Shrewsbury, NJ: Forcacre Studios, 1952. Morris, George Ford. First edition. Hardcover (leatherette). 280p, over 500 ills., 21p in color. Without the jacket. One of the great 20th-century American horse books. Hundreds of art works large and small in oil, pencil, charcoal, posters, etc. Morris writes about his life from his..... 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
Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1838. First American edition. Hardcover in slipcase. 2 vols.: 200, 195 pp, no ills. Ex libris "From the Books at Farandnear." Old (original?) quarter cloth and plain paper boards, with old paper spine labels. In modern slipcase and matching chemises.(ribbons frayed away). Scattered age..... More
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London: Weatherbys, 1991. Facsimile reprint; limited edition. Hardcover (leather spines), in very good slipcase. 2 vols.: 207p, 143p, several ills. Facsimile reprint of the first English Thoroughbred stud book (published 1791) plus Willett's excellent history of the stud book and the Weatherbys firm into the 1990s. Published in a small..... More
