![Item #30420 Tribulations Parisiennes et Campagnardes [12 of 16 leaves]. Albert Adam, Albrecht](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30420.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1630954873)
Paris: Hautecoeur Freres; lithographed by Godard. n.d. [ca. 1860]. Adam, Albert. No stated edition. Unbound sheets. Dozens of humorous equestrian escapades are shown in color lithographs on 12 (of 16) original leaves. Each leaf contains two sets of scenes, for a total of 24 (of 32) scenes. Lacks title page..... 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
London: Beenham House, n.d. [1987]. First edition. Soft cover. 48p, several photos and line ills. Published in aid of The Spinal Injuries Association. Verse, sayings, limericks, and other snippets about British racing, from the viewpoints of jockeys, trainers, bettors, etc. Fair warning: some are a little offensive. Sprinkled throughout are..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, 1959. No stated edition. Hardcover (boards, tied with cord). [16]p, many cartoons in black and fluorescent orange. Photos are too pale, and the orange shows up as pink. Humorous interpretations of dressage terms and movements. Who was the author?--Richard Watjen?? Very scarce; not in Wells, 1..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1929. Bunbury, H.; Ross, Gordon. Facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1787. Hardcover (imitation leather, gilt-stamped). xx, 38p + 12 pls. by Bunbury and 2 additional pls. by Gordon Ross, 1 in color and signed in pencil. One of 100 deluxe copies (unnumbered;..... More
Paris: Calmann Levy, 1888. Crafty. First edition. Hardcover (gilt-stamped pictorial green cloth, recased). 324p, many line ills. by Crafty (Victor Gerusez). Former owner's ink name. Binding by Engel. In French. Photo is cropped on right. Humorous look at French stag hunting: the hunt breakfast, what men say about women and..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press for Reader's Digest Association, 1982. Ambrus, Victor. First American edition. Hardcover (plasticized pictorial boards). 502p, many appealing ills. by Victor Ambrus and over 100 color photos of the Yorkshire dales, towns, historical sites, country pubs, farming scenes, "living traditions of work and play," etc. Also..... More
Toledo, OH: Milburn Wagon Co. (printed by G.H. Dunston, Buffalo), 1893. Later edition. Soft cover, tied with cord. [8]p, 3 ills. to the poem + line ills. of Milburn Wagon Co.'s branch offices. Back cover shows a bird's-eye view of the firm's Toledo factory. Reprints the popular poem (1st published..... More
![Item #13084 Dame Perkins and the Old Grey Mare [1 of 500, in d.j.]. Alfred Stoddart](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/13084.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1631976984)
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927. "Phiz" [Hablot K. Browne]. Limited-edition reprint. Hardcover. [24]p, a few pls. in red by "Phiz" (Hablot K. Browne). Jacket smudged but very crisp. One of 500 copies. Nice copy of this humorous poem, which Stoddart wrote to accompany the "Phiz" illustrations. A farmer's wife..... More
Fort Riley, KS: [Cavalry School], 1928. First edition. Hardcover (leatherette, embossed in gold). 272p, many photos, line ills., and ads. Covers rubbed, outer pages foxed. No d.j., as issued. The final appearaance of this Cavalry School yearbook, which began publication in 1912. Dedicated to Commandant Brig. Gen. Charles J. Symonds..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. Armour, G. Denholm. First editon thus (1st pub. 1843). Hardcover (quarter leather). 149p + 25 mounted color pls. by G. Denholm Armour. Beautiful copy of the first edition of these selections from Surtees's novel Handley Cross. Very handsome; good for a gift. Heavy; shipping/handling may..... More
![Item #16986 The Wild Horse of Shoreditch [original 19th-century drawing album]. Towser](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16986.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1600362195)
N.p. Unpublished, n.d. [19th century]. The drawings and handwritten captions, all in brown ink, are mounted on 21 crudely joined accordion-folded panels. Seemingly lacking panel one, which may have been the title page or the start of this appealing and unique little tale. The panels, which have separated from the..... More
