London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan [printers], March 18, 1805. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. [125]-131, headed by British coat of arms; a few charts. Good paperbound, neatly reinforced with paper tape. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. New tax rates for hiring..... More
![Tribulations Parisiennes et Campagnardes [12 of 16 leaves]. Albert Adam, Albrecht](/pictures/thumb/30420.jpg?v=1633973582)
Paris: Hautecoeur Freres; lithographed by Godard. n.d. [ca. 1860]. Adam, Albert. No stated edition. Unbound sheets. Dozens of humorous equestrian escapades are shown in color lithographs on 12 (of 16) original leaves. Each leaf contains two sets of scenes, for a total of 24 (of 32) scenes. Lacks title page..... More
![English Pleasure Carriages [1837, with extra material]; Their Origin, History, Varieties,...](/pictures/thumb/16494.jpg?v=1633973440)
London: Charles Knight, 1837. First edition. Hardcover (blue-green cloth, spine gilt stamped). xviii, 315p, ca. 25 line ills. Armorial bookplate of Augustus Terry Clarke. Related material laid in, including two small ink drawings of carriages. Bookseller ticket of S.W. Fores. The first edition of this important book on the principles..... More
![Protection of Animals [and] Thirteenth Annual Reports of the MSPCA. George T. Angell](/pictures/thumb/16932.jpg?v=1633973449)
Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1878, 1881. First edition. Soft cover. 16p and 20p, no ills. Angell's speech is an edition of the address he read at the annual meeting of the American Social-Science Association, 1874. Besides financial statements, membership lists, and the like, the..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [ca. 1900?]. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. Printed on lightweight card stock, ca. 11 x 7 inches. On the back is a mounted reproduction of "The Music Lesson." Age rubbed but crisp. Pin-pricks in corners. Advertisement for a veterinary remedy showing an alert high-headed coach..... More
Worcester, MA: Charles R. Stobbs, Printer, 1897. First edition. Unbound sheet. Advertising handbill printed on newsprint (age browned). Reverse is blank. Ca.6 x 10 1/2 inches. Advertises the oxen's performance at the Vermont and New Hampshire Inter-State Fair, Billings Park, White River Junction, Vermont, August 24-27, 1897. Tom and Bob..... More
No place: no stated publisher, n.d. [19th century?]. Unbound sheet. I have no idea why, by whom, or for whom, this piece of muleteer humor was made. Probably a piece of amateur printing. One leaf, folded once to make four panels. On the first panel is a hand-colored woodcut (or engraving)..... More
![The Field the Fox Hunt and the Farm [1880s]. Anonymous, Laura Valentine](/pictures/thumb/14144.jpg?v=1633973413)
London: Frederick Warne, n.d. [1880]. Grey, Frank. No stated edition. Hardcover (pictorial cloth, gilt stamped). N.p., many color ills. by Frank Grey on 36 plates. Rebacked, new endpapers. There is a torn blank leaf within the last poem, but this is a binding error; nothing is missing. Most pages stained..... More
![Catalogue of the Closing Sale of the "Atha" Herd of Short-Horns, Horses [etc.]. Ontario Atha Farm](/images/noimage.png)
Atha Farm, Ontario. Catalogue of the Closing Sale of the "Atha" Herd of Short-Horns, Horses, [etc.] With a Choice Selection from the Thistle Ha' Herd of Short-Horns and Flock of Cotswolds. Atha, Ontario, October 17, 1877. 46p, no ills. Good paperbound (front cover stained, vertical crease from folding). ** Lists..... More
London: New Sporting Magazine, December 1833. First edition. Soft cover. The articles run on pp. 97-103 and 108-120. The magazine comprises pp. 73-144 + The Racing Calendar and ads. Two engraved plates from paintings by A. Cooper: "Rabbit Shooting" and "Carp," which are lightly dampstained. Part of the first advertising..... More
London: Nimmo, 1894. Temple, J. and G. First edition. Hardcover (original gilt-stamped blue cloth). xxi, 354p + 20 hand-colored pls. from watercolors by J. and G. Temple. One sheet of publisher's ads tipped in. Bookplate of Willard S. Martin. The title page continues: "With some account of the provincial coaches..... More
No place: [Bradley], n.d. [1883 or later]. No stated edition. Soft cover (self wrappers), sewn with light cord. 11p, many line ills. Fragile (chipped, covers stained), but complete. . An instruction manual for farmers that will save "money, horse flesh and your temper" if you follow its directions. First, "open the..... More
[New York?]: No stated photographer, n.d. [ca. 1860-69]. First edition. Unbound CDVs. Three photographs of three different vehicles, all photographed against a backdrop and with a Brewster & Baldwin sign and the 786 Broadway address. One shows a gent leaning against what looks like a painted pillar. A strip of..... More
N.p. [England?]: No stated publisher, n.d. [1893]. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 40p, 1 ill. on cover. Brochure published for distribution at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. It describes the three-dimensional model of the Brookfield Stud's London "show" branch and the 19 Hackneys that were featured in paintings exhibited at..... More
New York: Sanders D. Bruce, 1884. Revised edition (1st pub. 1873). Hardcover. 640p, no ills. Original half leather, marbled boards. Spine, opening pages, and part of another page reinforced with tape; back cover tender. At least one handwritten correction. From the library of the National Quarter Horse Registry, with its..... More
Butterworth and Brik, bettors. Match Race Wager Agreement. [New Jersey, ca. 1810s-20s]. One sheet containing 9 lines, handwritten in ink. One tear but content clear; last line missing. ** Terms of a $500 bet between E. Butterworth and Joshua Brik [or Buck?] for a race between the horse Mahomet and..... More
New York: Scribner, 1886. Chichester, Edward L. First edition. Hardcover (pictorial binding printed in gold and black). 298p, 75 line ills. by Edward L. Chichester. Account of two weeks on the road in England, with descriptions of the towns, buildings, and other sites along the way. More on the sights..... More
London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1829. Hardcover (old quarter leather, marbled boards). Vol. 2, nos. 13-35 (complete). 392p + index, several line ills. Covers rubbed; front cover tender and may eventually come off. Binding otherwise sound and content very good. Old ink owner's name. An early veterinary journal, with much on..... More
Paris: Ernest Bourdin, n.d. [1842]. Johannot, T. Unstated edition. Hardcover. 155p, many line ills. by Charlet, T. Johannot, Eug. Giraud, and A. Giroux. Contemporary marbled boards, leather spine; original paper covers bound in. Spine faded, covers shelf-rubbed. In French. Humorous observations on racing, gentlemen riders, cavalry officers, stud farm managers..... More
![The Davis or Richmond Hill Black Hawk Morgan! [original broadside]. O. A. Coates, proprietor](/pictures/thumb/14502_2.jpg?v=1633973417)
Bothwell [Ontario]: "Saturday Review" 1870. No stated edition. Broadside. Ca. 8 x 13 inches. Unfolded, matted, shrinkwrapped. There are some small random marks that may be printing or writing on the other side, or they may be due to old offsetting. With two handwritten changes. Not inspected outside of the..... More
New York: Putrnam, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. 205p + 1 wood-engraved pl. "I have a favorite medical system, which I shall style Equestrianopathy." The author describes several pleasant long-distance rides along the Hudson River Valley and into Connecticut, with his mare Fanny. He reflects on the sights, the area's history..... More
London: Edward Jeffrey and Son, 1820. Scott, J. Third edition (1st pub. 1733). Hardcover (cloth and half leather, spine gilt stamped). 92p + 1 pl. (engraved frontispiece). Opening pages foxed. Contemporary ink inscription at head of title page. We know this of the author, in his own words: "My Work..... More
Paris: Plon, Nourrit, 1899. Crafty. First edition. Hardcover. 400p, ca. 200 line ills. by the author (chiefly small, some full-page plates). Back cover lightly soiled; spine lightly sunned; outer pages foxed. Handsomely rebound in three-quarter leather (brown and cream). Original rear wrapper and spine bound in at rear. Bookplate of..... More
![Krik's Guide to the Turf 1882-1883, 1883-1884 [2 vols.]. H. G. Crickmore](/pictures/thumb/15152.jpg?v=1633973423)
New York: Crickmore, "The New York World" 1883. First edition. Hardcover (leather). 2 vols., totaling over 1000p, no ills. Ca. 4 x 6 inches. Part 1 gives the results of "races run in 1882 in the United States, Dominion of Canada, and by American-bred Horses in England, Ireland, France, etc."..... More
![The Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse [color pls.]; With Anatomical and Questional...](/pictures/thumb/9449.jpg?v=1633973612)
New Yok: A.O. Moore, 1859. Later printing. Hardcover (original blind-stamped cloth). x, 291p + 17 (of 20) hand-colored engraved pls. Missing 3 plates (3, 12, 19), which show the musculature from the side, and the musculature and skeleton from the front and rear. Good-quality uncolored photocopies are laid in as..... More
