New York: The Grolier Club, 1975. Limited edition. Soft cover. 40p, no ills. One of 1000 copies. Annotated exhibition catalogue of 100 books, manuscripts, prints, and drawings from the renowed fox hunting collection of the late Mr. Andrews. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping..... More
![Paul Brown Calendar 1946 [signed, with 4 pencil sketches]. Brooks Brothers](/pictures/thumb/14828.jpg?v=1633973421)
1945. Brown, Paul. Brooks Brothers. Paul Brown Calendar 1946. [NY 1945]. [13 leaves], 12 ills. Ca. 11 x 15 inches, vertical. Original board covers printed in red and black, plastic comb bound, original cloth ties. Covers lightly shelfworn; occasional penciling to calendar dates, occasional marginal stains. No. 901 of 1000..... More
![3 Rings; A Circus Book [with original drawing]. Paul Brown](/pictures/thumb/30253.jpg?v=1633973537)
New York: Scribner, 1938. Brown, Paul. First edition. Hardcover. [76]p, many ills. by Brown, including several in color. Pictorial color boards (edges rubbed, corners bumped), cloth spine. Marginal handling smudges on several pages. Unclipped dust jacket (soiled, spine tips torn, penciling on back cover). Title page printed in red, blue..... More
Washington DC: Arabian Horse Club of America, 1918. Revised edition. Hardcover (full leather). 207p + several contemporary photos of horses (one by George Ford Morris). Presentation from W.R. Brown to Maj. Gen. Leonard A. Wood, Jan. 1st, 1919. Parts of backstrip missing; front cover loose but holding, one plate partly..... More
![Horses of Destiny [author and artist presentations, with drawing]. Fairfax Downey](/images/noimage.png)
New York: Scribner's, 1949. Brown, Paul. First edition. Hardcover. 186p, many ills. by Paul Brown. Lacks d.j. Author's and artist's pencil presentations and drawing on front endpaper: "To 'Lady Emma' Fairfax Downey New York, 1949" [and] "For Milady Hamilton Lots of luck Paul". Between the inscriptions Brown has drawn a...... More
![Statutes and General Regulations . . . .for the Olympic Games [1936]. F E. I](/pictures/thumb/16934.jpg?v=1633973450)
London: Institute of the Horse & Pony Club, 1939. Sixth edition (1st pub. 1936). Soft cover. 126p, a few line ills. From the library of horseman Charles Harris, with his ink name on cover and title page. Translated from French by Capt. G.F. Fressanges. Covers dressage, jumping, and cross country..... More
![An Academy for Grown Horsemen [1 of 235; presentation to Harriet Wadsworth]. Geoffrey Gambado,...](/pictures/thumb/12923.jpg?v=1633973409)
Westport, CT: Richard W. Ellis (The Georgian Press), 1930. Rowlandson, Thomas. Later printing. Hardcover. Ca. 64p, 12 color pls. (reproductions of the Thomas Rowlandson illustrations in the London 1809 edition). No jacket or slipcase, if issued. An appealing association copy, with a long inscription from Ellis to Harriet [Wadsworth, of..... More
![The Sportsman's Library [association copy; 1 of 600]; Being a Descriptive List of the Most...](/pictures/thumb/15938.jpg?v=1633973432)
New York: R.R. Bowker, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 158p + 8 pls. Lacks original slipcase. One of 600 copies. Lists many hundred titles on hunting, racing and steeplechasing, horse breeding and stud books, horsemanship, polo, big game, dogs and shooting, angling, yachting, coaching, sporting poetry and fiction, and miscellaneous. This..... More
![Hell for Leather! [1 of 350]. Edward Goulburn, Martin Hawke](/pictures/thumb/13878.jpg?v=1633973412)
New York: Derrydale Press, 1928. Limited edition. Hardcover (paper-covered boards, vellum spine). 36p + 3 hand-colored pls. (old hunting scenes). No. 229 of 350 numbered copies. Bookplate of Irving Eugene Loveland. Fine printing of three early 19th-century British hunting poems: "The Epwell Hunt" by Edward Goulburn, "The Melton Hunt," and..... More
New York: Derrydale Press, 1935. Brown, Paul. Limited edition (1 of 1350 copies). Hardcover. 209p, several pls. and line ills. by Paul Brown. Gilt stamping on covers dull with age, as usual. Owner's pencil name, 1937. No jacket or slipcase, as issued. Hunting humor: Col. Weatherford's loyal groom, Eddie Walsh..... More
![The Horse: A Bibliography of British Books 1851-1976 [1 of 1000]. Anne Grimshaw](/pictures/thumb/407.jpg?v=1633973605)
London: Library Asociation, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 474p, several ills. Owner's neat ink name. No. 201 of 1000 numbered and signed copies. Annotated list of over 3200 books, interwoven with insightful commentary on what they tell us about the horse in British daily life, the cavalry, riding and training, care..... More
New York: Grolier Club, 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 134p, several pls. One of 400 copies, in scarce original glassine jacket (torn at edges and spine). Introd. by Harry T. Peters. Lists hundreds of books and periodicals on racing, hunting, taming, riding, farriery, and veterinary medicine, plus other non-equestrian sports. The..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1940. Alken, Ferneley, Sartorius, Herring. First edition. Hardcover (half leather). 53p + 4 tipped-in pls. Corner of one plate dogeared; else internally fine. Presentation copy from Thieriot to E.J. Rousuck, September 1940. Cataloge of 71 British paintings by the Alkens, Ferneley, Herring, Sartorius, etc. Chiefly racing..... More
![The Horse Pennings of Assateague Island [1 of 122 copies]. T. Holmes](/pictures/thumb/30012.jpg?v=1633973486)
Richmond, VA: The Attic Press, 1951. Limited edition (first pub. 1835). Paperbound, sewn with light cord. [16]p + 1 line ill. (frontispiece, printed in green). Christmas inscription, 1951, on inside back cover. Covers are a softer grey-green than photo shows. "This booklet was composed, printed on dampened sheets and bound..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1944. Brown, Paul. First edition (wartime edition). Hardcover. 280p, many ills. + jacket by Paul Brown. Harry Worcester Smith's review copy, with many interesting related pieces. "Autobiography of this Irish veterinarian and foxhunter, with many anecdotes of the horses, hounds and people he encountered in..... More
Weston, CT: Author, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. [Ca. 400p], 16 color photos. No. 9 of 15 copies, signed by Laffaye. In Spanish. The first edition of the first dictionary devoted to polo. The late Horace Laffaye continued to publish several histories and dictionaries of polo, including this one in English..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. ix, 307p + 16p of publisher's ads, no ills. Erratum slip tipped in. Title-page printed dedication to the Duke of Beaufort, President, and the Members of The Coaching Club. From the collection of carriage historian Hugh McCausland, with his bookplate. "General information..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. ix, 307p + 16p of publisher's ads, no ills. Photocopy of erratum slip laid in. From the library of artist Lynwood Palmer, with his ink name. "General information on English road coaching, from its early days to the mid-nineteenth century. Has data..... More
Mackay-Smith, Alexander. The American Foxhound 1747-1967. Millwood, VA: American Foxhound Club, 1968. xxxi, 416p + many photos and other ills., 1 in color. Very good hardcover (full leather); no d.j., as issued. No. 681 of 1000 signed and numbered copies; errata sheet taped to last page. This copy belonged to..... More
Wamego, KS: Premier Publishing, 1992. First edition. Soft cover. 110p, many photos. Signed by the author. Lists 3000 foundation Quarter Horses (and some Thoroughbreds), with birth year, sire, dam, and dam's sire when known. Gives fuller pedigrees of 24 horses from the 19th century on. The photos are of photocopy..... More
![The First Book of Horses [signed]. McLennan McMeekin, pseud, Isabel McLennan McMeekin](/pictures/thumb/9764.jpg?v=1633973613)
New York: Franklin Watts, 1949. Crowell, Pers. First edition. Hardcover. 45p, many small ills. by Pers Crowell, some in color. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Still a good introduction for young to middle readers, with lively illustrations by one of America's best equestrian illustrators. Color in photo..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [1991]. Limited edition. Hardcover. Corrected and revised edition (1st pub. 1969). No d.j., as issued. 314p, many photos. No. 59 of 150 copies, signed by Mulder. With publisher's blind stamp on title page and "Deluxe Edition" printed on front cover. Pedigrees, histories, descriptions, progeny, influence..... More
![The Chace [presentation copy to Florence Dibble]. pseud Nimrod, Charles James Apperley](/pictures/thumb/30478.jpg?v=1633973596)
New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1931. First edition thus. Hardcover (boards, cloth spine). Introd. by Owen Culbertson. xi, 64p + several pls. by Edward P. Buyck. Pages uncut; lacks the d.j. The first separate publication of this 1832 essay, of which Surtees wrote, "It...will stand its ground to the end..... More
Leicester: Edgar Backus, 1934. Simpson, Charles. First edition. Hardcover. xiii, 292 + 40 pls., including 25 in black, white, and red by Charles Simpson. Lacks d.j. The 19th-century hunting lives of the Rev. John Empson of Lincoln ("the flying parson") and the famed Meltonian Dick Christian. Includes material from books..... More
Pittsburg, CA: Pinto Horse Society, 1943. First edition. Stapled soft cover. [52]p, many photos, 2 in color. Ink presentation from editor Glendenning, 1945. The very first issue of the Pinto stud book, containing nos. 1-106. Texts on Pinto history, overos and tobianos, breeding and judging Pintos, lists of members and..... More
