Richmond, VA: Benj. T. Crump Company, 1941. No stated edition. Soft cover. 96p, hundreds of line ills. Printed in black and light brown. Stain at bottom of front cover; back cover lightly creased. Damp-rippled throughout but not stained. There is no odor, and the pages are complete and not stuck..... More
Wimbledon: Hoveglen, 1974 (1st pub. 1949). Reprint edition. Soft cover. 88p, many line ills. and photos. With much on the "symbolic meaning" of the designs; the photos of actual brasses are very small. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate. More
Burlington, WI: Burlington Blanket Co., 1913. No stated edition. Vol. 1, No. 2. 26p, several ills. Covers printed in red and black. "A periodical for dealers issued now and then by The Burlington Blanket Co." Brochure promoting Burlington blankets and pads. Several photos of the factory in "A Trip through..... More
![Item #15541 Bits & Pieces [and] Stirrups, Spurs & Status Symbols; Saddlery Catalogue, vols. 1 and...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/15541.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1632073411)
Horsham, UK: Horsham Museum, 2001, 2002. First edition. Comb and spiral bound. 2 vols., each ca. [60-70]p, with many photos. All photocopied, as issued. Catalogues of the museum's extensive William Albery Collection of Horse Lorinery, featuring bridle bits, stirrups, spurs, and horse decorations (brasses, ciphers, insignia, rosettes, etc.). The photos..... More
![Item #31895 The Horse in the Southwest [in El Palacio, vol. 81, no. 3]. George Ewing](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31895.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707224168)
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico, Fall 1975. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 44p, many photos and old ills. Eight articles by various writers on the dawn horse, the horse in rock art, the Spanish Barb, the herds of Onate, cruciform stirrups, colonial horse gear, coinage, and "the hazards of..... More
Louisville, KY: Harbison & Gathright, n.d. [1939]. First edition. Soft cover. 20p, many photos and line ills., printed in sepia. With an errata slip (dated 1931) glued to the first page. The catalogue itself is from 1939 because the firm was established in 1866 and it was celebrating its 73rd..... More
Las Vegas, NM: Hutchins, 1997. First edition. Soft cover. 35p, ca. 40 black-and-white photos. First annual edition of this price list of over 650 western items that sold at auction in 1996 (High Noon, Engel, Payne, Old West Show, etc.). Divided into spurs, bits, saddles, chaps, saddlebags, cuffs, books and..... More
Portland, ME: James Bailey Company, 1909. No stated edition. Soft cover. 176p, hundreds of line ills. An interesting assortment of goods from the "largest stock of general saddlery goods in New England." The firm (established 1846) had two shops in Portland, one for saddlery and one for "automobile accessories, bicycles..... More
![Item #31106 Special Lines of Harness, Supplied by John Jardine, Nottingham; [Catalogue] No. 31....](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31106.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1663071717)
Nottingham: John Jardine, n.d. [1906 from printer's code]. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 16p, many ills. Covers detached; foxed; creased; old stain on several pages. Complete. Saddle and harness maker Jardine was a "contractor to H.M. Government." This trade catalogue describes and prices several styles of harness for gig..... More
South Brunswick, NJ: Barnes, 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. 217p, many photos and line ills. Still an excellent reference to equipping and decorating the draft horse. An overview of the main breeds is followed by chapters on bridles, bits, reins, collars, hames, saddles and breechings, yoking, decorations, brasses, bells and..... More
Baltimore: "Little Joe" Wiesenfeld Co., 1957. No stated edition. Soft cover. 154p, many ills. Occasional light penciling. Various forms and flyers laid in; lacks order blank. Bridles, bits, saddles, racing harness, training equipment, stable supplies, books, etc. Photos of riding classes at William Woods College and Alexander Sysin jumping on..... More
Walsall, England: No stated publisher, n.d. [1940s-60s]. No stated edition. Soft cover. Ca. 24p, many photos. Fastened with brads in paper covers. Old dampstaining to bottom margins throughout, and with a very faint musty smell. Priced accordingly. Catalogue of riding, racing, hunting crops and thongs; whips for trotting, dressage, polo..... More
Palouse, WA: Nelson Pub. Co., 1995. Fourth edition (1st pub. 1992). Soft cover (plastic comb binding). 98p, no ills. Not a traditional bibliography, but a list of hundreds of "makers of cowboy leather: gun belts, chaps, holsters, saddles, saddlebags, scabbards, wrist cuffs" with summary information and references to where the..... More
New Brunswick, NJ: Neverslip Manufacturing Co., ca. 1900. No stated edition. Soft cover. 8p, several line ills. printed in brown. Name of Mont. G. Curtis & Co., Troy, printed on back cover (a distributor?). Promotional brochure for Neverslip calks for winter use (easy to remove or put on by "any..... More
N.p. [Tucson]: Arizona Historical Society, N.d. [1980]. No stated edition. Soft cover. 16p, several line ills. Published to accompany an exhibition of 17 Western saddles, with a description of each type but alas no illustrations of most of them. Spanish, Indian, Whitman, sidesaddle, McClellan, Grimsley dragoon, experimental Grimsley type (one..... More
Washington DC: Horse and Mule Association of America, n.d. [1945]. No stated edition. Unbound sheet, folded twice to make 6 pages. [6]p, 17 photos. Leaflet No. 276. Photo is cropped at top. A handy guide to fitting harness to draft horses and mules for maximum comfort and efficiency. Several state..... More
![Item #31836 A Rider of Valencia with His Girl [real photo postcard]. No named photographer](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31836.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1702337708)
Valencia, Spain: JDP, n.d. [1960s?]. No stated edition. Unbound card. Deckle-edged postcard, unused. Identified as "177-Alencia." An elaborately costumed Spanish horse and riders, ready for a festival. The horse's front legs, where they hide the leg of handler, seem to have been retouched in the negative. Can be sent outside..... More
![Item #31626 [Advertising Trade Card for McClain's "Success" Sweat Collars]. No stated artist](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31626.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1689031752)
Cincinnati: Henderson-Achert Lith. Co., n.d. [ca. 1900]. No stated edition. Unbound card. Chromolithographed lightweight card stock, ca. 5 1/2 x 3 inches. The shoulder sore seems to have been lightly scraped--for maximum painful effect? Perhaps a proof, as there is no text on the back although the front directs the..... More
Cincinnati: Perkins-Campbell, n.d. [1925]. No stated edition. Paperbound. 351 pp., many line ills. and photos. 72 pages of Western, riding, military, and boys’ saddles. 5 pages of misses’ and ladies’ sidesaddles (English and Western, 2 and 3 horns). 4 pages of ladies’ astride saddles (English and Western). Also bridles, saddle..... More
![Item #16515 All about Horse Brasses; A Collectors' Complete [Guide]. H. S. Richards](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16515.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1630244414)
Birmingham, UK: Author, 1970. Later edition (1st pub. 1943). Soft cover. 51p, over 300 brasses illustrated in photos (mostly small). Subtitle reads "Guild" instead of "Guide." Chiefly pictures and captions; short text. Incorporates the author's earlier books, Horse Brasses and More Horse Brasses. Pp. 23-26 are repeated due to binding..... More
New York: Rogers Peet & Company, 1900. No stated edition. Soft cover. 102p, 3 tipped-in color hunting scenes (plus one on cover), many halftone and line ills. Corner of one plate is chipped off. With mounted-in label of Jordan Marsh & Co., Boston, the eastern distribuors of the firm's livery..... More
Fort Worth, TX: Bunker Press, n.d. [1930s?]. Shope, Irvin. No stated edition. Soft cover (light handling wear and soil). 36p + 4 ills. by the author. Two upper margins lightly rubbed from where they were once stuck together. Promotional booklet issued with compliments of H.J. Justin & Sons, "makers of..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977-79. Steffen, Randy. First edition. Hardcover. 4 vols., totaling over 800p and probably ca. 1000 line drawings by Steffen (numbered to 468, but very often one number includes more than one illustration). Jacket spines faded. Out of print in hardcover. Detailed descriptions and illustrations..... More
New Britain, CT: n.d. [1880s-90s?]. First edition. One sheet, printed on one side. Ca. 6 x 11 inches. Light edge wear including one short closed tear, light handling wear and soil. In this flyer the company is looking for sales agents for these bells—“any man who has any appreciation of..... More
San Luis Obispo, CA: Pacific Coast Equestrian Research Farm, 1963. First edition. Soft cover. 22p, 2 ills. + cover photo. The Tellingtons researched many areas of horsemastership, notably distance riding and conditioning; also nutrition, health, and transport. A lesser-known interest appears in this Bulletin No. 2 from their proposed series..... More
