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
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
![Activate Your Horse's Core: Unmounted Exercises [with DVD]. Hilary M. Clayton, Narelle C. Stubbs](/pictures/thumb/13700.jpg?v=1633973411)
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
![The Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse [color pls.]; With Anatomical and Questional...](/pictures/thumb/9449.jpg?v=1633973612)
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
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
![Die Reitkunst im Bilde [supplement]. Ludwig Koch](/pictures/thumb/1114.jpg?v=1633973404)
Vienna: Campagne-Reitergesellschaft, n.d. [1928]. Koch, Ludwig. First edition. Hardcover. 95p, many line ills. by the author. No d.j. (if issued). In German. Text and illustrations of basic principles of the horse's balance, movement, and use of the back, on the flat and over jumps. Published as a supplement to the..... 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
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. Printed from the third London edition. On basic hoof and leg care, shoeing..... 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: Howell, 1997. Reprint (1st pub. 1643). Hardcover. x, 373p, many line ills. Introduction and commentary by David W. Ramey, D.V.M. Near-facsimile reprint of the first English-language book on equine anatomy (1643), with Ramey's commentary. Snape was farrier to King Charles II. An affordable edition of this landmark of..... 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=1633973527)
London: J. Badcock and W. Bristow (Canterbury); J. Johnson, n.d. [1802?]; 1806. Second and third editions. 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..... 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
New York: Jenkins, 1886. Second edition (1st pub. 1883). Hardcover (covers stained, front hinge exposed, but sturdy). v, 248p, over 20 line ills. Trans. by A. Liautard. Owner's ink name, 1887. Compares various surgeries, treatments for hoof diseases, and shoes for treatment of contraction [Heymering, page 152]. The translator noted..... More
