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
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
![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](/images/noimage.png)
1922. Waring, J.W. (publisher). The Official Horse Show Blue Book: Vol. 16. NY, 1922. 342p, many photos and ads for equestrian and luxury goods (riding apparel, hotels, furs, ocean cruises, etc.). Good hardcover (outer pages lightly foxed). ** "Containing complete summaries of all recognized horse shows in the United States;..... More
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
