1908. Anonymous. The Horse for Work or Pleasure. London: Vinton, n.d. [ca. 1908]. 74p + 6p of publisher's ads, a few line ills. Good hardcover, no d.j. (as issued?). ** Small manual on "feeding, management, diseases, and accidents"; also chapters on breeds, bits and harness, carriages, shoes and shoeing. (Not..... More
1829. box 23. [Clark, Bracy, ed.]. The Farrier and Naturalist; or, Horseman's Chronicle. London: Simpkin and Marshall 1829. Vol. 2, nos. 13-35 (complete). 392p + index, several line ills. Good hardcover (old quarter leather, marbled boards; rubbed). Front cover tender and will probably come off. Binding otherwise sound. ** An..... More
![Activate Your Horse's Core: Unmounted Exercises [with DVD]. Hilary M. Clayton, Narelle C. Stubbs](/pictures/thumb/13700.jpg?v=1539198004)
Clayton, Hilary M., and Narelle C. Stubbs. Activate your Horse's Core: Unmounted Exercises for Developing Mobility, Strength & Balance. Sport Horse Publications 2008. 95-minute DVD plus 32-page booklet with many color photos and line ills. New paperbound. ** Very useful and easy-to-follow work that introduces the equine equivalent of Pilates..... More
1859. Dadd, George H. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse: With Anatomical and Questional Illustrations [etc.]. NY: A.O. Moore 1859 (1st pub. 1856). x, 291p + 17 (of 20) hand-colored engraved pls. Fair hardcover in original cloth binding (spine worn, mended). ** This ambitious work was the first American..... More
![The Farrier's New Guide]; [Containing First, The Anatomy of a Horse. Secondly, an Account of all...](/pictures/thumb/30171.jpg?v=1621008785)
London: W. Taylor, 1722 (1st pub. 1720). Second Edition. Hardcover. [12], 109, 260p + 7 engraved pls. Defective: lacks title page and facing folding frontispiece. (table of diseases). Quite browned and worn; some staining. Rebound in plain cloth; generally sturdy. Further condition details on request. The text is based on..... More
1902. De Launay, F. [photographer]. Guerin-Catelain, Maxime. Le Changement de Pied au Galop: Analyse de son Mecanisme. Paris: Berger-Levrault 1902. 61p, over 140 small line ills. and photos. Good hardcover (modern buckram, original wrappers not present). Inner margins of outer pages stained. Occasional neat pencil notes. In French. ** "Recherches..... More
1869. Haycock, William. Horses, How They Ought To Be Shod. London: J. Churchill & Sons 1869. xi, 52p + 14 large detailed lithographed plates, a few tinted. Fair hardcover: original gilt-stamped purple cloth is faded; frontispiece detached; bottom corner of front endpaper chipped away. Bookplate. ** A veterinarian's advice on..... More
![Die Reitkunst im Bilde [supplement]. Ludwig Koch](/pictures/thumb/1114.jpg?v=1580568188)
Koch, Ludwig. Koch, Ludwig. Die Reitkunst im Bilde. Vienna: Campagne-Reitergesellschaft, n.d. [1928]. 95p, many line ills. by the author. Good hardcover (back cover partly dampstained); no d.j. In German. ** Text and illustrations of basic principles of the horse's balance, movement, and use of the back, on the flat and..... More
New York: C.M. Saxton, 1856. First American Edition. Hardcover. 70p, 23 line ills. + 12p of publisher's ads. Foxed throughout. Old library discard, with small spine label and remains of bookplate. Elaborately blind-stamped brown cloth; gilt spine. The second photo shows the end of the preface and the first page..... More
Pinel, Honore. [Pinel, Honore] Conformations, Tares, Vices Redhibitoires. [Paris: Ducrocq 1869]. [48]p, 24 color pls. Fair paperbound (outer pages soiled, some smudging). Removed from a bound volume. In French. ** This is one part of Pinel's 3-part alphabetical guide to the horse, A B C du Sportsman, complete in itself..... More
Racinet, Jean-Claude. Total Horsemanship. Cleveland Heights: Xenophon 1999. xiv, 136p, 30 photos and line ills. New paperbound. ** The third in Racinet's popular triology 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..... More
Sample, H. The Horse and Dog: Not as They Are But as They Should Be.... With an Elaborate and Scientific Essay on Horse-Shoeing.... [San Francisco, 1882?] 280, vii p, over 100 line ills. Very good bright hardcover, stamped in gilt (back cover lightly spotted). ** Subtitle continues: "Old and erroneous..... More
1945. Tew, Norwood Clayton, "the singing blacksmith". The Safe and Scientific Method of Shoeing Horses and Mules and Care of the Feet. [Durham, NC? Author] 1945. 29p, a few photos. Good paperbound (front cover scraped in two places where a label may have been removed). ** Advice "derived from practical..... 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
![A Treatise of Veterinary Medicine [2 vols. in one]. James White](/pictures/thumb/30204.jpg?v=1623336722)
London: J. Badcock and W. Bristow (Canterbury); J. Johnson, n.d. [1802?]; 1806. Hardcover (rebound in cloth, gilt-stamped paper shelf label). Vol. 1 comprises the second edition of A Compendium of the Veterinary Art. Vol. 2 comprises the third edition of the Materia Medica and Pharmacopoeia. Compendium: xii, 14 stipple-engraved pls. (plate..... 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
Zundel, A[ugust]. The Horse's Foot and Its Diseases. Trans. by A. Liautard. NY: Jenkins, 1886. 2nd ed. (1st pub. 1883). v, 248p, over 20 line ills. Good sturdy hardcover: covers stained; front hinge exposed. ** Compares various surgeries, treatments for hoof diseases, and shoes for treatment of contraction [Heymering, page..... More
