London: Vinton & Co., n.d. [ca. 1908]. No stated edition. Hardcover. 74p + 6p of publisher's ads, a few line ills. No d.j. (as issued?). Neat ink name on title page. In the publisher's Country Series. Small manual on "feeding, management, diseases, and accidents"; also chapters on breeds, bits and..... More
Galashiels, Scotland: Craighead Bros. 1904. First edition. Hardcover (original cloth, gilt stamped). 341p, 67 ills. (line and photos). Covers rubbed, endpapers foxed, but in much better condition than usual. Pencil name of owner,dated 1904. An unusually wide-ranging guide, with chapters on early training to saddle and harness, yoking colts, jumping..... More
Leipzig and Berlin: Otto Spamer, 1882. Fifth revised edition (1st pub. 1863). Hardcover (pictorial cloth, gilt stamped). xxii, 538p, 159 line ills. + 2p of publisher's ads. In German fraktur. The last edition of this very comprehensive volume on care and management, riding, and training through the capriole. (Wells 3455)..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. Second edition (1st pub. 1848). xx, 218p + 34p of publisher's ads + 1 engraved pl. (heavily foxed). No jacket, as issued. Owner's ink name on endpapers. Sensible, considerate advice on buying, feeding, stabling, and affording horses. Can be sent outside the U.S...... More
N.p. [Belgium]: [Author], 2011. Soft cover. Ca. 240p, many color photos. Excellent handbook on "the French system" of modern endurance riding, by the many-times Belgian champion endurance rider. Covers training and conditioning, feeding, feet and shoeing, stretching and massage, all aspects of racing (the crew, vet checks, problems and solutions..... More
New York: Orange Judd, 1895. Second printing. Soft cover. 153p + 6p of publisher's ads, 73 line ills. + 4 pls. (portraits of horses). Outer handling wear and soil, but very sturdy and internally clean. This popular guide to feeding, stabling, riding, driving, doctoring, etc., was intended for those keeping..... More
Murray Bridge, South Australia: T. O'Dea, n.d. [ca. 1927]. First edition. Hardcover (limp cloth). 65p, many ads for businesses in Adelaide and elsewhere. No d.j., as issued. Diagnosing and treating many ailments of horses, cattle, and sheep with formulas of oils, herbs, etc.--belladonna, turpentine, etc. Can be sent outside the..... More
London: Warne, n.d. [ca. 1897]. "Sixth thousand" (first pub. 189-?). Hardcover (pictorial cover stamped in black, brown, and gilt). 134p + 2p of publisher's ads, no ills. Breezy, humorous tips, intended as advice to the author's son on his 21st birthday. Originally printed in an edition of one copy, later..... More
Cleveland Heights: Xenophon, 1999. First edition. Soft cover. xiv, 136p, 30 photos and line ills. The third in Racinet's popular trilogy devoted to "riding in lightness," this one combines the lessons of Baucher's flexions and Dominique Giniaux's osteopathic manipulations of the horse's neck, pelvis, etc., to unlock blocked vertebrae, etc...... More
Springfield, OH: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, April 1887. No stated edition. Soft cover. Farm and Fireside Library, no. 38. 178p, many line ills. As often, page 61 is blank due to a printing error; photocopy supplied. History, management, training, anatomy, diseases and cures, etc. Includes a few pages on riding..... More
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London: George Routledge & Sons, n.d. [1859 or later]. Revised edition. Hardcover (pictorial boards). "A new edition, revised by Cecil." 172p + 4 pls. In the publisher's series Books for the Country. Publisher's ads on inside covers; ad for billiard boards and supplies on the back cover. "Cecil" was Cornelius..... More
![Handbuch der Pferde- und Vieharzney-Kunde [etc.] [1832]. J. Zund, Zuend, ohn](/pictures/thumb/16543.jpg?v=1634816583)
1832. Zund, J.J. Handbuch der Pferde- und Vieharzney-Kunde [etc.]. Philadelphia: Heinrich Hory for the author, 1832. 376p + [8]p, no ills. Fair to good hardcover (full contemporary leather-backed boards, which show normal age-rubbing). Foxed throughout, some pages chipped. Crayon scribbling on front pastedown. rear endpapers torn. Binding very sturdy. In..... More
