. [1845]. Lalaisse, F.-H. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. Hand-colored lithograph, printed by Auguste Bry. Plate 195-196, removed from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris (10 vols., 1843-73). Ca. 13 1/2 x 10 inches. Shrinkwrapped against board. Reflections in photo. Four amazones in striped shirts are leaving..... More
![Item #31994 [Stylish Equestrienne Taking a Lipstick Break]. Etienne Le Rallic](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31994.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716237670)
N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [ca. 1930s-40s]. Le Rallic. No stated edition. Unbound. Color pochoir (screenprint). Matted in shrinkwrap (not examined under the mat). Overall ca. 21 x 17 inches, image ca. 16 x 11 inches. Photo is too dark. Her horse is well trained to stand but watchful; perhaps..... More
Amsterdam: Van Soeren, 1989. Eerelman. First edition. Soft cover. 96p, many ills., some in color. Entirely in Dutch. Life and career of this popular Dutch animal painter, followed by catalogues of his paintings of horses and carriages, other animals (chiefly dogs) and plants, and portraits and genre. With a checklist..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [1891]. Naumann, Paul. First edition. Unbound. Wood engraving, removed from an unknown English periodical such as The Illustrated London News, a longtime employer of Naumann's. Matted in shrinkwrap (not examined under the mat). Overall ca. 20 x 16 inches, image ca. 13 x 9 1/2..... More
New York: New York Herald, November 24, 1901. First edition. Unbound sheet. Uncut newspaper supplement sheet. 6 color ills. to be cut out and assembled as directed. Ca. 10 x 13 inches. When you finished, you had a lady driving a horse and cart, which you could play with or..... More
