[Rochester, NY]: No stated publisher, n.d. [ca. 1926]. First edition. Unbound cards. Lot of 10 metal stick pins, fastened to cards with four lines of verse. At the top is a low-relief horse head within a shield reminiscent of a fireman's badge. "Roch NY" is stamped on the back of..... More
![Item #16973 Premium Horse: "Balgreen Autocrat" (22582) [Clydesdale stallion card]. Arran Heavy...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16973.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1633973454)
Kilsyth, Scotland: Duncan, Printers, n.d. [1944-45]. First edition. Card stock. One sheet of card stock, folded once to vest-pocket size. Printed on cover and inside two pages. No ills. Stallion card for this Clydesdale stallion, owned by James Jackson, Midton Farm, by Gartcosh. With his traveling schedule for the 1945..... More
Atha, Ontario: Atha Farm, 1877. First edition. Soft cover. 46p, no ills. Auction catalogue, October 17, 1877. Lists many shorthorn cows and bulls for sale, each with a several-generation line pedigree. No horses are listed, and the sheep are not identified separately. The farms were owned by William Miller, Jr...... More
St. Louis: Banner Buggy Co., n.d. [ca. 1920]. No stated edition. Hardcover. 60p, many phiotos and line ills. printed in red and black against yellow backgrounds. Rebound in buckram, stamped with initials J.A.R. Original embossed wrappers bound in (torn). Two small leather samples are missing (a third one is present)..... More
Richmond, VA: Benj. T. Crump Company, 1941. No stated edition. Soft cover. 96p, hundreds of line ills. Printed in black and light brown. Stain at bottom of front cover; back cover lightly creased. Damp-rippled throughout but not stained. There is no odor, and the pages are complete and not stuck..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [ca.1930?]. Mrs. Burn. No stated edition. Soft cover. [8]p, 12 ills. Unusual and scarce catalogue of 12 painted zinc weather vanes, "suitable for hunting, polo, and racing stables." There are 10 hunting subjects (including a fox, hound, and stag), one polo, one racing. With a...... More
Devon, PA: 1955. First edition. Soft cover. 64p, several diagrams of hunter and jumper classes, on the outside course and in the ring. This was the 59th annual Devon show. Conditions and awards for dozens of classes--gaited, driving, pony, hunter-jumper, conformation, Arabian, junior, etc. etc. Previous winners are listed for..... More
Dublin: Browne and Nolan [printers], 1930. First edition. Unbound sheet of card stock. Folded twice to make three panels. A few results inked in; one crease torn ca. 2 inches. Apparently removed from a scrapbook, affecting but not really obscuring the content in three small places. Lists the entries for..... More
[Dubuque, IA]: No stated publisher, 1940. First edition. Soft cover. 20p, a few ills. in ads (no horses are pictured). Damp-rippled but not stained and there is no odor. Pencil notes on front and back cover, unrelated to the show. Ca. 6 ½ x 10 inches. Lists entries for over..... More
[Cairo?]: No stated publisher, n..d. [1970s?]. No stated edition. Paperbound (self wrappers). [20]p, many photos and a few line ills. Small pamphlet, chiefly in Arabic, with a little English. The overall printing quality is poor, typical of the time and place. Small introduction to the Egypt's state Arabian horse stud..... More
![Item #12167 Concorso Ippico Internazionale [1931/IX]. Federazione Nationale degli Sports Equestri](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/12167.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1633973407)
[Florence?]: No stated publisher, 1931. First edition. Soft cover. Official program of this several-part international jumping contest held in Florence, May 14-24, 1931 (Fascist year IX). Ca. 44p, several photos, many ads. In Italian. The program summarizes all the prizes for the entire show, and lists the entrants for the..... More
![Item #30930 Catalogue of Maple Park [Standardbreds]. A. C. Fisk, proprietor](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30930.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1653390604)
Coldwater, MI: Michigan Horse News, 1892. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 24 pp, 4 plates showing the stallions Latitude 4870, Judean 5154, Great Heart 11172, and Highlawn Prince 15456. Ca. 6 x 8 inches. .Advertises 5 stallions plus several other trotters, pacers, mares, and young horses for sale. Family and..... More
Lehigh, Ind. Ter. [Oklahoma]: No stated publisher, 1898. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. One newsprint sheet advertising the services of the trotting stallion Gold Dust, "the best bred horse west of the Mississippi River." Ca. 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. In the late 1800s Lehigh, located in coal country..... More
![Item #31000 [Program--July 3, 1948]. Goshen Raceway](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31000.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1657990954)
N.p. [Goshen Historic Track], 1948. First edition. Unbound sheet. One sheet of duplicated typescript. Ca. 8 1/2 x 14 inches. Folded and slightly wrinkled. Some results penciled in. Photo shows top half of the program. Lists 11 races (all with heats), including entries for the 2 elimination heats of the..... More
Louisville, KY: Harbison & Gathright, n.d. [1939]. First edition. Soft cover. 20p, many photos and line ills., printed in sepia. With an errata slip (dated 1931) glued to the first page. The catalogue itself is from 1939 because the firm was established in 1866 and it was celebrating its 73rd..... More
Newark, NJ: Hedden & Wheeler, n.d. [1880s or earlier?]. No stated edition. No binding. One sheet of card stock, folded. No ills. Handling soil. Price list and short descriptions of 13 types of varnishes--finishing, rubbing, and Japans. No paints or colors are listed. Distributor's name printed on back: Randall &..... More
Marshall, VA: No stated publisher, n.d. [early 1980s]. First edition. Soft cover. [12]p, many photos. Small brochure promoting the French Performance Horse for jumping and eventing. Some pedigrees; photos of leading sires and performers such as Fra Diavolo, Nankin, Aime, Val de Loire, Uriel, etc. Can be sent outside the..... More
Chicago: International Live Stock Exposition, 1928. First edition. Soft cover. 343p. With a frontispiece showing the exposition buildings at the Union Stock Yards, and several ills. in the many ads, but no pictures of animals. Hundreds of classes and thousands of entries overall There were 119 classes for horses, with..... More
Chicago: 1908. First edition. Soft cover. 46p (86 lots), a few photos. Auction catalogue, December 2, 1908, of "the greatest sale of Shetland Ponies in point of quality and numbers ever held in America," held under the auspices of the American Shetland Pony Club, at the height of the pony..... More
Portland, ME: James Bailey Company, 1909. No stated edition. Soft cover. 176p, hundreds of line ills. Covers loose. First page dampstained red from inside cover. An interesting assortment of goods from the "largest stock of general saddlery goods in New England." The firm (established 1846) had two shops in Portland..... More
![Item #31106 Special Lines of Harness, Supplied by John Jardine, Nottingham; [Catalogue] No. 31....](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31106.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1663071724)
Nottingham: John Jardine, n.d. [1906 from printer's code]. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 16p, many ills. Covers detached; foxed; creased; old stain on several pages. Complete. Saddle and harness maker Jardine was a "contractor to H.M. Government." This trade catalogue describes and prices several styles of harness for gig..... More
Cincinnati: C.T. Woodrow & Co., printer, 1880. First edition. Soft cover. 16p, no ills. Lists 23 stallions, mares, and young horses, all with family information. The stallions were Solicitor (with 7-generation pedigree), Lord Coke, and Barrister. The stallions and young horses were for sale. Can be sent outside the US..... More
Amesbury, MA: T.W. Lane, 1909. First edition. Soft cover. One sheet, folded into 5 panels, printed on both sides. Mounted onto a sheet that folds up to make an envelope. Average age wear and soil. Ca. 4 x 6 inches, folded. Promotional mailing piece for the firm's sleighs: photos and..... More
![Item #31527 Use Gombault's Caustic Balsam [with portrait of trotter Boralma 2:07]. Williams Co....](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31527.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1684238734)
Cleveland: Lawrence, Williams Co., n.d. [ca. 1902]. No stated edition. Unbound card. Chromolithographed trade card, ca. 5 x 3 1/2 inches. Ink stamp of G. Jay Tompkins (a local distributor?) on back. Thomas Lawson's Boralma 2:07, "one of the most famous trotters seen on the turf," is used to advertise..... More
N.p. [Brooklyn? New York?]: Long Island Kennel Club, 1912. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 58p, 1 ill. in an ad. Ca. 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Summary list of 739 classes, arranged by breed. This is prefaced by the AKC dog show rules and many pages listing the many..... More
