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Brotto, N. O Quarto de Milha no Brasil [The Quarter Horse in Brazil]. [Sao Paulo? Author?] 1960. 140p, many photos and line ills. Very good paperbound (light cover wear and soil). In Portuguese. ** On the Quarter Horse in Brazil--breed standards, history of importations, uses, coloration, etc. Unusual. Seemingly self-published... More
Denhardt, Robert M. The King Ranch Quarter Horses: And something of the ranch and the men that bred them. University of Oklahoma Press 1995 (1st pub. 1970). 312p, 42 photos. Very good paperbound. ** Definitive history of these legendary horses, the King Ranch breeding program, etc. (Pub. at $24.95). More
Hedgpeth, Don. They Rode Good Horses: The First Fifty Years of the American Quarter Horse Association. Amarillo, TX: AQHA 1990. 157p, several photos of men and horses. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** Candid history of the organization, its troubles and turmoils, its accomplishments and successes. More
Larkin, Susan. Thoroughbred Sires of Quarter Horses. Houston: Loshadt 1999. 220p, no ills. Very good paperbound, comb-bound (slight cover soil). Bookplate. ** This excellent reference compiles 172 6-generation pedigrees of Thoroughbred stallions foaled before 1940 who are found in Quarter Horse bloodlines. Many pedigrees go back to the early 1800s... More
Laune, Paul. America's Quarter Horses. Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1973. 558p, many photos and line ills. Good hardcover in good color d.j. (painting by the author). ** "The history, development, use, care, training, showing, racing of the Quarter Horse." Still a useful reference to Quarter Horse families and all uses... More
Lindeman, M.H. The Quarter Horse Breeder. Wichita Falls, TX, 1959. Vol. 1 (all published). 216p, many photos. Very good hardcover; no d.j. Printed in sepia. ** Conformation, selecting breeding stock, performance, foot care and shoeing, foundation families, outstanding breeders (history, theories, practices of 36 breeders). (Wells 4617). More
Mackay-Smith, Alexander. The Colonial Quarter Race Horse: America's First Breed of Horses.... Fwd. by Robert Moorman Denhardt. Privately printed [Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, printers] 1983. xxxiii, 328p, many ills. from many old sources (paintings, books, ads, etc.), some in color. Very good hardcover in d.j. One of 1500 copies, out... More
Nettles, Gala. Doc Bar Revisited. Madisonville, TX: LMH 2005. xii, 164p, many photos, some in color. As new hardcover in as new d.j. ** Updated edition of Doc Bar (1995), on the life and influence of the great cutting Quarter Horse sire. More
Nettles, Gala. Trendsetters: Vol. 1. Madisonville, TX: LMH 2000. 197p, many photos. Very good paperbound. ** The story of three great cutting horse stallions, and their importance for both the sport and Quarter Horse bloodlines: Jewel's Leo Bars, Colonel Freckles, and Doc O'Lena. "It's about the people who molded them... More
Nye, Nelson C. The Complete Book of the Quarter Horse: A Breeder's Guide and Turfman's Reference. NY: A.S. Barnes 1969. 4th printing (1st pub. 1964). 471p, 179 photos. Good-plus hardcover in good d.j. Large ink signature on part-title and in one margin. ** Standard survey of the breed and its... More
Nye, Nelson C. Speed and the Quarter Horse: A Payload of Sprinters. Caldwell, ID: Caxton 1973. xii, 356p, many photos. Very good hardcover (top fore-edges dusty) in poor d.j. (large piece torn from top front and back). ** The basic book on Quarter Horse racing: its history; stories of the... More
Short, Victoria Anne. The First Twenty Quarter Horses: Their Lives and Legacies. Premier Publishing 1996. 193p, a few photos. Very good paperbound (light handling wear). Owner's ink name. Signed by the author. ** The result of years of painstaking research (pre-internet!), this book has been called "the equivalent of a.... More
Short, Victoria Anne. Unregistered Foundation Sires of the American Quarter Horse. Houston: Loshadt 1999. 285p, no photos in this copy. Very good paperbound. ** Profiles, multi-generation pedigrees, and full lists of the get of 36 early Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred sires, from Copperbottom through Flying Bob. This is the publisher's... More
Smelker, Renee H. Quarter Racing Stakes Horses 1949-1967. Tucson: Author 1969. Ca. 400p, variously paged. Very good hardcover; no d.j. (as issued?). ** Full records of stakes and feature race winners for these years, their sires, and their maternal grandsires and dams. All the placed horses are indexed with a.... More
Union [Oregon] Livestock Show]. Official Classification List of the Fourth Annual Live Stock Show 1912. 56p, 1 line ill. on cover. Good paperbound (lightly soiled, rubbed). ** Over 125 classes listed for horses, and about 25 for cattle. Thoroughbreds, Standardbreds, other trotters, registered and non-registered Saddle Horses, ladies' and gentlemen's... More
