![Justin Morgan: Founder of His Race [1911 1st ed.]. Eleanor Waring Burnham.](/images/noimage.png)
Burnham, Eleanor Waring. Justin Morgan: Founder of His Race. NY: Shakespeare Press 1911. 160p + a few pls. Good hardcover (covers stained); no d.j., probably as issued. Two bookplates. ** "The romantic history of a horse," based partly on history, partly on the author's imagination. (Wells 1230) Can be sent... More
Coates, O.A. [proprietor]. The Davis or Richmond Hill Black Hawk Morgan! Bothwell [Ontario]: "Saturday Review" 1870. Original broadside, ca. 8 x 13 inches. Unfolded, matted, shrinkwrapped. There are some small random marks that may be may be printing or writing on the other side, or they may be due to... More
Conn, George H. The Arabian Horse in America. NY: Barnes 1957. 1st ed. 308p, many photos. Very good hardcover (front endpapers browned from old clippings) in good d.j. (rubbed). ** The introduction and spread of the Arabian in the United States, and its influence on other light breeds such as... More
Conn, George H. The Arabian Horse in America. NY: Arco 1977 (1st pub. 1957). xi, 321p, many photos. Very good hardcover in good d.j. ** The introduction and spread of the Arabian in the United States, and its influence on other light breeds such as the Morgan and Saddlebred. Lots... More
Ferguson, Mrs. Bruce [Lee]. An Explanation of the Aids: With Thoughts on Developing Impulsion Rhythm Suppleness and Obedience at the Walk, Trot and Canter. N.p.: American Morgan Horse Association, n.d. [1970s]. 49p, many photos and line ills. Fine paperbound. Introd. by H.L.M. Van Schaik, with whom the author studied dressage..... More
1946. Fisher Palomino Farms, Souderton, Pa. 1946 Spring Sale. 40p, a few photos. Good paperbound (some wear, top corners dogeared). ** Describes many dozen horses in the sale: Palomino Tennessee Walking Horses, Arabian-Bred Palominos, Tennessee Walking Horses, Palomino Quarter Horses, as well as some ponies, Thoroughbreds, Morgans, and American Saddle... More
![The Vermont Horse and Bridle Trail Bulletin [1939]. Green Mountain Horse Association.](/pictures/thumb/15049.jpg?v=1539198013)
Green Mountain Horse Association. The Vermont Horse and Bridle Trail Bulletin [October 1939]. Rutland, VT: GMHA. Vol. 3, no. 4 of the official organ of the GMHA. 32p, several photos and ads. Very good paperbound (light shelfwear). ** This issue includes coverage and photos of the 4th annual 100-Mile Trail... More
Hervey, John. The American Trotter. NY: Coward-McCann 1947. xi, 550p + many photos and old ills. Very good hardcover in fair d.j. (torn, creased). ** Still the best history of the Standardbred horse in America (including its Morgan roots) up to the mid-20th century, by a renowned equestrian scholar. (Wells 3528). More
1891. Isaac B. Reed [auctioneer]. Catalogue of Horses, Carriages, Harness, Etc. NY: Fitzpatrick & Wissler Printers, Feb. 17, 1891. [8]p, no ills. Fair paperbound (details on request). Occasional prices penciled in. One of the firm's regular auctions of horses and vehicles, held at their Horse and Carriage Emporium on East... More
Linsley, D.C. Morgan Horses: A Premium Essay [etc.]. Leominster, MA: Eusey Press, n.d. (1970s?; 1st pub. 1857). Hardcover facsimile reprint. viii, 340p + several pls., 2p of ads. Very good hardcover; no d.j., as issued. ** The first book about an American breed of horse; details of the early families... More
Mellin, Jeanne. The Complete Morgan Horse. [Shelburne, VT: AMHA 1999]. 372p, many photos and over 60 ills. by the author. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** "History of the breed; characteristics, conformation, and way of going; preparation for and performance in the ring." Definitive book on the Morgan... More
Owen, Mabel. Names in Morgan Horse Pedigrees. Amherst, MA: Merrylegs Charitable Literary Trust 2000. 280p, many photos. Very good hardcover (bottom front corner lightly bumped); no d.j., as issued. No. 16 of 500 copies in the Special First Edition. ** Profiles of ca. 50 influential horses and their families, from... More
Pittenger, Peggy Jett. Morgan Horses. NY: Barnes, 1967. 287p, many photos and old ills. Good clean hardcover in good d.j. Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and occasional page margin. ** The first edition, with the show riders' faces blacked out in the controversial last chapter, "The Great Schism." More
Reeves, J.H. The Orange County Stud Book, Giving a History of All Noted Stallions, Bred and Raised in Orange County [etc.]. NY: Jason H. Tuttle 1880 (1st pub. 1875). 181p + [34]p of publisher's ads, many line ills. with the ads. Fair but complete clean hardcover (covers worn, front cover... More
Spencer, Sally. The Morgan Horse. London: J.A. Allen 1994. x, 158p, many photos. Very good hardcover (plasticized boards). No d.j., as issued. ** The first general book in some years on the Morgan; in the Allen Breed Series. Three chapters on the Morgan in Great Britain and worldwide. Can be... More
Telford, Kenneth A. The Origins of the Modern Morgan: A Study in Contrasts. Randolph, VT: Author (Cantieglen Morgans) 1988 or later. 467p many photos, 7-generation pedigrees, and charts. Good sturdy paperbound (covers lightly stained). ** Here the author presents and analyzes the results of his extensive research into the ancestry... More
![Maine Horse Breeders' Monthly: 1884 [11 issues]. J. W. Thompson, ed.](/pictures/thumb/15799.jpg?v=1539198022)
Thompson, J.W., ed. The Maine Horse Breeders' Monthly: 1884. Canton, ME. Eleven monthly issues of volume 6, lacking July. Pp. 1-240, a few line ills; ads. Good paperbound (covers chipped, as usual). Name of J.B. Sanders written on front covers. ** Contains articles on breeding carriage horses, "Thoroughbred Blood in... More
