We're delighted to announce that we'll be taking part in the Attingham Trust Study Programme, "The Horse and the Country House," in England in September. We have in stock some of the books on the program's suggested reading list. A selection of them, plus others that may be of interest, are included in "Featured Books" at the bottom of this page. Quantities are very limited. For other titles related to the program's theme, search by the keyword Attingham, or go to "Browse Horses" and then look through the topics Art, Driving (especially other World on Wheels volumes), Farming, Horses in Society & History, and Hunting. We're happy to ship postpaid to Attingham participants within the United States.

Welcome

Robin Bledsoe, Bookseller, has specialized in antiquarian horse and art books since starting out as Blue Rider Books in 1973. We sell books from our shop near Harvard Square, online, by occasional catalogue, and at occasional shows. We also sell on eBay as pegasusbooks.

Please explore our site to order a book, plan a visit, check out our catalogues, buy a gift certificate, or look into selling or appraising your books.  To receive email notice of our regular new arrivals, fill out "Topic Notification."  Choose "Art" or "Horses," or both, from the drop-down menu.  (If you want to opt out later, just let us know.)  We look forward to hearing from you!

Most of the books in our shop aren't listed here, so please contact us if you don't see what you're looking for. When you're in the Boston area, we hope you'll visit our two book-filled rooms and find the book you want--or the one you didn't know you needed.

Vintage British pony books are the current focus of our Featured Items, below.

Art and Other Books

Specializing in Art History, Architecture, and Related Fields Since 1973

With our shop colleague H.L. Mendelsohn we sell out-of-print scholarly books in art history and architecture.  Our strengths are artist and architect monographs, 20th-century exhibition catalogues, prints and drawings, photography, classical archaeology, landscape and garden design, urbanism, decorative arts (especially 20th-century ceramics), book arts, and equestrian sporting art.  We also have some 20th-century children's books (many in French or German) and books on poetry, history, philosophy, and related fields.

For over 30 years art historians, collectors, architects, artists, students, and art lovers of all kinds have enjoyed our wide selection of reasonably priced books.  We invite you to join them!

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Picasso

Horse Books

Serving the Well-Read Rider Since 1973

We sell used, rare, and selected new books about horses and all equestrian subjects (except handicapping).  We also carry ephemera (catalogues, pamphlets, magazines, programs, etc.); some prints and photographs; and a few books about hounds, livestock, and farming. Our inventory is very large. We love to seek out the obscure, the uncommon, and the overlooked in all fields, from all periods, and in all languages.

We've supplied many thousands of books to thousands of collectors, libraries, and horsemen and women around the world.  We invite you to join them!

"A learned Arab has told us that paradise on earth is to be found on the back of a horse, in the pages of a book, and in the arms of one's beloved.  A book about horses should, then, rate as one and a half terrestrial paradises, at least." -- after George Gaylord Simpson



Featured Items

Munnings: Out in the Open Munnings: Out in the Open
National Sporting Library (Peralta-Ramos, et al.)
National Sporting Library & Museum (various authors). Munnings: Out in the Open. Middleburg, VA: National Sporting Library & Museum 2013... more
Price: $30.00
Discovering Horse-Drawn Carriages
Smith, D.J.
2011. Smith, D.J. Discovering Horse-Drawn Carriages. Oxford: Shire 2011. Rev. ed. (1st pub. 1974). 79p, several line ills. + 31 photos... more
Price: $11.95
Driving [Badminton Library, 1889] Driving [Badminton Library, 1889]
Somerset, Henry Charles [8th Duke of Beaufort]
1889. Somerset, Henry Charles Fitzroy, 8th Duke of Beaufort. Driving. Boston: Little, Brown, 1889. (Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes) xvi,.. more
Price: $45.00
The Regency Road: The Coaching Prints of James Pollard
Selway, N.C.
1957. Selway, N.C. The Regency Road: The Coaching Prints of James Pollard. London: Faber and Faber 1957. 118p + 66 color.. more
Price: $55.00
English Pleasure Carriages [1971 reprint] English Pleasure Carriages [1971 reprint]
Adams, W. Bridges
1971. Adams, W. Bridges. English Pleasure Carriages. Introd. by Jack Simmons. Bath: Adams & Dart 1971. Reprint of 1837 ed. Over.. more
Price: $20.00
Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography
Biscotti, M.L.
2017. Biscotti, M.L. Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield 2017. 498p, several photos. New hardcover.. more
Price: $85.00
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