Blake, Michael. Twelve the King. Santa Monica: Perceval 2009. 36p, many photos, most in color. Good to very good hardcover (plasticized boards); no d.j. (as issued?). ** Moving tale in words and photos of the author's wild stallion, adopted from the BLM. Blake is the author of "Dances with Wolves."... More
Blue, Wallace. The Mouse-Gray Stallion. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1957. 142p, several line ills. by William Moyers. Good hardcover in good color d.j. (front rubbed, back wrinkled). ** Novel for ages 8 to 12--"a story of Montana in the last days of the wild horses." Can be sent outside the U.S. for... More
Boer, Leobert E.M. de, and Jan & Inge Bouman, eds. Genetics and Hereditary Diseases of the Przewalski Horse. Rotterdam: Foundation for the Preservation and Protection of the Przewalski Horse 1979. 176p, several photos and charts. Reproduced from typescript, as issued. Very good paperbound (covers shelf-soiled). ** Publishes 18 papers given... More
1974. Bokonyi, Sandor. The Przevalsky Horse. London: Souvenir 1974. 139p + 38 photos and line ills. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. Pages age yellowed, as always. ** The first book published after the spectacular rediscovery of wild Przevalskies in 1966. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less... More
Christie, Barbara J. The Horses of Sable Island. Lawrencetown Beach, NS: Pottersfield Press 1995. 117p, a few photos and line ills. New paperbound. ** On these tough little horses that inhabit the Sable Island sandbar off Nova Scotia (home of many legendary shipwrecks), without any human intervention. The government protection... More
Clutton-Brock, Juliet. Horse Power: A History of the Horse and Donkey in Human Societies. Harvard University Press 1992. 192p, over 140 photos and line ills., 22 in color. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** Good modern history of the horse up to the age of steam, with an... More
Dent, Anthony. Donkey: The Story of the Ass from East to West. London: Harrap 1972. 175p, several ills., 1 in color. Fwd. by R.S. Summerhays. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (faded, edge wear). ** History of the donkey from its original home in Africa through its uses in almost... More
Dobie, J. Frank; Mody C. Boatright; and Harry H. Ransom, eds. Mustangs and Cow Horses. Southern Methodist University Press for the Texas Folklore Society, 1965. 2nd ptg. (1st pub. 1940 in a limited edition). xi, 429p, several line ills. Good sturdy hardcover in good d.j Fore-edges lightly foxed. Owner's neat... More
1982. Fisher, Rosamund. Falabella Miniature Horses. Thetford, England, n.d. [1982?]. 16p, many photos + 2 color photos on covers. Good paperbound (back cover scraped, with unimportant loss to photo there; pages lightly rippled). ** Souvenir booklet for Kilverstone Miniature Horse Stud. Includes miniature donkeys as well as the spotted Falabellas... More
Foundation for the Preservation and Protection of the Przewalski Horse. Przewalski Horse: No. 14, December 1984. Rotterdam. 38p, many photos and maps. Very good paperbound. ** Single issue of this journal, with news about the foundation's horses, and articles on "Domestication: An Irreversible Process" (part 1), the reintroduction of onagers... More
Hodges, Meredith. A Guide to Raising & Showing Mules. Loveland, Co: Lucky Three 2003. 1st ed. 340p, many color photos and other ills. New hardcover (plasticized boards); no d.j., as issued. ** Basics of owning and handling mules: management, training, showing, etc. One in the author's series Training Mules and... More
Jackson, Jaime. The Natural Horse: Lessons from the Wild for Domestic Horse Care. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland 1992. 171p, many photos and line ills. Good paperbound. Bookplate. ** The author studied wild horses to learn "how domestic horses can be made happier and healthier through an understanding of what nature intended... More
Kjelgaard, Jim, ed. Wild Horse Roundup: A Collection of Stories by Members of Western Writers of America. NY: Dodd, Mead, 1958. 4th ptg. (1st pub. 1957). 275p, many ills. by Paul Brown. Good hardcover (covers lightly dampstained, endpapers slightly stained, ink name); no d.j. ** Fourteen stories about wild horses... More
Lydekker, R. The Horse and Its Relatives. NY: Macmillan 1912. xii, 286p, many photos and line ills. Good hardcover (covers rubbed). ** On the structure and natural history of the horse in general, wild tarpan, Arab stock, native British and other breeds, feral horses, kiang and onager group, zebras and... More
Marshall, Howard Wight. The Complicated Legacy of the Missouri Mule. Washington, D.C.: National Agricultural Library (Agricultural Libraries Information Notes, March 1989, pp. 1-12, a few photos). Paperbound (soiled); overall a good clean copy. ** Published on the occasion of the NAL symposium "The American Mule: Yesterday and Today." More
Moehlman, Patricia D., ed. Equids: Zebras, Asses and Horses. IUCN (World Conservation Union) 2002. 190p, many line ills., charts, graphs, and some photos. Very good oversized paperbound (slight shelf wear). ** Presents the Species Survival Commission / Equid Action Plan report on the "conservation status, biology, and ecology of wild... More
Mohr, Erna. The Asiatic Wild Horse: Equus przevalskii Poliakoff, 1881. Trans. from German by Daphne Machin Goodall. London: J.A. Allen 1971. 124p, many photos. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (edges torn, faded). Owner's ink name. ** Still a standard study of the Przevalsky horse, by one of the first... More
Patchett, Mary Elwyn. Brumby Come Home. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1962. Stated first printing. 191p, several ills. by Stuart Tresilian. Very good hardcover in good color d.j. ** Children's novel, set in Australia. The second in the author's Brumby series. More
Patchett, Mary Elwyn. Tam the Untamed. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1955. 1st U.S. ed. 186p, several ills. by Gerald McCann. Very good hardcover in good price-clipped d.j. (rubbed, chipped, short closed tear to top front). Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one page margin. ** Children's / young adult novel... More
Plumb, Charles S. Registry Books on Farm Animals: A Comparative Study. Ohio State University Press 1930. Photocopy of chapter 3, "Stud Books of Breeds of Horses and Jacks," pp. 123-184. ** Invaluable history of individual stud books, with an emphasis on draft and coach horses. Chiefly U.S. and Canada; also... More
Post, Charles Johnson. Horse Packing: A Manual of Pack Transportation. NY: Skyhorse 2007 (1st pub. 1914). Over 200p, many line ills. New paperbound. ** Detailed clear guide to properly loading a pack horse or mule, by a man who knew--he fought in the Spanish-American War and "ran mule trains over... More
