London: Vinton & Co., n.d. [ca. 1908]. No stated edition. Hardcover. 74p + 6p of publisher's ads, a few line ills. No d.j. (as issued?). Neat ink name on title page. In the publisher's Country Series. Small manual on "feeding, management, diseases, and accidents"; also chapters on breeds, bits and..... More
Chicago: James B. Campbell, Copyrighted 1891 but later. Second edition. Soft cover. 48p, many line ills. Preface to the second edition printed on inside front cover. Users' testimonials at the end, one of which is dated June 1892. Ink stamp of C.G. Manning, Dunkirk, N.Y. on back cover (probably a...... 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
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New Yok: A.O. Moore, 1859. Later printing. Hardcover (original blind-stamped cloth). x, 291p + 17 (of 20) hand-colored engraved pls. Missing 3 plates (3, 12, 19), which show the musculature from the side, and the musculature and skeleton from the front and rear. Good-quality uncolored photocopies are laid in as..... More
![Manege et equitation [and] Marechal ferrant. Diderot and d'Alembert](/pictures/thumb/30920.jpg?v=1652736182)
[Paris]: [1751-1772]. No stated edition. Hardcover (rebound in boards, quarter vellum). Two suites of captions and engraved plates from the Encyclopedie: 6p + many ills. on 33 pls., and 2p + many ills. on 7 pls. (1 double page). In French. From the collection of dressage master Dr.H.L.M. Van Schaik..... More
London: Percy Young, 1896. First English-language edition. Hardcover. 128p, many line ills. No jacket, probably as issued. Trans. from French. Detailed, informative study of the interaction of the horse's anatomy and conformation with the mechanics of its movement. One of the best of many such studies by the French military..... 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
![How a Horse Jumps [2 vols., 400 copies]. Vladimir Littauer](/pictures/thumb/30640.jpg?v=1639437554)
London: J.A. Allen, 1972. Limited edition. Hardcover in slipcase. Vol. 1 (text): 83p, many line ills. Vol. 2: n.p., many photos from filmstrips. No jacket, as issued. Littauer summarizes his lifetime of research into the mechanics of jumping, with much reference to other authorities. (Wells 4652, "limited to 400 copies")..... More
![Annual Convention [1929]. Maine State Horseshoers, Blacksmiths Association](/pictures/thumb/3042.jpg?v=1633973582)
Skowhegan, ME: No stated publisher, 1929. First edition. Soft cover. [12]p, a few line ills. Publication of the summer convention of the Master Horseshoers and Blacksmiths of the State of Maine. Summary program of events, list of prizes donated (e.g., "to the wife or daughter of the best looking blacksmith")..... More
Bologna: L. Cappelli, n.d. [1925]. No stated edition. Soft cover. [24]p, 5 lift-up plates. Covers foxed; one gathering detached. Printed on a heavy newsprint-like paper. In Italian. Anatomicall guide to the most common visible ailments and defects of the horse. Following the text, 5 color plates show the exterior, skeleton..... More
London: T. Waller, 1766. Third edition, "with large additions" (1st pub. 1759). Hardcover (full contemporary leather). 284p, no ills. Some age browning, front cover starting. Old ink name on title page. The title page continues: “In which is laid down a proper method of shoeing (in general) and treating the..... More
London: Warne, n.d. [ca. 1897]. "Sixth thousand" (first pub. 189-?). Hardcover (pictorial cover stamped in black, brown, and gilt). 134p + 2p of publisher's ads, no ills. Breezy, humorous tips, intended as advice to the author's son on his 21st birthday. Originally printed in an edition of one copy, later..... More
![Conformations, Tares, Vices Redhibitoires [from A B C du Sportsman]. Honore Pinel](/pictures/thumb/16399.jpg?v=1633973438)
[Paris]: [Ducrocq], [1869]. Pinel, Honore. First edition. Partly hardcover. [48]p, 24 color pls. Removed from a bound volume, without the original front cover or preliminary pages. Back cover taped on. In French. This is one part of Pinel's 3-part alphabetical guide to the horse, A B C du Sportsman, complete..... More
Cleveland Heights: Xenophon, 1999. First edition. Soft cover. xiv, 136p, 30 photos and line ills. The third in Racinet's popular trilogy devoted to "riding in lightness," this one combines the lessons of Baucher's flexions and Dominique Giniaux's osteopathic manipulations of the horse's neck, pelvis, etc., to unlock blocked vertebrae, etc...... More
![The Horse and Dog; Not as They Are But as They Should Be [etc.]. H. Sample](/pictures/thumb/2938.jpg?v=1633973485)
N.p. [San Francisco?]: [Author], n.d. [1882?]. First edition. Hardcover (original cloth, gilt stamped). 280, vii p, over 100 line ills. Subtitle continues: "Old and erroneous theories relative to the management of the horse brought face to face with the facts of the nineteenth century. Together with an elaborate and scientific..... More
New York: M.T. Richardson, 1917. First edition. Soft cover. Vol. 75, no. 6. Pp. 633-664, many line ills. and ads for horse and automotive goods and equipment. Ca. 11 x 16 inches. Covers loose and worn, as shown. Removed from an album, with stab holes in the inner margins. Overall..... More
Worshipful Company of Farriers of London. Charter, Rules and Orders of The Worshipful Company of Farriers of London. [London] Printed by Order of the Court 1892. 46p, no ills. Fair hardcover (gilt-stamped half leather). Cover edges rubbed, one margin soiled, gatherings loosening but most stitching is holding. ** On the..... More
