London: Museum Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 280p, several line ills. + many photos. Some reviews mounted in. In bold purple ink dressage rider/writer Harris savages this book on almost every page (photos 2 and 3 show typical spreads, cropped at the bottom). On the fore-edges he has printed, "Talking..... More
![Item #31670 Cavaletti [Charles Harris copy with his notes]; Schooling of Horse & Rider over...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31670.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1691497203)
London: J.A. Allen, 1969. First English-language edition. Hardcover. 128p, many photos and line ills. Trans. from German by Daphne Machin Goodall. Reviews mounted in, also Harris's typed list summarizing his thoughts on the book. Jacket is soiled. Once again horseman/critic Harris takes his red pen to skewer a popular manual..... More
![Item #31617 Common Sense Horsemanship [Charles Harris copy with his notes]; A Distinct Method of...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31617.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1689031744)
New York: Van Nostrand, 1963. Second edition (1st pub. 1951). Hardcover. 370p, over 100 line ills. and photos + 2 folding charts outlining steps in schooling and performance. With two chapters by Alexis Wrangel. Edited and designed by Eugene V. Connett. Although Littauer's emphasis on forward movement at the expense..... More
London: British Horse Society, 1961. Fifth edition (1st pub. 1950). Hardcover. 211p, many line ills. Lacks back cover, ca. last 30 pages dampstained. Faint musty odor. Some related clippings tipped in. No jacket, as issued. Horseman/writer Charles Harris takes his red pen and tears savagely into the riding section of..... More
London: HMSO, 1929. No stated edition. Hardcover. 268p, several line ills. and photos + 40p listing hundreds of official military publications. Presumably Harris studied this well-worn manual after he signed up with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers in 1940. Some marginal pencil notes; some sections that weren't necessary to learn..... More
