![Aphorismen und Paradoxe uber das Reiten [Aphorisms on Riding]. Alessandro Alvisi, Joachim Wimmer](/pictures/thumb/12489.jpg?v=1539198002)
1959. Alvisi, Alessandro, and Joachim Wimmer. Aphorismen und Paradoxe uber das Reiten. Frankfurt: Limpert, n.d. [1959]. 2nd rev. ed. (1st pub. 1940). Trans. from Italian. 90p, many line ills. Very good hardcover in original printed acetate d.j. ** Collection of thoughts and sayings about horses and riding, including many of... More about Aphorismen und Paradoxe uber das Reiten [Aphorisms on Riding
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 about Saddle and Song: A Collection of Verses Made at Warrenton, Va
Harper, Wilhemina, ed. Flying Hoofs: Stories of Horses. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1939 (early but not 1st ptg.). 292p, many small ills. and 3 pls. by Paul Brown. Good hardcover in poor d.j. (torn, rubbed, but mostly all present). ** Collection of fiction and non-fiction about horses and ponies, often taken... More about Flying Hoofs: Stories of Horses
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 about As Hounds Ran: Four Centuries of Foxhunting [1 of 990
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 often;... More about As Hounds Ran: Four Centuries of Foxhunting [with T.L.s
Lynch, Stanislaus. Echoes of the Hunting Horn. NY: Devin-Adair, n.d. [1946]. ix, 181p, b&w ills. by Olive Whitmore. Good clean hardcover (bottom cover corners lightly bumped); no d.j. Neat ink stamp of former owner on front endpaper and one page margin. ** Collects the author's articles and essays from Riding..... More about Echoes of the Hunting Horn
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 about American Foxhunting: An Anthology
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 about Extra Sugar for Kelso
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 about The Best Season on Record [1883-84
1996. Rasmussen, Leon, and Miles Napier, eds. Treasures of the Bloodstock Breeders' Review. London: J.A. Allen 1990. xvii, 692p, several ills. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. Slightly skewed from poor storage; will straighten out with proper shelving. ** Informative and entertaining anthology of the best from this British... More about Treasures of the Bloodstock Breeders' Review
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 about Freund Pferd
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 about These Were the Vaqueros: Collected Works of Arnold R. Rojas
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 about Goethe und die Reitkunst
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 about The Second Field Bedside Book
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 about The Book of Sports, British and Foreign 1843
Vischer, Peter, ed. Horse & Horseman: An Anthology of Articles and Pictures from America's Most Celebrated Horse Magazine. Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand 1967. 272p, many photos and line ills., several by Paul Brown. Very good hardcover in good d.j. ** Published from 1927 to 1942, Horse & Horseman was first... More about Horse and Horseman: An Anthology of Articles and Pictures
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 about The World's Greatest Horse Stories
