![American Dressage Institute [newsletter]. American Dressage Institute](/pictures/thumb/30236.jpg?v=1633973535)
Saratoga Springs, NY: American Dressage Institute, 1972. First edition. Soft cover. [8]p, many photos. Laid in: June 1972 Dressage Letters (1 page). A wonderful and scarce artifact from the early days of serious dressage in America, fostered almost single-handedly by the ADI during its several years of existence. Reports on..... More
![Special Issue on Stables and Barns]. Architectural Review](/pictures/thumb/30694.jpg?v=1652735882)
Boston: Bates & Guild, September 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 145-264, hundreds of photos, renderings, and plans. Rebound in sturdy cloth. Occasional short mended tears; covers and outer pages soiled, some marginal smudging and handling wear. From the library of Jos. J.W. Bradney, with his signature..... More
Cleveland: Ivan J. Bezugloff, Jr., 1976. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 50p, many photos and ads. Cover soil and wear. Articles on various national dressage and three-day teams and their prospects at the 1976 equestrian Olympics: US, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Denmark, Canada, USSR, Poland, and France. The articles were..... More
London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1829. Hardcover (old quarter leather, marbled boards). Vol. 2, nos. 13-35 (complete). 392p + index, several line ills. Covers rubbed; front cover tender and may eventually come off. Binding otherwise sound and content very good. Old ink owner's name. An early veterinary journal, with much on..... More
![The Blood-Horse [1932 complete]. Thomas B. Cromwell, ed](/pictures/thumb/16606.jpg?v=1633973445)
1932. Cromwell, Thomas B., ed. The Blood-Horse [1932 complete]. Lexington, KY, 1932. 2 volumes containing all 53 issues, with original covers bound in. Over 1600p total, photo on every front cover and occasional photos inside (chiefly stallions at stud). Very good hardcover: hardcovers soiled and rubbed (especially one corner); magazine..... More
![The Blood-Horse [1933 complete]. Thomas B. Cromwell, ed](/pictures/thumb/30214.jpg?v=1634817783)
Lexington, KY: Thomas B. Cromwell [The Blood-Horse], 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Two sturdy volumes containing all 52 weekly issues of volume 19, with original covers bound in. Over 1300p total, photo on every front cover and occasional photos inside (chiefly stallions at stud). A little old dampstaining to covers. Ink..... More
Colorado Springs: Western Horseman, 1948. First edition. Soft cover. Issues of September-October and November-December. Each 64p, many photos, line ills., and ads. Cover wear and soil; internally very good, clean, complete. Lee M. Rice on the T. Flynn Saddlery of Puebo, J. Frank Dobie on range horse Alacran, Nelson C...... More
Staten Island, NY: Carriage Association of America, 1969-1971. First edition. Hardcover (red buckram; some white spotting to front cover). Eight issues of this superb quarterly journal, Summer 1969-Spring 1971. Variously paged, hundreds of line ills. and photos, many in color. Bound in one volume. A treasury of information by many..... More
![The Blood-Horse: May 8 and December 18, 1954 [Determine on covers]. J. A. Estes, ed](/pictures/thumb/30330.jpg?v=1633973555)
Lexington, KY: American Thoroughbred Breeders Association, 1954. First edition. Soft cover. Variously paged and illustrated. Many photos and ads. Normal light handling wear; small scrape to cover of May 8 issue. May 8 covers tiny Determine's Kentucky Derby win (second Californa-bred and first grey horse to win). December 18 pictures..... More
![The Western Horseman 1944 [complete year]. Merrill S. Gaffney, ed](/pictures/thumb/30691.jpg?v=1642434939)
Reno: Graham M. Dean, 1944. First edition. Soft cover. Volume 9, nos. 1-6. Issues were double-months. 46 to 58 pp., many photos, line ills., and ads. Normal age wear and soil to covers. A wealth of articles on old-time horses and western ways by Luis B. Ortega, Carl R. Raswan..... More
Lexington, KY: The Blood-Horse, 1963. First edition. Soft cover. 40p, many photos + 3 large fold-out charts. Internally very good, clean, complete. Reprints the Blood-Horse articles on the Kentucky Derby (Chateaugay), Preakness (Candy Spots), and Belmont Stakes (Chateaugay)—the races and the winners’ family histories. Most of the articles are by..... More
London: Badminton Magazine, 1903, 1909, 1911. Soft cover (removed from the magazine and stapled into paper covers). Each several pages. The articles are: "Grey Racehorses" by Hughes-Onslow (1911, several photos), "The Starting Gate: With Suggestions" by Sievier (1903, no ills., on mechanical gates), and "At the Gate" by "Looker On"..... More
![The Chronicle: A Sporting Journal [now The Chronicle of the Horse]: November 12, 1954. Alexander...](/pictures/thumb/30652.jpg?v=1640696782)
Middleburg, VA: George L. Ohrstrom, 1954. First edition. Soft cover. 36p, several photos. Covers a little chipped (not visible in photo) and starting to detach at top. Small unobtrusive dampstain to bottom inner margins. The cover shows “Coaching Marathon Winners” (driven by Mrs. Robert C. Winmill), painted by Else Tuckerman..... More
Middleburg, VA: The Chronicle, November 18, 1955. First edition. Paperbound. Now titled The Chronicle of the Horse. 34p, many photos. Front cover worn and detached; back cover missing. Photo is a little cropped at the bottom. This issue pays tribute to George Ohrstrom, owner of The Chronicle (now The Chronicle..... More
Troy, NY: Journal Pub. Co., 1892. First edition. Soft cover. Vol. 3, no. 2. 74p, many line ills. (several printed in blue, 2 printed with red). Official organ of this trade association, "devoted to the interests of retail dealers." Many ads for all kinds of vehicles and makers, articles with..... More
Augusta, ME: Drew's Rural Intelligencer, 1855. First edition. Soft cover. Front-page article in Drew's Rural Intelligencer for August 18, 1855, with a wood-engraved portrait of the horse, "from life." Photo shows top half of the page. Tartar was sired by Imaum, a stallion presented by the Sultan of Muscat to..... More
Buenos Aires: Centauros, 1966. First edition. Soft cover. No. 70, November-December 1966. 52p, many photos and ads. In Spanish. This issue is devoted to polo, with about 20 articles on the America's Cup, Hurlingham, other cups, Northrup Knox, the international polo fiesta, military polo, artist Alejandro R. Moy (illustrator of..... More
!["The American Cavalry School" [in Harper's Weekly]. George L. Putnam](/pictures/thumb/30696.jpg?v=1642438967)
New York: Harper's Weekly, June 4, 1892. Remington, Frederic. First edition. Soft cover. The complete issue, totaling 24p, many ills. to the various articles. Old library stamp on front cover; removed from a bound volume. The cavalry article occupies almost 4 pages, with 10 lively ills. by Remington. The front..... More
Wellington, FL: Rizzo Management Corp. for Westchester Media, 1998. Brown, Paul. First edition. Soft cover. 56p, many photos, line ills., and ads, some in color. On the cover: a reproduction of "The New York Polo Association's program [that] shows fast, furious action at the Squadron "A" Armory," as captured by..... More
New York: Horse Magazine, 1956-1958. Soft cover. The issues are February, March, April, June, August, September, and December 1956; February and June 1957; February, August, October-November, and December 1958. Variously paged (usually ca. 40p) and illustrated with photos by Thayer and others. Average cover wear; internally clean, complete. Start or..... More
![The Blood-Horse: June 22, 1957 [Gallant Man's Belmont Stakes]. authors](/pictures/thumb/30586.jpg?v=1636656325)
Lexington, KY: Blood-Horse, 1957. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. 1325-1370, many photos. Two pages are partly cut out. One half of an advertising page is missing (probably a photo of Ambiorix and Atlantic City schedule of races). The other cut-out page is a very short article, affecting no other text..... More
Middleburg, VA: Chronicle of the Horse, 1992-2008. First edition. Soft cover. Issues of August 21, 1992; August 16, 1996; October 13, 2000; and August 29, 2008. Cover of 2008 is detached. Address labels removed. Variously paged and illustrated. Coverage of all the equestrian results, except for 2008, which covers show..... More
London: Institute of the Horse (later Institute of the Horse and Pony Club), 1929-1938. First edition. Soft cover. A long through broken run: 22 numbers from vol. 1 into vol. 10. Variously paged and illustrated with photos. Occasional light pencil underlining or notes. Some covers soiled, faded; some backstrips chipped..... More
Paris: Societe d'Editions Parisiennes Associes, Summer 1975 (n.s. 36). First edition. Soft cover. 78p, many photos. Cover wear; internally clean, complete. In French. This "non-conformist" magazine turns its irreverent attention to French racing (mostly flat, also some trotting): its history, betting combinations and tricks, and the scandal of the 1973..... More
![The Blood-Horse: September 27, 1952 [Native Dancer, Whirlaway]. authors, Preston Burch Joe H. Palmer](/pictures/thumb/30083.jpg?v=1633973504)
Lexington, KY: The Blood-Horse, 1952. Brewer, Allen F. First edition. Paperbound. Pages 651-686, several photos. Covers soiled and creased, mostly detached (partly held on with yellowing tape). Internally very good, clean, complete. Cover shows Allen F. Brewer drawing of Greek Ship. Articles on recent fire at Belmont Park by Joe..... More
