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Lyon, Lt.Col. W.E. . HORSEMAN'S YEAR
London 1949 Collins St. James. Fox-hunting, horse care, etc. in England. 8vo., 176pp., color frontis, photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a12441)
$22.00 Stong, Phil . HORSES AND AMERICANS
NY 1939 1st Stokes. 4to., 333pp., color frontispiece, photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a13088)
$20.00 Vernon, Arthur . HISTORY AND ROMANCE OF THE HORSE
Boston 1931 1st Waverley House. Lg.8vo., 525pp., illustrations by E. J. Donnelly, cloth. VG, spine a bit browned, no DJ. (a13197)
$20.00 Saddle and Song . SADDLE AND SONG A COLLECTION OF VERSES
Philadelphia 1905 1st Lippincott. Made at Warrenton, VA., during the winter of 1904-1905. Hardcover. Octavo, 200pp., frontis, hardcover. Good plus, no DJ. (a20714)
$22.00 Laughlin, Mary Elizabeth . MORE THAN FOUR A BOOK FOR MULTIPLE HARNESS WEAVERS
West Sacramento 1976 1st Author. 4to., 179pp., illus., spiralbound wraps. Near VG. (a21653)
$29.00 Cruso, John . MILITARIE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CAVALLRIE
NY Da Capo 1968 reprint of original Cambridge 1632 edition. The English Experience No. 55. Hardcover. 4to., 108pp., 16 plates of which 12 are foldout, red cloth. Several plates have many illustrations of horses with armored soldiers. Excellent on 17th century English warfare. Near Fine, very light cover soiling. no dj. (a29785)
$120.00(polo). UNITED STATES POLO ASSOCIATION 1960
NY 1960. Large octavo, 117pp., photo illustrations, printed boards. VG. no dj. no owner marks. (a40129)
$32.00 Ross, Martin and E.O. Somerville . BEGGARS ON HORSEBACK A RIDING TOUR IN NORTH WALES
Edinburgh & London 1895 Blackwood. Sm.8vo., 186pp., illustrated by Edith Somerville, ads, illustrated boards. Owner signed on half title. VG, light soiling. (a41922)
$140.00 (horses) . NAMES CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE IN THE AMERICAN STUD BOOK
NY n.d. 4to., about 600pp. plus 136pp of advertising, wraps. Good, light soiling, light wear. (a48434)
$40.00Nimrod (Charles James Applerley). MY HORSES AND OTHER ESSAYS
Edinburgh, London and New York 1928. Edited with introduction by E. D. Cuming. 8vo., 304pp., illustrations, bright red cloth cover. Bevelled edges. Owner inscribed on front free blank. VG, small snag at head of spine neatly repaired, some foxing on fore-edges and in margins. Pictures available on request. no dj. (a49334)
$33.00 Gray, David . GALLOPS 2
NY 1903 The Century Co. 12mo., 255pp., frontis, illustrated cloth. Top edge gilt. Bookplate of Hen S. Merritt. Ink inscription from Silas Mcbee. VG. (a51253)
$50.00 Bonie, Lieutenant-Colonel; Major Kaehler and Lieutenant-Colonel George B. Davis . CAVALRY STUDIES FROM TWO GREAT WARS (1896)
Kansas City 1896 1st Hudson-Kimberley. 'Comprising the French Cavalry in 1870...The German Cavalry in the Battle of Vionville Mars La Tour...The operations of the Cavalry in the Gettysburgh Campaign.' 8vo., 267pp., 4 maps (one doublepage), hardcover. Good plus, one 3 inch long closed tear in margin of one leaf, uneven fading of cover, slight wear at head of spine but pretty violet cloth cover with gilt lettering. (a54374)
$75.00 Rheem, H. K. M.D. . VALUABLE RECIPES (ORIGINAL VETERINARY AND MEDICAL MANUSCRIPT)
Pennsylvania c.1860. 8vo., 35pp., stringbound wraps. Includes cures for: ringbone and spavin in horses, potion to make horses feel young numble and active, hoof ointment, lice on farm stock, fever, gonorrhea, anti-scorbutic, antidote to strychnine, hysteria, ether dentifrice, cure for sweaney, aloetic pill, inflamatory rheumatism, etc. Ten pages of remedies for horses and 25 pages of human cures and medicines. Top corner of one page chipped off with no loss of text at all. All handwritten and quite legible but writing appears to be in at least two different hands. Good. (a60615)
$250.00Cabell, Isa Carrington. SEEN FROM THE SADDLE
New York 1893 Harper Black and White Series. Introduction by Charles Dudley Warner. Fiction about horseback riding. 12mo., 161pp., hardcover. Good, spine browned, just beginning to crack along rear outer hinge (a64685)
$23.00Dargan, Olive Tilford. THE WELSH PONY: DESCRIBED IN TWO LETTERS TO A FRIEND
Boston 1913 first edition. Printed Privately for Charles A. Stone. Hardcover small Octavo, 52pp., photo illustrations, ivory-colored paper covered boards. Good plus, some overall light cover browning and wear, lower corners a bit worn; text VG plus, clean with binding secure. No ownership marks. In later clear removable glassine jacket. (a65430)
$95.00 Dwyer, Francis . ON SEATS AND SADDLES BITS AND BITTING AND THE PRENVENTION AND CURE OF RESTIVENESS IN HORSES
NY c.1890 From the fourth English edition, United States Book Co. Hardcover. Small octavo, 397pp., illustrations, attractivel bright red cloth with black and gilt design and man riding a horse in gilt on front . VG plus, gilt fading slightly on spine, very slight bit of foxing on fore-edges. (a70815)
$64.00 Sarl, Arthur J. . HORSES, JOCKEYS AND CROOKS, REMINISCENCES OF THIRTY YEARS' RACING
NY 1936 1st (stated) Dutton. Foreword by Rt. Hon. Earl of Lonsdale, K. G. Hardcover. 4to., 288pp., 19 photo illustrations, cloth. VG plus in Fair DJ, dj split at flaps, spine browned and torn. Scarce first edition. (a71000)
$65.00Simpson, Charles. LEICESTERSHIRE AND ITS HUNTS: THE QUORN, THE COTTESMORE & THE BELVOIR
NY 1926 1st Knopf. Introduction by Major A. Burnaby. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 256pp., 28 color illustrations, 55 monochrome illustrations, large detailed foldout map, original cloth. A few pages uncut. VG PLUS, slight amount of foxing sprinkled here and there in text, light glue stain inside front cover. no dj. no owner marks. In removable protective glassine jacket. (a71052)
$50.00 Piantanida, Sandro . LA CACCIA A CAVALLO NEL MILANESE
Milano 1957 1st Societa Milanese. In Italian. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 184pp., red cloth with green spine labels. VG, light wear, head of spine lightly frayed, end papers a bit browned, no DJ. (a75755)
$45.00 Ewers, John C. . THE HORSE IN BLACKFOOT INDIAN CULTURE WITH COMPARATIVE MATERIAL FROM OTHER WESTERN TRIBES
Washington 1955 GPO. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 159. Hardcover. Octavo, 374p., original wraps. Ink scribble on front and residue of glue where spine label once affixed; light depository library stamp on top fore-edge. VG. (a76381)
$25.00 Fillis, James . BREAKING AND RIDING WITH MILITARY COMMENTARIES
London no date 3rd Hurst and Blackett. Translated by M. H. Hayes. Hardcover. Octavo, 359pp., 70 photo illustrations, original gilt printed dark blue cloth. VG, end papers unevenly browned, in Good DJ. (a76392)
$25.00 Winter, George Simon . CURIOSER STALLMEISTER ODER VOLLSTANDIGE ROSS-ARTZNEY KUNST
Nurnberg 1678 . (36) 838p. (18p Register). Appears to lacks titlepage. No plates appear to have been in this edition. Full leather. Thick 12mo. 1`7 x 10 cm. A few ink words on front blank end paper. No other ownership marks. Includes "In Commendationem operis Carmen by John. Garbirelis Majeri, Helv." An early Veterinary work on Horses. In German. Fair, about a fourth of the leather has worn off the cover. (a77187)
$325.00 (trotting) . NEW ZEALAND TROTTING REGISTER SEASON 1965-66
Christchurch 1966. Hardcover. Octavo, 335pp., gilt printed boards. VG, faint cover discoloration, no DJ. No ownership mark. (a77274)
$29.00 (horse shows) . ONE BOUND VOLUME OF NINE HORSE SHOW CATALOGUES FOR 1913
One thick volume of 9 horse show catalogues for 1913: Fall River Free Open , Greater New York, Cobourg, Annual Horse Show, southern New England County Fair, National and and Judges Awards. Catalogues vary in size and length from 40-239 pages. Some photo illustrations of horses, numerous advertisements, listings of horses, owners and competitions. Sm.4to., original red leather with later paper spine.Cover just Fair - leather quite chipped on edges but internally VG and better. Hinges not cracked;binding secure; no ownership marks. (a77561)
$200.00Carter, William Harding; Edward Herbert Miner (artist). THE HORSES OF THE WORLD: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAN'S COMPANION IN WAR CAMP, ON FARM, IN THE MARTS OF TRADE AND IN THE FIELD OF SPORTS
Washington 1923 1st National Geographic. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 188pp, illustrated with full page color paintings and numerous monchrome photos, gilt printed brown cloth. Owner bookplate. VG, end papers lightly foxed. (a77736)
$39.00 McTaggart, Lt. Col. M. F. . STABLE AND SADDLE
New York 1930 1st Scribners. Hardcover. Octavo, 207pp., color frontis, illustrations by Ludwig Koch, gilt decorated blue cloth witht horse and rider jumping a fence on front. VG, end papers foxed, light cover wear, no DJ. (a77746)
$24.00 Buck, Fred S. . HORSE RACE BETTING, A COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF PARI-MUTUAL AND BOOKMAKING OPERATIONS (signed)
NY 1947 (1946) Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 149pp., cloth. **Inscribed and signed by Fred Buck to Stan Lomax on the front free blank. VG in Good DJ, a few small edge chips. (a77747)
$34.00 Goldschmidt, Lt.-Col. S. G. . STABLE WISE
NY 1929 (1928 on verso of title page) Scribners. Hardcover. Octavo, 176p., photo frontis, text illustrations, index, cloth. VG, some foxing, in Good DJ, lightly soiled, a few chips along edges. (a77929)
$30.00 Plowman, Timothy . FOLK USES OF NEW WORLD AROIDS
1969. Article at pp. 97-122, photo illustrations, drawings, in a single issue of Economic Botany. Complete issue has numerous additional interesting articles including Historical Notes on Horseradish. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Near Fine. (a78997)
$35.00 (hungary) . EQUES DRACONIS IN HUNGARIA - FUNDATIONALES ORDINIS EQUESTRIS DRACONIS IN HUNGARIA DE ANNO 1408 TRANSUMATAE EX APOGRAPHO AUTHENTICO
Budae 1818. 4to., pp. 167-190, one full page fine engraving of Eques Draconis in full costume, one full page very fine engraving of Josephus, Archidux Austraie, removed from Acta LItteraria Musei Nationalis Hungarici tomus 1 and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a79099)
$85.00 Fergusson, Gordon . HOUNDS ARE HOME THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL CALPE HUNT
London 1979 1st Springwood. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 364pp., illustrations by Lionel Edward, Gerald Hare and Madeline Selfe, photo illustrations, large color foldout map, index, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ.. (a80683)
$79.00 (racing) . RULES OF RACING ADOPTED BY THE JOCKEY CLUB 1909
New York 1909 Ahern & Randel. 12mo. 96pp., cloth-covered wraps. Owner sigbned. VG. (a80863)
$28.00 (horse racing) . HIPPODROME DU PARC DE BEYROUTH - AOUT 1965
Original program for horse races at Beyrouth, August 1965. Not paginated - about 60 p. In French. 12mo. staple binding. wraps.Original ticket stubs laid in . A very few pen notations in text. Good . Original ephemera. "Pour l'encouragement et l'amelioration de la race Chevalien Arabe." (a90251)
$27.00(puzzle). mid-19th century CHROMOLITHOGRAPH PUZZLE OF 2 FRIGHTENED HORSES RUNNING AWAY FROM SPEEDING LOCOMOTIVE IN BACKGROUND
n.d. (c.1850). Puzzle measures 7x9 inches, 14 pieces (complete), full color, stiff cardboard. Early puzzle, most likely made before "jigsaw" interlocking became common in puzzle. Pieces not cut with interlocking tabs, but straight edge-geometric shapes. Hardcover. Ephemera. VG. Interesting social commentary of strangeness of new method of transportation which railroads introduced into life into what societies which had been predominantly agricultural. All pieces present; color is slightly faded. (a9893)
$65.00