Anonymous, ed. Saddle and Song: A Collection of Verses Made at Warrenton, Va., during the Winter of 1904-1905. NY: Lippincott 1905. 200p + 8 pls. Good sturdy hardcover, better than often found (spine faded); no d.j. (as issued?). Two ink names; one small bookplate; owner's neat ink stamp on front..... More
Higginson, A. Henry, ed. As Hounds Ran: Four Centuries of Foxhunting. NY: Huntington Press 1930. xxviii, 240p + many "contemporary prints and with new drawings by Cecil Aldin & Lionel Edwards," 1 in color. Fwds. by John Masefield and Edgar Astley Milne. Very good hardcover (spine lightly stained, faded as..... More
1930. Higginson, A. Henry, ed. As Hounds Ran: Four Centuries of Foxhunting. NY: Huntington Press 1930. xxviii, 240p + many "contemporary prints and with new drawings by Cecil Aldin & Lionel Edwards," 1 in color. Fwds. by John Masefield and Edgar Astley Milne. Very good hardcover, unopened. Covers faded, as..... More
1949. Macauley, Thurston, ed. The Great Horse Omnibus: From Homer to Hemingway. Introd. by Bing Crosby. Chicago: Ziff-Davis 1949. xvi, 462p + many ills., 1 pl. in color. Very good hardcover in poor d.j. (torn), which reproduces Franz Marc's painting "Golden Horses." ** Classic anthology of fiction, poetry, journalism, history..... More
Mackay-Smith, Alexander, ed. American Foxhunting: An Anthology. Millwood, VA: American Foxhound Club 1970. 212p + 128 ills. from various sources. Very good hardcover; no d.j., as issued. The original edition; one of 2500 numbered copies signed by the author. ** "Seventy-nine classic stories, sketches, essays and poems." Non-fiction and fiction..... More
Manning, Landon. Extra Sugar for Kelso: The True Stories of Saratoga Thoroughbred Racing in the Great Decades of the 1960's and 1970's. The Author 1981. 170p + a few photos. Very good hardcover in good d.j. ** The best racing articles by longtime Saratoga journalist Manning. Can be sent outside..... More
Pennell-Elmhirst [Edward]. The Best Season on Record: (Selected and Republished from "The Field"). London: Routledge 1885. 2nd ed. (1st pub. 1884). vi, 211p, many text ills. + 4 hand-colored pls. by John Sturgess. Fair reading or binding copy, in original stamped pictorial cover. Condition details on request. The frontispiece is..... More
1949. Puhris, M.A. Parallelen des Lebens. Noeis 1949. N.p., several pls., a few in color. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (small tears). In German. ** Collection of 248 worldwide aphorisms, proverbs, nuggets of wisdom, literary excerpts, etc., on riding, the horse, and the rider. The sources include the Bible..... More
Roeingh, Rolf. Freund Pferd. Berlin: Deutscher Archiv Verlag 1943. N.p., many large photos and some drawings. Fair hardcover: ex-lib. (shelf marks and bookplate removed, ink stamp on title page). Covers faded. In German. ** Collection of photos and various historial texts. Emphasizes the desert Arabian, with many scenes of bedouins..... More
Rojas, Arnold R. These Were the Vaqueros: Collected Works of Arnold R. Rojas. Bakersfield, CA: Hall Letter Shop 1981. 3rd ptg. (1st pub. 1974). xx, 528p, many photos + ills. by Rich Rudish. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (shelf-soiled). ** Collects the five books by long-time horseman Rojas, "the..... More
Schirg, Berthold, fwd. Goethe und die Reitkunst. Hildesheim: Olms Presse 1982. (Documenta Hippologica) Variously paged, several ills. Good paperbound (shelfwear to covers). In German. ** Reissues three writings on Goethe as a horseman, each taken from a larger work: "Goethe und die Reitkunst" by Herrmann B. Muller (1921, in fraktur)..... More
Stephens, Wilson, ed. The Second Field Bedside Book. London: Collins 1969. 255p, many line ills. by B.S. Biro. Very good hardcover; no d.j. ** Collection of many essays, memoirs, poems, letters, etc., about all manner of outdoor sports and country life--hunting, shooting, farming, gardening, dogs, birds, horses, etc. All first..... More
Various authors. The Book of Sports, British and Foreign 1843; devoted to the pictorial illustration of the pursuits of the sportsman in every quarter of the globe. London: Walter Spiers 1843. 2 vols. in one: 92, 92p + pictorial engraved title page and 100 engraved pls. by various artists (Alken..... More
Watson, J.N.P., ed. The World's Greatest Horse Stories. London: Paddington 1979. 336p, many ills. by various artists (Aldin, Armour, Ball, Board, Edwards, Munnings, etc.). Very good hardcover (one gathering split but binding sound) in very good d.j. ** Excellent anthology of fact and fiction about horses in general, horses and..... More
