![Bits & Pieces [and] Stirrups, Spurs & Status Symbols [2 vols.]. Anne Ekins, Horsham Museum](/images/noimage.png)
2001. Ekins, Anne. Bits & Pieces [and] Stirrups, Spurs & Status Symbols: Saddlery Catalogue, vols. 1 and 2. Horsham, UK: Horsham Museum 2001, 2002. Each volume is ca. [60-70]p, with many photos. All photocopied, as issued. Very good paperbound, comb or spiral bound (bottom link of one plastic binding is..... More
1997. Hutchins, Dan. "Old West" Cowboy Collectibles: Auction Update and Price Guide. Las Vegas, NM: Hutchins 1997. 35p, ca. 40 black-and-white photos. Very good paperbound (light cover wear). ** Lists the prices of over 650 western items that sold at auction in 1996 (High Noon, Engel, Payne, Old West Show..... More
Naudot, Carle (Lou Camarguen). Camargue et Gardians. [France]: Parc Naturel Regional de Camargue 1977. Over 210p, many line ills. and old photos. Good oversized paperbound. In French. ** Detailed look at the Camargue way of life by a leading French folklorist, with much on the white horses of southern France..... More
1995. Nelson, Mark Loge. Bibliography of Old Time Saddlemakers. Palouse, WA: Nelson Pub. Co. 1995. 4th ed. (1st pub. 1992). 98p, no ills. Very good paperbound (plastic comb binding). ** Not a traditional bibliography, but a list of hundreds of "makers of cowboy leather: gun belts, chaps, holsters, saddles, saddlebags..... More
1900. No author. The Harness Makers' Guide. Walsall: Office of "Saddlery and Harness" 1900. 60p (including 2p of ads), several line ills. Poor stapled paperbound: front cover missing, back cover detached and torn, overall worn and soiled. Content is complete. Scarce in any condition; priced accordingly. ** "Containing the lengths..... More
1936. Smith-Worthington Saddlery Co. The Modern Forward Seat Saddle [Catalog 20]. Hartford, CT, n.d. [ca. 1936]. 12p, many ills. Very good large paperbound (spine faded). Photo-duplicated promotional letter laid in. ** The first two pages feature two "Italian model" forward seat saddles, one of them improved by Captain S.N. Kournakoff..... More
1950. Smith-Worthington Saddlery Co., Hartford. Catalog No. 65 [cover reads: Modern Saddlery]. N.d. [1950s?]. 48p, many photos and line ills. Good paperbound (front cover stained). ** English, driving, and western tack and equipment. Smith-Worthington, founded in the late 1700s, is one of the oldest continuously operating businesses of any kind..... More
1877. Various authors. Saddlers, Harness Makers, and Carriage Builders' Gazette. London. Vol. 7, no. 79 (November 1, 1877). Pp. 122-131; 1 folded line plate laid in. Very good paperbound (old vertical crease). ** News, notes, and feature articles on the carriage trade, including the international leather goods exhibition in Berlin..... More
![Man and the Horse [on equestrian fashion]. Diana Vreeland, introd](/pictures/thumb/347.jpg?v=1546014243)
1985. Vreeland, Diana, introd. Man and the Horse. NY: Simon and Schuster for The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1985. 127p, many photos and other ills., many in color. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** Renowned exhibition of equestrian fashion and style, with chapters by Alexander Mackay-Smith, Jean R...... More
![The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Sidesaddle [signed]. Rhonda C. Watts Hettinger](/pictures/thumb/14242.jpg?v=1539198007)
Watts Hettinger, Rhonda C. The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Sidesaddle. Wilton, NH: Sidesaddle Source 2010. 216p, many photos and line ills. New paperbound. One of 1150 numbered copies, signed by the author. ** A wonderful reference to sidesaddle riding, saddles, dress, etiquette, famous horsewomen, and much more. With a timeline..... More
![The Western Sidesaddle [2nd ed.]. Rhonda C. Watts Hettinger](/pictures/thumb/14914.jpg?v=1539198012)
Watts Hettinger, Rhonda C. The Western Sidesaddle. Wilton, NH: Side Saddle Source 2012. 2nd ed. (1st pub. 2002). 129p, many photos and line ills. New paperbound, but 2 small light stains on inside front cover and title page, as received from the publisher. Signed by the author. ** The revised..... More
