Los Angeles: UCLA Library, 1967. First edition. Soft cover. 20p, several ills. Annotated checklist of books, magazines, and a few objects in this exhibition of a "sampling of the works that lie somewhere in the spectrum between fact and myth." Works by Andy Adams, Henry Allen, "Max Brand," Zane Grey..... More
London: Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. xv, 126p, 142 ills. (21 in color). Elegantly produced scholarly catalogue of the more than 2000 drawings then in the Mellon collection, now at Yale. Chiefly equestrian sport, by Rowlandson, Seymour, Stubbs, Gilpin, etc. Heavy; shipping/handling..... More
Durango, CO: Barbara Engel Therapy Services, 1988. First edition. Soft cover (comb binding). 201p, no ills. Photocopied typescript, as issued. Hundreds of book and journal titles on therapeutic riding, with short summaries of the content, compiled by an expert in the field. Arranged by subject and author. Includes many German..... More
London: Thomas Tegg, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. vi, 365p, many small ills. throughout. Ex-lib. (spine number, ink stamp on front endpaper, date slip removed from rear); outer pages foxed. Detailed glossary of "every term applicable to [horse] racing, shooting, hunting, fishing, hawking, archery, etc. etc. with essays upon all national..... More
Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 611p, no ills. Guide to hundreds of archival records relating to the veterinary profession in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. Where to find the records of practices, individuals, companies, professional associations, national and local governments, schools and..... More
London: Library Association, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 431p, no ills. In original acetate jacket, with one tear to the front. The first comprehensive bibliography of the dog, listing 3986 books in all fields--natural history and domestication, health and management, trade, showing, the dog's many uses (work, sport, pet, entertainment, research..... More
Weston, CT: Author, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. [Ca. 400p], 16 color photos. No. 9 of 15 copies, signed by Laffaye. In Spanish. The first edition of the first dictionary devoted to polo. The late Horace Laffaye continued to publish several histories and dictionaries of polo, including this one in English..... More
London: John Murray, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 284p, no ills. Front cover dampstained, as shown. LIghtly foxed throughout. No jacket. Old-fashioned book history, but still full of detail. On the importance of works on the hunt, falconry, angling, and horsemanship to medieval and early modern thought. Surveys the important French..... More
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino, 2003. Second edition of facsimile reprint (1st pub. 1915-1921, 1999). Hardcover. 2 vols., totaling over 1,500 pages; no ills. No jacket, as issued. In French. A monumental bibliography of almost 8000 horse books published in French or Latin from the 16th to the early 20th centuries..... 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
Washingon, DC: Folger Shakespeare Library, 1991. First edition. Soft cover. Introd. by Anthony Dent. 64p, many black-and-white ills. Catalogue of an extensive exhibition of English, French, German, and Italian books and prints on many aspects of Renaissance horses and horsemanship--military, literature, the great riding masters, carrousels, tournaments, travel, the law..... More
Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1980. Second corrected edition (1st pub. 1965). Hardcover. 93p + many black-and-white ills. Details as known to Paviere about over 1000 painters, including contemporary artists. Dates, exhibitions, representative works, etc. Chiefly equestrian, but also some painters of field sports and games. Somewhat of a hodge-podge of information..... More
London: Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 427p, nearly 400 ills., 33 in color. White paint spatters on jacket, as shown. A handsome and meticulous descriptive bibliography of one of the great private sporting libraries (now at Yale). The collations are especially useful..... More
Ste-Julie, Quebec: Authors, n.d. [1983]. No stated edition. Soft cover. 18p, 1 ill. by Marguerite Kirmse on cover. Sale catalogue offering 305 books about dogs, including 21 titles written and/or illustrated by Cecil Aldin and over 100 general references. The rest of the books are arranged by group: sporting, hound..... More
![Item #15430 A Name Index to A History of the Percheron Horse [photocopy]. Alvin Howard Sanders,...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/15430.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1670444942)
Chicago: Breeder's Gazette, 1917. Photocopy. Loose sheets. 22p, no ills. PHOTOCOPY of the long index to people and horses named in the book. It was issued separately from most editions of the book. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate; sent postpaid if ordered..... More
![Item #11965 The Derrydale Press: A Bibliography [1 of 1250]. Henry A. Siegel](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/11965.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973407)
Goshen, CT: Angler's & Shooter's Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. The other contributors are Harry C. Marschalk, Jr., and Isaac Oelgart. 266p, many photos and line ills. One of 1250 copies, this one unnumbered. Lacks the slipcase. Fine descriptive bibliography and history of the Derrydale sporting books, a must for..... More
Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 1997. First edition. Soft cover. xii, 145p, several ills. Checklist of over 1800 books, journals, manuscripts, illustrations, and other rare documents in this distinguished collection. Fwd. by the librarian, John Guido. A handy reference to many titles that aren't in the usual bibliographies. Can..... More
London: Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art, 1981. Alken, Herring, Pollard, Stubbs. First edition. Hardcover. xii, 257p, 114 ills. + 25 color pls. Beautifully produced scholarly catalogue of hundreds of aquatints and other prints by more than 200 artists--Alken, Herring, Pollard, Stubbs, and many more. Chiefly equestrian..... More
![Item #15104 Bibliotheque Marcel Jeanson: Chasse [premiere partie]. Monaco Sotheby's](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/15104.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1639485902)
Monaco: Sotheby's, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Auction catalogue. 515p (598 lots), many ills., several in color. No d.j., as issued. In French. Important catalogue of rare early continental books and manuscripts on stag hunting, falconry, and other forms of the chase. Horses are treated in passing. Heavy; shipping/handling may be..... More
New York: Sotheby's, 1990. Soft cover. Auction catalogue, Dec. 11, 1990. 350 lots, many ills., a few in color. One of the great equestrian libraries of our time, with a few dozen early books, manuscripts, and prints on horsemanship and hunting. Also many works of literature, travel, history, etc. A...... More
Southampton, UK: University Library, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 291p, 1 ill. No jacket, probably as issued. Wide-ranging bibliography of over 2000 British agricultural books and journals from 1600 to ca. 1900, chiefly of the 18th and 19th centuries. The emphasis is on crops, land use, sheep and dairy farming, etc...... More
Derby, UK: Harpur and Sons, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 80p, no ills. With an errata slip correcting the copyright date: "For First Published 1962 read First Published 1964." Checklist of ca. 1100 English and American circus books, including fiction, juveniles, and Wild West shows. Can be sent outside the US..... More
N.p. United States Equine Marketing Association, n.d. [1987-88]. First edition. Unbound sheets. Over 150p, no ills. Photo-duplicated typescript, printed on one side, as issued. "Intended for the private use of the USEMA membership and authorized affiliates." Many statistical tables on the economics of the horse industry in the late 1980s..... More
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1971. Russell, Charles M. Second printing. Hardcover. 317p, ca. 40 ills., some in color. Cover spine foxed. Jacket worn, chipped. Not a picture book or a critical study, but a remarkable compilation of ca. 3500 items by or illustated by Russell through 1966. Includes books..... More
