N.p. No stated publisher, N.d. [late 19th century?]. No stated edition. Unbound. Ca. 9 x 7 inches at its largest. The sword held in the rider's left hand has broken off, but it is present and suitable for careful repair. The black horse's left ear is missing. Otherwise the chromolithograph..... More
London: Badminton Magazine, 1904. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. [501]-507, 1 photo. Removed from the Badminton Magazine, volume 28, 1904, and stapled within paper covers. Tears to inside margins but still soundly stapled. A humorous account of a lady's (mis)adventures with wagering. Presented in the guise of an amateur letter..... More
![Item #31267 [Real photo postcard of Della Adelaide Brigham Follette riding astride]. Anonymous](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31267.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1673961628)
N.p. [United States]: No stated publisher, n.d. [ca. 1913]. No stated edition. Postcard. The subject's name and the year 1913 are written in ink on the back. RPPC on CYKO paper. A curious image. Della Follette wears a tight-fitting jacket and riding hat and what seem to be trousers that..... More
Abilene, TX: Hardin-Simmons University Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 263p, several photos. Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one page margin. Jacket is smudged; long narrow strip torn out of back panel. Memoirs of "Doc" Beazley, and his leadership of Hardin-Simmon University's popular six-horsewomen White Horse Team, which..... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1933. Lida Lacey Bloodgood, Ned King. Limited edition. Hardcover. 131p, many line ills. by Lida Lacey Bloodgood (Princess Dominique Radziwill) + 15 plates by Ned King and others. No. 359 of 985 copies, signed by the author. Fwd. by A. Henry Higginson. Lacks the slipcase..... 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
London: Every Saturday, August 5, 1871. Bradley, Basil. First edition. Unbound sheet. Double-page wood engraving, removed from the magazine. Folded down the center, as published. Overall ca. 21 x 15 inches. On the other side is a paragraph about Rotten Row, with a poem by Frederick Locker about the Row's..... More
Detroit: Calvert Lith. Co., n.d. [1890s?]. No stated edition. Unbound. Trade card, ca. 3 x 5 inches. Front shows a horse safely tied using the rein holder, and then what might happen without a rein holder, all in a decorative surround. Back describes the advantages of various models of rein..... More
Springton, S.A. Side-Saddle Association of South Australia, 1990. Limited edition. Hardcover. 333p, many photos, a few in color. A must for anyone interested in Australia, horse(wo)manship, or social history. Brief lives of dozens of women riders and drivers, from the settlement of Australia to the 1980s. A wealth of information..... More
New York: A.L. Burt, 1920. No stated edition. Pictorial hardcover, stamped in black and gilt. 308p + many pages of publisher's ads + frontispiece (same image as cover). Western adventure romance, dedicated to "the red-heads of the world and their admirers." Gloriana struggles between traditional feminine and hardy cowgirl identities..... More
![Item #31925 Equestrian Sketches: Plate 20 [Mrs. Maberley]. Ducote, lithographer, lfred](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31925.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716237368)
London: T[homas] McLean, July 1, 1839. Ducote, Alfred. First edition. Unbound sheet. Tinted lithograph of an equestrienne, enhanced with touches of white. Shrinkwrapped. Overall ca. 16 1/2 x 12 inches, image ca. 12 1/2 x 9 inches. Reflections in photo. Equestrian Sketches consisted of 50 plates, dated from 1838 to..... More
New York: Durland Company, 1908. First edition. Soft cover. 51p, many small ills. in the ads; no pictures of horses or exhibitors. Covers soiled, chipped, marginal tears and mended holes in back cover. Program of 27 classes held at the Durland Riding Academy on April 21-23, 1908. Index of exhibitors..... More
New York: Julian Messner, 1946. Noonan, Dan. First edition. Hardcover. 146p, line ills. + color jacket by Dan Noonan. Jacket is scraped, torn, with old tape at edges. Bookplate. Well-loved story about a girl who makes a courageous choice on the Vermont 100-Mile Trail Ride. Can be sent outside the..... More
New York: Vanguard Press, 1950. First US edition (1st pub. in UK 1949). Hardcover. 278p, no ills. Jacket is torn, dampstained on inside. Tamzin and friends solve the mystery of a horse that they find galloping along the beach at midnight. The third in the Romney Marsh series. Uncommon in..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1956. Caney. First edition. Hardcover. 192p, several ills. + color jacket by Caney. Jacket is torn. The fifth Jill story. The jacket is very scarce in any condition. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
New York: Ladies Home Journal, July 1909. Fisher, Harrison. First edition. Unbound sheet. One sheet, removed from the magazine. One in a series of ads for Fisher's illustrated book The American Girl Abroad. Ca. 11 x 16 inches, removed from the magazine. One spirited girl drives the jaunting cart, while..... More
New York: Century Co., 1903. First book edition. Hardcover (pictorial cloth). 255p + 1 plate. No jacket (as issued?). Owner's old ink name. In better condition than often found. Seven short stories of hunting, showing, and romance, first published in magazine form in 1900-1903. The stories seem to be based..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1956. Lantz, Paul. First edition. Hardcover. 127p, several ills. by Paul Lantz. Old insect holes to jacket, which is also stained and foxed. Presentation by the author to "Debbie, who was one of the first to read & say she liked this story. With love Prissy..... More
Berlin: Lustige Blatter, 1916. Heilemann, Ernst. First edition. Unbound sheet. Original cover of this weekly German satirical and humor magazine, on newsprint as issued. Ca.. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Apparently for issue 94 in a series during World War I, a conflict that doesn't seem to trouble these..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1905. Kemp-Welch, Lucy. First edition. Hardcover. 22p + 22 large mounted plates, 4 in color and the rest in grey tones. No jacket (if issued?). The first volume in the publisher's Artists of the Present-Day Series, ed. by W. Shaw Sparrow. This impressive book was published..... More
New York: William Hall & Son (lithographed by Sarony & Major), 1851. No stated edition. Unbound. Sheet music cover, lithographed in brown and black. Matted in shrinkwrap (not examined under the mat; presumably only the cover is here). Overall ca. 13 x 17 inches, image ca. 81/2 x 12 1/2..... More
New York: Harper's Weekly, July 10,1858. First edition. Unbound sheet. Wood-engraving, removed from the magazine. Overall ca. 16 x 11 inches. The thin white lines show where small wood-engraved blocks were joined to make a large picture. Illustration for the satirical article "On the Road and by The Beach," which..... More
![Item #30739 [Gertrude Lamont, Daughter of Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont]. International...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30739.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1643661522)
N.p. International News Press, n.d. [1929-1932]. No stated edition. Unbound photograph. Original glossy photo, ca. 6 x 8 inches. Grease-pencil crop marks on front. Newspaper tear sheet with caption mounted on back; back also has partial International News Photos stamp, pencil notes, and a torn form that hints the photo..... More
New York: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 13, 1891. Klepper, Max F. First edition. Unbound. Wood-engraved illustration, removed from the magazine. Matted in shrinkwrap (not examined under the mat). Overall ca. 18 x 14 inches, image ca. 13 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Klepper's name is misspelled "Klopper" in the..... More
Paris: Martinet-Hautecoeur, n.d. [1845]. Lalaisse, F.-H. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. Hand-colored lithograph, printed by Auguste Bry. Plate 195-196, removed from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris (10 vols., 1843-73). Ca. 13 1/2 x 10 inches. Shrinkwrapped against board. Reflections in photo. Four amazones in striped shirts are leaving..... More
