![Item #31267 [Real photo postcard of Della Adelaide Brigham Follette riding astride]. Anonymous](/pictures/thumb/31267.jpg?v=1673961744)
N.p. [United States]: No stated publisher, n.d. [ca. 1913]. No stated edition. Postcard. The subject's name and the year 1913 are written in ink on the back. RPPC on CYKO paper. A curious image. Della Follette wears a tight-fitting jacket and riding hat and what seem to be trousers that..... 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
![Item #31108 Das Reiten der Dame [Women's Riding]. Hilda Dollmann](/pictures/thumb/31108.jpg?v=1663071725)
Berlin: Paul Parey, 1931. First and only edition. Hardcover. 88p, 8 text ills. + 12 photos. Lacks jacket, if issued. Covers soiled, some light foxing. Pencil underlining to contents page. In German. Sidesaddle manual, covering the basics and some advanced movements, plus further material on hunting, jumping, and dressage. Uncommon..... 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
Janze, France: Charles Herissey, 2009. First edition. Hardcover (plasticized boards). 222p, dozens of ills. from many sources, many in color. No jacket, as issued. In French. Cover is cropped top and bottom in the photo. A fabulous pictorial survey of women equestrians in all fields across the ages--war, hunting, racing..... 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
Caen: Musee de Normandie, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. 200p, many ills., many in color. No jacket, as issued. In French. Catalogue of a wonderful exhibition that was held at the time of the World Equestrian Games in France. Divided into sections on the history of classical horsemanship, equitation as spectacle..... 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
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
![Item #30554 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
![Item #30873 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
![Item #16586 The Official Horse Show Blue Book [vol. 17, 1923]. J. W. Waring, publisher](/images/noimage.png)
New York: J.W. Waring, 1923. First edition. Hardcover (front hinge reinforced with tape). 327p, many photos and ads for equestrian and luxury goods (riding apparel, hotels, furs, ocean cruises, etc.). "Containing complete summaries of all recognized horse shows in the United States; table of champions and reserve to champions; 'stars'..... More
