![The Pocket Farrier: A Treatise on the Veterinary Art [1847]. "A Practical Farrier"](/pictures/thumb/16785.jpg?v=1574793183)
1847. "A Practical Farrier." The Pocket Farrier, A Treatise on the Veterinary Art; containing the Materia Medica and Pharmacopoeia. Derby, England: Thomas Richardson and Son 1847 (1st pub. 1844). 324p, 2 engraved pls. Very good hardcover (opening pages including frontispiece and pictorial title page foxed). Rebound in plain cloth. Owner's..... More
1805. [Act of Parliament]. An Act for Granting to His Majesty Additional Duties in Great Britain on Horses Used in Riding, or for Drawing Certain Carriages [etc.]. [London] March 18, 1805. Pp. [125]-131, headed by British coat of arms; a few charts. Good paperbound, neatly reinforced with paper tape. Can..... More
1837. Adams, William Bridges. English Pleasure Carriages: Their origin, history, varieties, materials, construction, defects, improvements, and capabilities [etc.] London: Charles Knight 1837. xviii, 315p, ca. 25 line ills. Good hardcover (blue-green cloth, spine gilt stamped). Lacks front endpaper; occasional neat penciling. Armorial bookplate of Augustus Terry Clarke. Related material laid..... More
1837. Adams, William Bridges. English Pleasure Carriages: Their origin, history, varieties, materials, construction, defects, improvements, and capabilities [etc.] London: Charles Knight 1837. xviii, 315p, ca. 25 line ills. Good hardcover (orange-brown cloth). Covers becoming tender; rear hinge exposed; lightly foxed. Former owner's pencil name: Jay Coogan, Whitehall, Newport, R.I., with..... More
1888. An Old Guard, pseud. [L.C.R. Cameron]. The Coach-Horn: What to Blow, and How to Blow It. London: Kohler & Son 1888. 2nd expanded ed. (1st pub. 1879). 23p, a few line ills. + music for coach horn calls. Fair pictorial paperbound (worn, rear cover detached, outer pages foxed). Fragile..... More
1878. Angell, George T. Protection of Animals [and] The Thirteenth Annual Reports of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Boston, 1878 and 1881. 16p and 20p, no ills. Fair to good paperbounds (self wrappers): covers foxed or soiled, one is loosening. ** Angell's speech is an..... 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
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=1539198007)
Grey, Frank. Anonymous [Laura Valentine]. The Field the Fox Hunt and the Farm. London: Frederick Warne, n.d. [early 1880s]. N.p., many color ills. on 36 pls. Pict. cloth, gilt stamped. Rebacked; overall fair (condition details on request). There is a blank leaf (torn) within the last poem, but this is..... More
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
1894. Temple, J. and G. Blew, William C.A. Brighton and Its Coaches: A History of the London and Brighton Road. London: Nimmo 1894. xxi, 354p + 20 hand-colored pls. from watercolors by J. and G. Temple. Good hardcover (gilt-stamped pictorial blue cloth); a little shaken but overall a nice copy..... More
Bradley & Co., Syracuse, N.Y. Road Carts, Two-Wheelers, and Hand Wagons. 8 illustrated pieces: one 4-page flyer on Bradley Road Carts with pricelist and original stamped envelope [1887 or later]; one small 12-page brochure on the Bradley Road-Cart [disbound, ca. 1882.]; two 6-panel sheets on Bradley Two-Wheelers [with descriptions and..... More
No place: [Bradley], n.d. [1883 or later]. Paperbound, sewn with light cord. An instruction manual for farmers that will save "money, horse flesh and your temper" if you follow its directions. First, "open the box." Then go through the 19 steps for setting up your mower. The rest of 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
1893. [Brookfield Stud, England] Description of the Model of the Brookfield Stud and of the Portraits of Typical Horses... [cover is headed: Chicago Exhibition]. No publishing data [1893]. 40p, 1 ill. on cover. Very good paperbound. ** Brochure published for distribution at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. It describes the..... 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
1888. Caran d'Ache, pseud. [Emmanuel Poire]. Les Courses dans l'Antiquite. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit, n.d. [1888]. 63p, many color ills. by the author. Fair hardcover (pictorial boards worn, rebacked); page wear. In French. ** Large album of cartoons loosely based on horse racing through history, by a popular caricaturist of..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman, n.d. [1920s?]. Later printing. Hardcover. 125p, no ills.; color d.j. Publisher's number on jacket: W-808. Six Nick Carter novels, including this one, listed on back of jacket. Dated from owners' names, 1931. Paper-covered boards (spine tips chipped). Torn jacket reinforced with lined writing paper. Pages age browned..... More
1886. Champlin, John Denison. Chronicle of the Coach: Charing Cross to Ilfracombe. NY: Scribner 1886. 298p, 75 line ills. by Edward L. Chichester. Good hardcover (normal shelfwear, a few page margins chipped). Overall a nice bright copy in a pictorial binding, printed in gold and black. ** Account of two..... More
1829. box 23. [Clark, Bracy, ed.]. The Farrier and Naturalist; or, Horseman's Chronicle. London: Simpkin and Marshall 1829. Vol. 2, nos. 13-35 (complete). 392p + index, several line ills. Good hardcover (old quarter leather, marbled boards; rubbed). Front cover tender and will probably come off. Binding otherwise sound. ** An..... More
Johannot, T. Cler, Albert. La Comedie a cheval ou manies et travers du monde equestre.... Paris: Ernest Bourdin, n.d. [1842]. 155p, many line ills. by Charlet, T. Johannot, Eug. Giraud, and A. Giroux. Very good hardcover (contemporary marbled boards, leather spine; original paper covers bound in). Spine faded, covers shelf-rubbed..... More
1888. Codman, John. Winter Sketches from the Saddle: By a Septuagenarian. NY: Putnam 1888. 205p + 1 wood-engraved pl. Very good bright hardcover (one preliminary blank removed, else near fine). ** "I have a favorite medical system, which I shall style Equestrianopathy." The author describes several pleasant long-distance rides along..... More
Scott, J. A Country Squire [Thomas Gosden]. An Essay on Hunting: Comprising hunting lawfulness benefits pleasure pastime game scent hounds the horse huntsman sagacity. &c. &c. &c. London: Edward Jeffrey and Son 1820. 3rd ed. (1st pub. 1733). 92p + 1 pl. Old half leather (rubbed); spine gilt stamped. Opening..... More
Crickmore, H.G. Krik's Guide to the Turf 1882-1883, 1883-1884. NY: Crickmore, "The New York World," 1883. 2 vols., totaling over 1000 pp., no ills. Fair leatherbound (cover wear, spines missing, but bindings both sound). ** Part 1 gives the results of "races run in 1882 in the United States, Dominion..... More
