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
1994. Boyd, Lee, and Katherine A. Houpt, eds. Przewalski's Horse: The History and Biology of an Endangered Species. Albany: State University of New York 1994. 256p, many charts and photos. Good paperbound (spine faded, a couple of pages dogeared and curled due to poor storage). ** Scholarly study, with contributions..... More
1965. 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 fair d.j Fore-edges lightly foxed. Owner's..... More
1998. Ferris, William R. Mule Trader: Ray Lum's Tales of Horses, Mules and Men. University Press of Mississippi 1998. 251p + several ills. Fwd. by Eudora Welty. Very good paperbound. Ink presentation from the author, 2007. ** Originally published in 1992 under the title "You Live and Learn. Then You..... 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
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
1933. Leigh, William R. The Western Pony. Fwd. by James L. Clark. NY: Huntington Press 1933. Stated 1st ed. 116p, several small ills. + 6 mounted color pls. by Leigh, all fine under tissue guard-sheets. Very good hardcover (endpapers lightly foxed, browned from binding glue; top of spine lightly frayed;..... 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
2002. 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 (some shelf wear, short mended tear to front cover). ** Presents the Species Survival Commission / Equid Action Plan report on the..... 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
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
1883. Revoil, Benedict-Henry. Chasses dans l'Amerique du Nord. Tours: Alfred Mame 1883. New ed. 366p, many ills. by Yan'Dargent. Fair hardcover: sound but lightly dampstained in places; quarter-leather covers are quite rubbed. Ink presentation, 1884. In French. ** Accounts of hunting game in North America: coyotes, wild cats, wild pigs..... More
1979. Savory, T.H. The Mule: A Historic Hybrid. Durham, UK: Meadowfield Press 1979. 49p, a few ills. and charts. Very good paperbound (spine sunned). ** In the scientific series Patterns of Progress. Focuses on breeding mules and the genetics of mules and hinnies; also informative sections on the mule in..... More
1992. Stamm, Mike. The Mule Alternative: The Saddle Mule in the American West. Kingman, AZ: Medicine Wolf 1992. 162p, several photos and maps. Very good paperbound (small sticker at top of spine). ** The author collected what 19th-century explorers, pioneers, horse soldiers, traders, settlers, gold rushers and others wrote or..... More
1997. Svendsen, Elisabeth D., ed. The Professional Handbook of the Donkey. London: Whittet Books 1997. 3rd ed. 400p, many photos nd line ills. Very good paperbound (light shelf wear). ** Chapters by many specialists on all aspects of donkey husbandry and veterinary care, as well as riding, driving, and therapeutic..... More
1990. Travis, Lorraine. The Mule. London: J.A. Allen 1990. (Allen Breed Series) 150p, many photos. Very good hardcover (no d.j., as issued). ** The mule in history, military use of the mule, scientific aspects, mule ownership, the mule today--and tomorrow. Can be sent outside the US for less than the..... More
