![Item #30420 Tribulations Parisiennes et Campagnardes [12 of 16 leaves]. Albert Adam, Albrecht](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30420.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1630954873)
Paris: Hautecoeur Freres; lithographed by Godard. n.d. [ca. 1860]. Adam, Albert. No stated edition. Unbound sheets. Dozens of humorous equestrian escapades are shown in color lithographs on 12 (of 16) original leaves. Each leaf contains two sets of scenes, for a total of 24 (of 32) scenes. Lacks title page..... More
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 #26558 [Three Original Pen-and-Ink Drawings of Coaching and Hunting]. Anonymous](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/26558.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716236649)
N.d. [mid- to late 19th century]. Unique. Unbound sheets. Overall ca. 16 1/2 x 12 inches, images ca. 12 1/2 x 8 inches. Matted in shrinkwrap (not examined under the mats). Three spirited and accomplished views of out-of-control adventures on the road and in the the field. It would be..... More
[Philadelphia: Barker, Moore & Mein Medicine Co.], n.d. [1906 or later]. Revised edition. Soft cover, cloth spine. [46]p, many line ills. + color covers. The front cover shows "Old Farmer Green and His Flying Machine Be-Gosh." The back cover is a racist cartoon showing "Pete Gubison Scared into a Spell..... More
London: Beenham House, n.d. [1987]. First edition. Soft cover. 48p, several photos and line ills. Published in aid of The Spinal Injuries Association. Verse, sayings, limericks, and other snippets about British racing, from the viewpoints of jockeys, trainers, bettors, etc. Fair warning: some are a little offensive. Sprinkled throughout are..... More
Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit, 1885. Crafty. First edition. Hardcover (full leather, rebacked, spine gilt-stamped, all edges gilt). 404p, hundreds of line ills., many full page. In French. In words and humorous illustrations Crafty chronicled the fads and foibles of equestrian life in fin-de-siecle France. Here he describes and illustrates riding..... More
Paris: Plon, Nourrit, 1890. Crafty. First edition. Hardcover (quarter leather, marbled boards; original wrappers bound in). 325p, many ills., many full page (several in color). In French. Driving and riding in the Bois de Boulogne, as carried out by equestrians of varied ability. With a long tribute to Edwin Howlett..... More
![Item #32809 The Rasp [1922]; The Cavalry School, Army of the United States. Faculty, Students of...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32809.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1753126151)
Fort Riley, KS: [Cavalry School], 1922. First edition. Hardcover (leatherette, embossed in gold). 272p, many photos, line ills., and ads. No jacket, as issued. Small bookseller label in back. Doings at Fort Riley in the academic year 1921-22. Many articles and photos about the history of Fort Riley, the classes..... More
Zurich: Edition Furger, n.d. [2007]. Crafty. First edition. Hardcover, stamped in color. 152, ca. 100 line ills., several color plates. No jacket, probably as issued. In English and German. A generous selection of "the best equestrian drawings from Crafty's hand," taken from his many humorous books of equestrian life in..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1929. Bunbury, H.; Ross, Gordon. Facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1787. Hardcover (imitation leather, gilt-stamped). xx, 38p + 12 pls. by Bunbury and 2 additional pls. by Gordon Ross, 1 in color and signed in pencil. One of 100 deluxe copies (unnumbered;..... More
N.p. Amalgated Press (printed by Bradbury, Agnew, & Co.), n.d. [ca. 1898 per Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting]. No stated edition. Hardcover, leather spine stamped in gilt. 192p, 173 line ills. A volume in the Punch Library of Humour, which aimed to collect "the cream of our national humour, contributed..... More
Toledo, OH: Milburn Wagon Co. (printed by G.H. Dunston, Buffalo), 1893. Later edition. Soft cover, tied with cord. [8]p, 3 ills. to the poem + line ills. of Milburn Wagon Co.'s branch offices. Back cover shows a bird's-eye view of the firm's Toledo factory. Reprints the popular poem (1st published..... More
![Item #13084 Dame Perkins and the Old Grey Mare [1 of 500, in d.j.]. Alfred Stoddart](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13084.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1631976984)
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927. "Phiz" [Hablot K. Browne]. Limited-edition reprint. Hardcover. [24]p, a few pls. in red by "Phiz" (Hablot K. Browne). Jacket smudged but very crisp. One of 500 copies. Nice copy of this humorous poem, which Stoddart wrote to accompany the "Phiz" illustrations. A farmer's wife..... More
![Item #30367 The Rasp [1928]; The Cavalry School, Army of the United States. Students of The...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30367.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1630015234)
Fort Riley, KS: [Cavalry School], 1928. First edition. Hardcover (leatherette, embossed in gold). 272p, many photos, line ills., and ads. Covers rubbed, outer pages foxed. No d.j., as issued. The final appearaance of this Cavalry School yearbook, which began publication in 1912. Dedicated to Commandant Brig. Gen. Charles J. Symonds..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. Armour, G. Denholm. First editon thus (1st pub. 1843). Hardcover (quarter leather). 149p + 25 mounted color pls. by G. Denholm Armour. Beautiful copy of the first edition of these selections from Surtees's novel Handley Cross. Very handsome; good for a gift. Heavy; shipping/handling may..... More
![Item #16986 The Wild Horse of Shoreditch [original 19th-century drawing album]. Towser](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16986.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1600362195)
N.p. Unpublished, n.d. [19th century]. The drawings and handwritten captions, all in brown ink, are mounted on 21 crudely joined accordion-folded panels. Seemingly lacking panel one, which may have been the title page or the start of this appealing and unique little tale. The panels, which have separated from the..... More
