Vienna: Hartleben, 1884. First (only) edition. Hardcover (original gilt- and blind-stamped cloth, slightly rubbed). 272p (including 3p of publisher's ads), 77 line ills. (8 of them full page plates). In German. Comprehensive guide for owners and breeders of saddle, carriage, and draft horses--their selection, care and management, leg and hoof..... More
N.p. Author, 2023. First edition. Hardcover (plasticized boards). 429p, many old ills. No jacket, as issued. The author identifies what she calls the American Running Horse as the very versatile "base of our light horse breeds, and [also] the genetic source of their excellent sport abilities." She presents documentary, anecdotal..... More
N.p. [London?]: War Office, 1931. No stated edition. Soft cover. 6p, no ills. War Office Publication 5435. Small pamphlet outlining the basics of breeding and foaling, written for those "who are thinking of making use of the Premium Horses." Brigadier Rome was the Assistant Director of Remounts [Britain]. Minor, but..... More
![Item #31899 The Western Horseman 1962 [complete]. Dick Spencer, ed, III](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31899.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707224168)
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
London: Warne, 1968. Revised Edition (1st pub. 1948). Hardcover. 268p, 95 photos. Jacket is soiled and stained. Revised and enlarged edition of this popular pocket guide to 130 "familiar and unfamiliar breeds and varieties" from around the world. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping..... More
Randolph, VT: Author (Cantieglen Morgans), n.d. [1988 or later]. Later printing. Soft cover. 467p, many photos, 7-generation pedigrees, and charts. Here the author presents and analyzes the results of his extensive research into the ancestry of the Morgan horse, based on scrutiny of printed sources (in which he points out..... More
![Item #31758 Original Book of Entries for the Services of the Stud Horse Brown Highlander [and]...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31758.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1696278506)
Unpublished, 1829, 1850, 1852. Soft cover. [34]p, 25 of them filled in. No ills. Blawenburgh is in Somerset County. Some arithmetic sums penciled on inside back cover. Photo 2 is a little cropped. Handwritten mating record for the two stallions. In April-June 1829 Brown Highlander served 56 mares. In May-September..... More
