Washington DC: GPO, 1917. First edition. Soft cover. USDA Bulletin 487. 31p, 16 photos and line ills. Written for the use of secondary school teachers of agriculture. Teaching judging, classroom discussion, practice judging, estimating age and unsoundness, comparative judging, and demonstrations. The horse in the demonstration photos is a full..... More
[Jackson, MS]: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1981. First edition. Soft cover. 64p, many photos and other ills. covers shelfsoiled and shelfworn; residue of old price sticker on back. Ink gift inscription. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Mississippi State Historical Museum--"a tribute to the mule and a...... More
![Item #30436 Two Merit Badge handbooks: Animal Industry [and] Horsemanship. Boy Scouts of America](/pictures/thumb/30436.jpg?v=1633973587)
New York; North Brunswick, NJ: Boy Scouts of America, 1936, 1970. No stated edition. Soft cover. Animal Industry: 66p, many photos and line ills. Horsemanship: 56p, several photos and line ills. Introductions to breeds (horses, cattle, sheep, swine), care and handling, the livestock industry, and riding. Sold as a group..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1974. Ward, James. First edition. Hardcover. 179p + 12 pls. Pages age browned; jacket faded. Still one of the few studies of this renowned British painter and engraver of prize livestock and horses. Fussell was an agricultural historian, so there is much on the rural context of..... More
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1965. First edition. Soft cover. 10p + many ills. on 22 pls. (Bodleian Picture Book, 14). Reproduces many images from medieval manuscripts of farming life--horses and other animals and birds, plowing, planting, harvesting, marketing, tools, etc. With descriptive captions. Can be sent outside the US for less..... More
Washington DC: Horse and Mule Association of America, n.d. [1945]. No stated edition. Unbound sheet, folded twice to make 6 pages. [6]p, 17 photos. Leaflet No. 276. Photo is cropped at top. A handy guide to fitting harness to draft horses and mules for maximum comfort and efficiency. Several state..... 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
Washington DC: GPO, 1862. First edition. Hardcover (original blind-stamped brown cloth; stamped "U.S. Government Bindery" on spine). 656p, many line ills.(chiefly insects), several charts. A nice sturdy copy of this fat book. Includes "The Horses of New England" by C.L. Flint and "A Few Words on Horses" by Ruth Hall..... More
