N.p. [Author], n.d. [1970s-90s?]. Cassidy. No stated edition. Soft cover. 39p, several cartoons by Cassidy. Offset printed from typescript, as issued (in brown ink). A cookbook with a twist--recipes for slow-cooking dishes that give you time to ride while they cook. Mostly basic and hearty main dishes--meat loaf, pot roast..... More
Paris: Plon-Nourrit, 1907. Confex-Lachambre, A. First edition. Half leather, marbled boards (original wrappers bound in). 283p, 32 line ills. by the author and photos. In French. Introduction to horses: breeds, buying, management, care, riding including dressage, driving, etc. With a short chapter on sidesaddle. Written for the new or amateur..... More
![Von der Gestuterey [etc.]. Marcus Fugger, Marx](/pictures/thumb/30170.jpg?v=1633973520)
Niewkoop, Netherlands: Miland, 1968 [1st pub. 1584]. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover (tooled leatherette) in good cardboard slipcase. 129 leaves, 38 woodcut ills. by Jost Amman. Title page printed in red and black. In German black letter type. In the publisher's series Homo Ludens, 4. First published in 1584 in Frankfurt, this..... More
![The Horse: A Bibliography of British Books 1851-1976 [1 of 1000]. Anne Grimshaw](/pictures/thumb/407.jpg?v=1633973605)
London: Library Asociation, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 474p, several ills. Owner's neat ink name. No. 201 of 1000 numbered and signed copies. Annotated list of over 3200 books, interwoven with insightful commentary on what they tell us about the horse in British daily life, the cavalry, riding and training, care..... More
New York: Grolier Club, 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 134p, several pls. One of 400 copies, in scarce original glassine jacket (torn at edges and spine). Introd. by Harry T. Peters. Lists hundreds of books and periodicals on racing, hunting, taming, riding, farriery, and veterinary medicine, plus other non-equestrian sports. The..... More
![Essai de Bibliographie Hippique [2 vols.]. General Mennessier de la Lance, Gabriel Rene](/pictures/thumb/15463.jpg?v=1633973425)
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino, 2003. Second edition of facsimile reprint (1st pub. 1915-1921, 1999). Hardcover. 2 vols., totaling over 1500 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
Basel: Moirandat Company, 1999. Page proofs. Soft cover, comb bound (one prong loose). Reproduced typescript, printed on one side. Unpaged, many ills. An advance copy of this monumental auction of 377 equestrian books of the 16th-19th centuries in all fields, chiefly from the estate of the legendary collector Henry A...... More
London: Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 427p, nearly 400 ills., 33 in color. A handsome and meticulous descriptive bibliography of one of the great private sporting libraries (now at Yale). The collations are especially useful for early books and plate books. Emphasizes..... More
London: Institute of the Horse (later Institute of the Horse and Pony Club), 1929-1938. First edition. Soft cover. A long through broken run: 22 numbers from vol. 1 into vol. 10. Variously paged and illustrated with photos. Occasional light pencil underlining or notes. Some covers soiled, faded; some backstrips chipped..... More
![The Horse; Its History, Management, and Treatment [cover subtitle]. William Youatt](/pictures/thumb/30545.jpg?v=1635353187)
London: George Routledge & Sons, n.d. [1859 or later]. Revised edition. Hardcover (pictorial boards). "A new edition, revised by Cecil." 172p + 4 pls. In the publisher's series Books for the Country. Publisher's ads on inside covers; ad for billiard boards and supplies on the back cover. "Cecil" was Cornelius..... More
