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
Dowdall, Roberto C. Trabajando de a Caballo [Working with a Rope from Horseback]. Buenos Aires: Editorial Hemisferio Sur 1977. 119p, many line ills. on over 50 pls. Good large paperbound (covers scuffed; internally very good and clean). In Spanish. ** On handling horses with ropes (haltering, throwing, catching) and roping..... More
2011. Liesens, Leonard. Endurance: A French Perspective. [Belgium, Author] 2011. Ca. 240p, many color photos. Very good paperbound (bottom corners lightly bumped). ** Excellent handbook on "the French system" of modern endurance riding, by the many-times Belgian champion endurance rider. Covers training and conditioning, feeding, feet and shoeing, stretching and..... 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
1935. Van Sinderen, Adrian. Canter, Please! Random Memories of Glenholme Farm and of Our Playmates and Playgrounds. Privately Printed 1935 [by The Derrydale Press?]. 93p, many photos. Very good hardcover (red boards, white vellum spine, which is darkened). Trivial edge wear. Lacks the slipcase. "Christmas Greetings from the Author" card..... More
![The Bit and Spur [3 issues]. authors, ed. Bill Hagen](/pictures/thumb/30200.jpg?v=1623276132)
Billings, MT: Bill Hagen, 1944, 1950, 1951. First edition. Soft cover. Issues of November 1944, August 1950,and September 1951. From 24 to 32 pages, many photos and ads. Incorporating The Intermountain Horseman and Amateur Horseman magazines. This monthly magazine offered "Horse News for Horse Enthusiasts." News, short articles, etc., focusing..... 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
