N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [ca.1930?]. Mrs. Burn. No stated edition. Soft cover. [8]p, 12 ills. Unusual and scarce catalogue of 12 painted zinc weather vanes, "suitable for hunting, polo, and racing stables." There are 10 hunting subjects (including a fox, hound, and stag), one polo, one racing. With a...... More
Portland, ME: Carriage Association of America, Summer 1966. Penfield, Nicholson. First edition. Soft cover. 52p, many photos and line ills. Vol. 4, no. 1. An early and especially rich issue of this fine journal. Includes excerpts from four vintage sources--the very scarce issue of Architectural Review on stable planning (1902)..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1846. Miles, W. Third edition (1st pub. 1846). Hardcover (original brown cloth, blind- and gilt-stamped). [60]p, many lithographed ills. on 10 plates by the author. Foxed throughout. Ex-public lib., with old bookplate. Covers speckled and faded, spine chipped but binding is okay. On basic..... More
New York: Robert C. Reeves Co., 1928. No stated edition. Soft cover with die-cut window. 24p, many small photos. Ca. 6 1/2 x 5 inches. Sales brochure promoting the firm's various styles of fencing for large or small country estates, show rings, cattle and sheep pastures, hurdle racing, and small..... More
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 218p, 280 photos and line ills. + 30p of color photos. Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper. Still the only social and architectural history of American stables, from the everyday to the grandest of the grand. The authors criss-crossed America..... More
Hildesheim: Olms Presse, 1992. First edition. Soft cover. 256p, 66 photos and line ills. In German. Architectural and cultural history of stables, riding schools, hippodromes, and related buildings in Europe from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century, focusing on the German-speaking countries. Can be sent outside the..... More
