New York: A.S. Barnes, 1955. Dennis, Wesley. First edition. Illustration by Wesley Dennis. Price is clipped. JACKET ONLY for this children's trotting horse story. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1938. Lundean, J. Louis. First edition. Hardcover. 158p + ills. by J. Louis Lundean and others, 1 pl. in color. Jacket edges are chipped and creased. Still one of the few biographies of an American trotting horse--and she was one of the best. (Wells 2095). 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
![Catalogue of Horses, Carriages, Harness, Etc. [1891]. Isaac B. Reed, auctioneer](/pictures/thumb/14918.jpg?v=1633973422)
New York: Fitzpatrick & Wissler Printers, 1891. First edition. Soft cover. [8]p, no ills. Occasional prices penciled in. One of the firm's regular auctions of horses and vehicles, held at its Horse and Carriage Emporium on East 13th Street. 65 lots, including a grandson of Rysdyk's Hambletonian and a grandson..... More
Boston: Atlantic Printing Co., 1914. First edition. Hardcover. 291p + 9p of ads, many photos. Speedway and matinee driving in Greater Boston--histories, memberships, and yearly results from 1899 on of the Dorchester, Metropolitan, Fellsway, Old Colony, Quannapowitt, and Lynn driving clubs; several articles about "prominent events of the turf"; profiles..... More
Hartford: National Trotting Association, n.d. [ca. 1890s]. First edition. Pamphlet. 12p, no ills. Covers lightly soiled, staples rusted. Overall crisp and clean. Ca. 4 x 5 1/2 inches. Prepared by W.H. Gocher as a handy guide for harness racing officials—a summary of rules for entries, identification, purses, protests, suspensions, starting..... More
1932. Palin, S.F., manager. Third Annual Indianapolis Speed Sale. Indiana State Fair Grounds, 1931. 232p, no ills. Fair paperbound (soiled, backstrip chipped, taped at base, one page tear neatly mended). Two pages browned from old newspaper clippings about the 1938 Old Glory sales. ** Auction catalogue of 356 Standardbreds, each..... More
![Score Card [harness and flat racing]. Geneva Pre-Emption Park, NY](/pictures/thumb/30183.jpg?v=1633973522)
No stated place [Geneva, NY?]: No stated publisher, N.d. [1890s]. First edition. Unbound card. One card, ca. 5 ½ x 7 inches. Pencil notes on both sides, though not full race results. Creased, worn, edge tears. No loss. Lists 2 trotting races and 1 running race, each with a few..... More
![Prince Alert, a King among Light Harness Horses [1903 stereo card]. William H. Rau, stereo card...](/pictures/thumb/16989.jpg?v=1633973455)
Philadelphia: Sold by Universal View Co., Philadelphia and Lawrence, KS, 1903. No stated edition. Very good stereo card, printed in rich sharp tones. The back is plain. The title continues, "Mile Pacing Record made in 1903, 1 min. 57 seconds." Prince Alert made racing history when he became the first..... More
![Breeders' Trotting Stud Book: Vol. 1 [1881]; Comprising the Pedigrees of the Standard-Bred...](/pictures/thumb/30363.jpg?v=1633973566)
Chicago: J.H. Sanders, 1881. First edition. Hardcover (original half-leather). 464p + engraved frontispiece of Maude S. by E. Forbes. Covers scuffed; internally very good, clean, sturdy, complete. A pioneering compilation of 2:30 horses and their relatives, based on extensive research in printed sources and from firsthand accounts. The first edition..... More
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1957. Sasse, Fred A. First edition. Hardcover. 172p, several ills. by the author. All parts of the jacket are present, but it's torn and scrappy. Life and times of the champion pacer and his owner/promoter, M.W. Savage. They died within 24 hours of each other in 1916..... More
N.p. [Tiffin?]: No stated publisher, 1901. First edition. 4p plus the covers, which are printed on both sides. Covers smudged overall; pages age browned. One bottom corner chipped away. Ca. 5 x 7 1/2 inches unopened. Photo shows it opened. Program and ads for this small harness racing track. Three..... More
![Catalogue Shelburne Farms Stud [withdrawn edition?]. W. S. Webb](/pictures/thumb/14932.jpg?v=1633973422)
New York: John Polhemus, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. 88p, no ills. Covers stained; internally very good and sturdy. Lists over 200 horses at Shelburne Farms in Vermont, most with breeding and description. Emphasizes Hackneys and Standardbred trotting horses; also carriage horses, saddle horses, and ponies. Large folded pedigree of the..... More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries, 1994. Limited edition. Soft cover (staples rusted). 18p, several ills. Introd. by Marjorie Kimball. One of 500 copies. Published as a keepsake for the exhibition "Of Horses and Horsemanship," this previously unpublished article looks at 19th-century flat and harness racing in Sacramento. Whitehead was a...... More
![Defender, Record 2:26 [advertising brochure for trotting stallion]; Defender, Record 2.26, son of...](/pictures/thumb/15885.jpg?v=1633973430)
N.p. Evening-Leader Steam Printing House, n.d. [1884?]. First edition. Soft cover. 18p, 2 ills. Stitched binding, possibly removed from a bound volume. Stiching is secure. Description of Defender and his lineage; texts on the Hambletonians, Black Hawk Family, and Thoroughbred blood in his family; texts on Defender himself ("his success..... More
![The Trotting Horse of America: How to Train and Drive Him [rev. ed.]; With Reminiscences of the...](/pictures/thumb/12852.jpg?v=1633973408)
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1875. 18th revised and enlarged ed. (1st pub. 1868). Hardcover (elaborately stamped pictorial cloth). 479p + several line pls. Edited (i.e., ghost-written) by Charles J. Foster and published after Woodruff's death. Memoirs of the famous trainer of Lady Suffolk and many other great harness horses; also..... More
