Galashiels, Scotland: Craighead Bros. 1904. First edition. Hardcover (original cloth, gilt stamped). 341p, 67 ills. (line and photos). Covers rubbed, endpapers foxed, but in much better condition than usual. Pencil name of owner,dated 1904. An unusually wide-ranging guide, with chapters on early training to saddle and harness, yoking colts, jumping..... More
Paris: Plon-Nourrit, 1907. Confex-Lachambre, A. First edition. Half leather, marbled boards (original wrappers bound in). 283p, 32 line ills. by the author and photos. In French. Introduction to horses: breeds, buying, management, care, riding including dressage, driving, etc. With a short chapter on sidesaddle. Written for the new or amateur..... More
New York: O. Judd Co., 1887. Second edition (1st pub. 1886). Hardcover (original green cloth, gilt stamped). 205p + 3p of publisher's ads, many line ills. Occasional red pencil underlining. Owner's name: Wm. Mitchell, Wabaunsee, Kansas, Nov. 1888. No jacket, as issued. Pp. 9-69 consist of "Life Sketch of Oscar..... More
Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1902. De Launay, F. [photographer]. First edition. Hardcover (modern buckram, original wrappers not present). 61p, over 140 small line ills. and photos. Occasional neat pencil notes. In French. "Recherches experimentales" into the change of leg at the canter, based on sequential timed photographs by F. de Launay ("chronophotographies")..... More
Cincinnati: Perkins-Campbell, n.d. [1925]. No stated edition. Paperbound. 351 pp., many line ills. and photos. 72 pages of Western, riding, military, and boys’ saddles. 5 pages of misses’ and ladies’ sidesaddles (English and Western, 2 and 3 horns). 4 pages of ladies’ astride saddles (English and Western). Also bridles, saddle..... More
Springfield, OH: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, April 1887. No stated edition. Soft cover. Farm and Fireside Library, no. 38. 178p, many line ills. As often, page 61 is blank due to a printing error; photocopy supplied. History, management, training, anatomy, diseases and cures, etc. Includes a few pages on riding..... More
![Man and the Horse [on equestrian fashion]. Diana Vreeland, introd](/pictures/thumb/347.jpg?v=1633973605)
New York: Simon and Schuster for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 127p, many photos and other ills., many in color. Renowned exhibition of equestrian fashion and style, with chapters by Alexander Mackay-Smith, Jean R. Druesedow, and Thomas Ryder. Includes foxhunting, racing, carriage driving, sidesaddle riding, polo..... More
London: Robert Hardwicke, 1859. First (only) edition. Hardcover (original gilt-stamped green cloth). 70p + several line ills on 3 lithographed plates plus pictorial title page (lightly dampstained at bottom). “Abridged and revised from ‘Waite’s Equestrian Manual’ [1850].” On the “character and management of the horse,” handling the reins, the various..... More
![Godey's Latest Fashions [sidesaddle fashion plate]. Waitt, artist](/pictures/thumb/30554.jpg?v=1635975244)
N.p. [New York?]: Godey's, n.d. [mid-1800s]. Waitt. First edition. Unbound print. Original fashion plate from one of the various Godey's magazines, neatly hand colored. Image is ca. 5 1/2 x 9 inches. Light grey mat is ca. 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches. (photo is cropped on 3 sides). The..... More
![The Official Horse Show Blue Book [vol. 16, 1922]. J. W. Waring, publisher](/pictures/thumb/30873.jpg?v=1649106108)
New York: J.W. Waring, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 342p, many photos and ads for equestrian and luxury goods (riding apparel, hotels, furs, ocean cruises, etc.). Unlike most volumes in the series, this one was published without a mounted cover photo. "Containing complete summaries of all recognized horse shows in the..... More
![The Official Horse Show Blue Book [vol. 17, 1923]. J. W. Waring, publisher](/images/noimage.png)
1923. Waring, J.W. (publisher). The Official Horse Show Blue Book: Vol. 17. NY, 1923. 327p, many photos and ads for equestrian and luxury goods (riding apparel, hotels, furs, ocean cruises, etc.). Good hardcover (front hinge neatly reinfored with tape). ** "Containing complete summaries of all recognized horse shows in the..... More
