Washington, DC: American Remount Association, 1924. First edition. Soft cover. Two issues. Each 34p, several ills. and many ads. Articles on balance and shock absorption while jumping, 2-part article on judging light and heavy horses, the Preston System of identifying horses and mules in the army, "Horse Prospects in Colorado,"..... More
![Item #14876 Reglamento de Trabajos Hipicos (R.T. Hip.) [Regulations for Equestrian Competitions]....](/pictures/thumb/14876.jpg?v=1633973421)
Buenos Aires: Talleres Graficos del Instituto Geografico Militar, 1932. No stated edition. Soft cover. 63p, no ills. Ink gift notation from a cavalry captain, 1993. In Spanish. Rules and conditions for various Argentine military equestrian competitions--dressage tests, jumping, championship polo cups, etc. Small; can be sent outside the U.S. for..... More
London: London and Counties Press Association, 1915. Limited edition. Hardcover (half leather). xii, 345p + 58 pls., 6 in color. No. 98 of 150 copies in the Subscriber's Edition (no subscriber's name noted). Covers rubbed; marginal and fore-edge foxing; rear endpapers dampstained. (There was also a full-vellum deluxe edition of..... More
Bombay: Thacker & Company, 1913. Second edition (1st pub. 1907). Hardcover. 286p, many diagrams + 13 photos. Overall sound, clean, sturdy. No d.j. (if issued?). Learning and playing tournament polo, schooling ponies, some veterinary care, famous players of the past, Hurlingham rules, etc. Detailed advice, with special reference to India..... More
N.p. [Buffalo?]: Privately printed, n.d. [1972?]. First edition. Soft cover. 180, 140 pp., many photos. Vol. 1 is inscribed by Knox to "Charlie and Gloria." Knox's memoirs of a lifetime of polo with his beloved Aurora club, plus chapters on shooting, skiing, farming, showing horses and dogs, and Aiken. Printed..... More
Weston, CT: Author, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. [Ca. 400p], 16 color photos. No. 9 of 15 copies, signed by Laffaye. In Spanish. The first edition of the first dictionary devoted to polo. The late Horace Laffaye continued to publish several histories and dictionaries of polo, including this one in English..... More
![Item #31412 Washington Squires Polo Club [cover title]. Lee Mauck](/pictures/thumb/31412.jpg?v=1678806656)
Unpublished, ca. mid-1950s-1963. Various bindings and loose sheets. Three-ring binder, notebooks, loose sheets, etc. Mostly handwritten in mostly the same hand, a few typed. The activities of the Washington Squires Polo Club (a youth club) are only one of the topics here. Photo of cover is cropped. Appealing documentation of..... More
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1937. Hargens, Charles. Fourth printing (1st pub. 1933). Hardcover (textured green cloth). 302p + 4 pls. and color jacket by Charles Hargens. Bookseller label of Newbegin's, San Francisco. Jacket is torn. A lively tale of Frog, at first "an outlaw who can only be ridden by..... More
![Item #16810 Manuel Elementaire du Jeu de la Balle a Cheval [polo]. Direction de la Cavalerie...](/pictures/thumb/16810.jpg?v=1633973447)
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1922. First edition. Soft cover. 55p, 22 line ills. Old regimental library stamp on cover and half-title. In French. French cavalry manual on polo: training, rules, tactics, etc. The only edition. Very scarce: one location in WorldCat (Bibliotheque Nationale). Can be sent outside the U.S. for less..... More
South Hamilton, MA: Polo Productions and others, 1983-1992. First edition. Soft cover. Variously paged and illustrated, many photos and luxury ads in color. Most are 100+ pages. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Profiles of the players, historical and other articles, description of the game, etc. Lots of information and photos..... More
![Item #30871 Pologround Hall Mount Aboo [mailed postcard]. No named photographer](/pictures/thumb/30871.jpg?v=1649106107)
N.p. [India]: No stated publisher, n.d. [mailed in 1915]. No stated edition. Unbound postcard. Printed photo postcard, no. 242 of an unidentified publisher's series. Condition as shown.. Scrape in middle of building's roof. Mailed to England from Abu (Rajasthan hill station), July 3, 1915, postmarked over 2 half-anna stamps. It..... More
New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2021. First edition. Soft cover. 287p + 4p of photos, most in color. Inspiring true story of how the author and other inner-city Philadelphia kids found their passion in polo. Rosser went on to captain Colorado State University's all-Black polo team to a national championship..... More
New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1923. No stated edition. Soft cover. 209p + 11p of ads for Spalding's riding equipment and clothing, many photos. Spalding "Red Cover" Series of Athletic Handbooks, No. 31R. Old bookstore stamp on front endpaper. Skewed from poor storage; covers are worn, soiled, chipped. Sewn..... More
![Item #14917 Polo [Lonsdale Library, XXI]. J. Wodehouse, ed, The Earl of Kimberley](/pictures/thumb/14917.jpg?v=1633973421)
London: Seeley Service, n.d. [1936]. First edition. Hardcover. (Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, 21) 343p, 110 photos and line ills. Without the jacket. A comprehensive volume, with chapters by G. Beresford, Geoffrey Brooke, J.R.C. Gannon, "Marco," R.L. Ricketts, and P. Vischer. Covers the game's history, tactics, care and..... More
