Search Results: Horses and Horse Racing from Bytown Bookery

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Pictorial Cover. 0448036924 . Veryn Good / No Jacket (As Issued) Oversized pictorial boards with a picture of horse and foal on cover. Previous owners name written on title page. Corners and spine ends bumped and worn, rubbing on covers. Inside has many beautiful horse illustrations, from the Arabian to the Circus Horse, with info on Horsemanship, Bits, Saddles, and much more that the young rider will be interested in. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

Harmondsworth, England: Puffin Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Trade Paperback. 0140314474 . Trade Paperback with some wear to the covers but no tears to the covers. The interior is clean and includes a section of black & white photos. ; Puffin Books; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 96 pages .

New York: McGraw - Hill. Very Good+. 1963. 0070561095 . Green cloth covers, black illustrations of horse jumpers on the cover and spine, black titles. A Very Good++ with a tight binding and a bright, unmarked text. A color Frontispiece and blakc & white photos. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 316 pages .

Bedlam Press. New with no dust jacket. 2002. Trade Paperback. 1889186252 . Trade Paperback A brand New copy **SIGNED** by all authors on designated spaces on the front free end papers. "An anthology of short stories based on the 2000 Bram Stoker Finalist chapbook "Dead Cat Bounce" by Gerard Houarner and illustrated by GAK. This collection has stories from: Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee, Charlee Jacob, Tom Piccirilli, Yvonne Navarro, Mick Farren, Gerard Houarner, Linda Addison, John Skipp, Paul Di Filippo, David Niall Wilson, Terry McGarry, Gene O'Neill and Brian Keene. All the stories are fully illustrated by the artist GAK." ; B&W Illustrations; 0.75 x 8.75 x 5.75 Inches; 219 pages; Signed by All Authors .

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Grey hardboards with red cloth spine / silver lettering on spine. Book Blub Ed. Three small white marks on back boards, and spine is slightly sunned. Very clean and tight copy. Blind imprint of jockey on horse, on front cover. "Racehorse jockey Kelly Hughes has been framed and there's little he can do about it. Set up to look like he had been fixing races with his trainer Dexter Cranfield, Kelly decides he must fight the false accusations, or risk the possibility of never riding again. " ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 219 pages .

Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0679444092 . Orange hard covers with black spine, gilt titles to the spine. Stated First Edition. Tight, bright, unmarked with very light spine end bumping. Near fine. The DJ is unclipped with cover scuffing and edgewear, very good+ condition, very small tear to the front bottom corner. "When someone starts maiming and killing the highly-insured show horses, Erica and Lex come to new understandings of life in the shadowy stables, behind the bright lights." ; 1 x 8.3 x 5.9 Inches; 275 pages .

Rand McNally. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. Red cloth covers with bold gilt titles to the cover and spine. A tightly bound copy with a clean, unmarked interior. Colorful illustrated end papers. There is spine end and corner bumping, light tanning to the cover top and bottom edges. Overall in Very Good+ condition. The DJ is clipped with cover scuffing, some tearing to the edges with a peice missing of off the bottom spine end. "A story, based on real events, about a boy and a half-Arabian mare who enter the Palio, an annual race in Siena, Italy, with all the pageantry of a medieval contest." ; Color / Black & White Illustrations ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 237 pages .

London, England: Hutchison & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good, No Jacket, undated. Green hard covers with dark red lettering on cover and spine. Very clean, tight copy. Two ink markings on back cover. Back cover is slightly cocked up. Nice copy. "The complete manual for those about to start riding and for beginners who wish to improve their style and knowledge." With 25 illustrations. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tal; 127 pages .

New York: Bonanza Books. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1965. 1st Edition. Cloth. Brown cloth boards with black print on cover. The interior is clean & unmarked, someone has removed the front free end-paper, which made the spine a little loose. DJ has chipping and rubbing. One small piece missing on the back of the DJ. "This is a very practical handbook that covers every aspect of the proper care and feeding of a horse on a month to month basis. "; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 235 pages .

The Interstate Printers & Publishers. Near Fine. 1969. Hardcover. Brown linen covers with black titles to the cover and spine. A Near fine copy with a bright, unmarked text and a tight binding. Charts, tables, appenidix and indexed. ; B&W Illustrations, B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 907 pages .

Toronto, Ont.: Doubleday Canada. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385195443 . Very Good / Very Good, 288 pgs. Brown hard cover with gilt lettering on spine, almost fine except for a black majic marker mark on top of front free end-paper. Wonderful, clean, tight copy. 174 black & white/colour photos throughout the book. DJ unclipped, edgwear and some rubbing. Beautiful book, anyone with a love of animals will enjoy this book, filled with stories of the RCMP horses. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

New York: Scholastic Book Services. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1968. Trade Paperback. Trade paperback with rubbing and edgewear, inside text clean and unmarked. A water mark to the foreedges. Creasing on spine edge. "The story of Sham--a stallion born in the Sultan of Morocco's stables. Although Sham is a strong and fast horse, he is treated cruelly by his various masters and owners. Will Sham ever find a home where he is treated with kindness? Winner of the 1949 Newbery Medal. "; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 174 pages .

New York: Scholastic Book Services. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1971. 7th Printing. Trade Paperback. Trade paperback with rubbing and edgewear, inside text clean and unmarked. A water mark to the foreedges. Creasing on spine edge. "The story of Sham--a stallion born in the Sultan of Morocco's stables. Although Sham is a strong and fast horse, he is treated cruelly by his various masters and owners. Will Sham ever find a home where he is treated with kindness? Winner of the 1949 Newbery Medal. "; 189 pages .

Glouscester, Ontario: Canadian Equestrian Federation. As New. 1998. Paperback. 092173257X . Paperback in As New condition. Tightly bound and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 148 pages .

Glouscester, Ontario: Canadian Equestrian Federation. Near Fine. 1998. Paperback. Paperback in Near Fine condition. Tightly bound and unmarked with some foxing to the front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 168 pages .

Random House Childrens Books. Very Good. 1978. Hardcover. 0394901495 . Pictorial covers, a tightly bound copy with an unmarked interior in Very Good condition. Wear to the covers with spine end & corner bumping, light tanning to the covers. Fully illustrated witih black & white photos and drawings. "A history of the age-old friendship between man and horse." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 82 pages .

New York: Hyperion. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 078686723X . Advance Reading Copy in stiff, gray and blue covers. "The dark and beautiful world of horseracing." Mitchell focuses on the 1999 Kentucky Derby winner 'Charismatic's' life. From his birth, to the his rise to fame, and then to his tragic death." ; Advanced Uncorrected; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 384 pages .

McClelland & Stewart. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0771037465 . Hardcovers in Very Good + condition. Tightly bound with a bright, unmarked interior. The DJ is clipped with rubbing and edgewear. "The story of the business and the pleasure of thoroughbred horce racing, the preoccupation of sucessive generations of horsemen for almost three hundred years." ; 9.10 X 6.20 X 1 inches; 241 pages .

San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books / Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1978. Paperback. 0684155893 . Brown / black hardcovers, silver titles to the spine and cover. Tightly bound, a bright unmarked text with light cover wear. Fully illustrated with black & white photographs. "Text and photographs describe efforts of a small band of cowboys to round up wild horses and burros to prevent their growing numbers from overgrazing fragile desert land." ; B&W Photographs; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 95 pages .