N.p. Unpublished, 1879. Hardcover. 208p, many line ills. of locks, keys, door knobs, etc. Several pages removed throughout. The compiler has pasted many periodical articles onto the first ca. 40 pages of a Parker & Whipple Company trade catalogue for locks and related hardware (based in Meriden, CT). The articles..... More
N.p. [Ohio?]: [Jesse Beery], n.d. [1950s?]. No stated edition. Soft cover. [10]p, 1 ill. Reproduced from typewritten copy; printed on one side. Stapled sheets within cover, folded once. Beery explains how to teach the 6 basic commands, as he taught them to his Jeffersonian collie, Snow White--come, heel, sit, stay..... More
Pleasant Hill, OH: Jesse Beery, 1944. Revised editions (1st pub. ca. 1908). Stapled soft cover. Six of eight booklets. Each 32 to 40p, many line ills. Light blue covers; photo is too pale. The books cover Disposition and Subjection, Kicking and Balking, Shying and Running Away, Bad to Shoe and..... More
Pleasant Hill, OH: Jesse Beery, 1934 (Book One) and 1944 (Book Five). No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. [46]p (Book One) and pp. 131-164 (Book Five), each with a few photos. Opening pages of Book One foxed. Book One introduces gaited riding and showing; the showing section is by Mrs..... More
N.p. Author, 1963. Hall, Marilynn. First edition. Soft cover. 40p, many photos and line ills. by Marilynn Hall. Sensible guide to slow, step-by-step training from first handling of the foal to longeing and backing. The author relates her own experiences with Allen's Bloomer Girl 560907 (by David Copperfield out of..... More
Bonn: Freizeit im Sattel, n.d. [ca. 1990]. First edition. Soft cover. 136p, many photos and line ills. In German. Collection of wide-ranging articles on recreational riding of many kinds, training horses for many disciplines, etc. Includes riding Icelandic horses, how to pony a horse, practicing on a wooden horse, teaching..... More
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1984. Edwards, James. First edition. Hardcover (printed boards). 241p, many ills. by James Edwards (mostly from old photos) + endpaper maps of Berlin and Vienna. No jacket (as issued?). Signed by author on the copyright page, under a large ink stamp "Compliments of the Author..... More
New York: Carlton Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 143p, many photos from family archives. Life and times of skillful horse tamer Beery (1861-1945)--charismatic teacher and successful entrepreneur--written by his granddaughter. With many anecdotes about his famous training demonstrations. His popular correspondence course, the Beery School of Horsemanship, has now been..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. 440p, many photos and charts. Scholarly study of the horse's neuro-physiology, covering intelligence, cognition, and various perceptions--sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Emphasizes research into visual perception (color, objects, movement, etc.), with summaries of recent studies. Trans. from French. More
Goshen, IN: Spohn Medical Co., 1935. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 20p, photos throughout. Slight handling wear. Ca. 6 x 9 inches. A pamphlet distributed with compliments of Spohn. The lessons cover gentling, bitting, long lining, voice commands, desensitizing to such frights as a rattling road roller, truck with..... More
![Item #12890 The Horseman's Word [1895 novel about a Scottish horse whisperer]. Neil Roy](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/12890.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1653238160)
London: Macmillan, 1895. First edition. Hardcover (covers shelf-rubbed, endpapers browned). 438p + 8p of publisher's ads. In Macmillan's Colonial Library, 227. Unusual novel set in Scotland, featuring a tormented Kelpy (a horse whisperer who practiced the highly secretive Horseman's Word), and his troubled place in society. Many varied women characters;..... More
Mount Morris, IL: Brethren's Pub. Co., 1893. Moore, A.F., Jr. First edition. Hardcover. 127p, 28 pls. by A.F. Moore, Jr. (some aftrer photos). Covers shelf-rubbed, edges rubbed; hinges cracked but binding sturdy. A little light marginal staining. On early training, bitting, training to drive and ride, and correcting vices, all..... More
Stuttgart: Schickhardt & Ebner (Konrad Wittwer), 1908. First edition. In the publisher's Unsere Pferde series, 36. xv,164p, no ills. In German. Subtitled: Die rationelle Korrektur schwieriger, verdorbener und bosartiger Pferde, i.e., on "rational correction" of difficult, spoiled, and vicious horses. This is part 3 of a 4-part work, complete in..... More
New York: M. Young, 1880. First edition. Soft cover, securely stapled. 98p + 4p of publisher's ads, a few line ills. History of the horse, training, veterinary care, etc., cribbed from Youatt and various taming and care manuals. Apparently the only edition. M. Young published pulp self-help manuals, including the..... More
