Horses

1930. 8vo size softcover with interior stapled binding and color illustrated covers; 232 pages with numerous vintage advertisements, some with black and white illustrations or photographs. Contents include: Officers, Directors and Executive Committee Judges and Ring Stewards Occupants of Arena Boxes Program (for each day November 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12.) Catalogue of Entries Hackney Horses Hackney Ponies Trotting Horses Heavy Harness Horses Saddle Horses: Three Gaited Saddle Horses: Five Gaited Saddle Ponies Mounted Police Hunters Corinthian Class Jumpers Military Classes Vintage Advertisements (many full page) include: Stadler & Stadler (color) B. Altman & Co. Hermes of Paris Hotel and Restaurant Elysee Seaton Hackney Farm Aquascutum Coats Pierce Arrow Whippy, Steggall Canada Dry F.A.O. Schwarz Purina Mills Emerson's Bromo-Seltzer for Headache Rollston 4-Passenger Victoria Penciled price on cover; edgewear, wear, light soil and several creases to covers, front hinge fragile on the… Read More

Krefeld: Richard Obermann, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. xii, 304 p., 22 leaves of illustrations: in-text illustrations (including 2 small tipped-in illustrations); 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with silver stamped spine title and front cover illustration. Illustrated dust jacket, in mylar cover. Includes index and chronology of horses, riders, and riding equipment. Scarce. Book is in Very Good Condition: edges of pages are slightly soiled; internally clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: several closed tears of 3 cm. or less; creasing at ends of spine; lightly soiled.

Lanham, MD: The Derrydale Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. First Trade Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9781586670610 . Tan paper quarter-bound in brown paper. x, 149 pages. Black and white and color photographs, appendices, bibliography, and index. A lovely copy of this definitive study of the life and work of the noted artist with an additional chapter Paul Brown as a Book Illustrator by Robin Bledsoe. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London, Munich, New York: Astor Publishing Company Ltd, 1956. Limited edition of only 250. full red morocco binding with 5 raised bands. Very Good/full leather binding. VERY RARE, one of only 250! [200] pp. + 97 leaves of plates. Title page printed in black and red. (Folio, 16x11x3.5 inches, weighs over 14 lb), red morocco stamped in gilt, 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; slipcase. No. 133 of 250 copies. Edition 1956. With the facsimile signatures of the editor and two other "collaborators" on the title page. Scarce 1956 edition of this "who's who" in the world of equestrian sports. Illustrated throughout with almost 100 photographic portraits and accompanying biographies Condition: a bit of light wear and rubbing to binding; interior fine; fair amount of wear and rubbing to slipcase. overall near fine in very good slipcase. Ships from Hawaii with free FEDEX upgrade (within the US) .

Stated "First American edition September, 2008". Presumed first printing. Author's signature on title page. The book, dj and slipcase are in virtually new condition. We could not find any faults whatsoever. . With over 400 high quality illustration of the work of recognized sporting artists thish servers as a beautiful work of art as well as a comprehensive scholarly reference work. It covers the work of over 2,000 American painters, print makers, and sculpture artists going back 4400 years. The book weighs over eight pounds. Shipping cost will be adjusted for addresses sales outside the continental United States.

London: Highflyer International, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong octavo, 236 pages; VG-; full green paper binding; spine with gilt lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; dent to center of spine; signed flat by Porter at title page; contains black and white photos; pages clean; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1347216. Special Collections.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The bright-red buckram cloth covers indicating ex-library status belie the original interior published in 1877 and that is festooned with some lovely black-and-white engravings hors-text and additional duotone engravings on plates, done by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, of Dublin. Red-speckled page edges. Withdrawn from the Leeds public library, a fine bookplate inside front flap denoting so, and with ink-stamp denoting such inside rear flap at bottom and embossed stamps at title page and over tips of engraved plates, unobtrusive. Cracking to gutter of a pastedown, else quite sturdy. First Edition. xix [3], 406, [2] pp. + 82 pp. of publisher's advertisements. Nine lovely plates that are done by the so-called Woodbury process developed by Walter Woodbury, a photographic frontis, says a Wikipedia article about it, that "is both a printing process and the print that it produces. In technical… Read More

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1936. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket (not price-clipped). One-inch closed tear to top of front dust jacket, one-inch chip to top of rear dust jacket and head of spine, and chip to bottom spine, else minor edgewear and smudging to dust jacket. Minor spotting to pastedowns and free endpapers. Near-fine in very good dust jacket.. An uncommon copy of Michael Oakeshott's (1901-1990) only non-academic published work, which offers a studied analysis on-of all things-how to successfully bet on horse racing. Co-authored with Oakeshott's Cambridge colleague, Guy T. Griffith, A Guide to the Classics, or How to Pick the Derby Winner analyzes how to successfully evaluate and reduce the field to a handful of likely contenders. The dust jacket to this interesting work provides that "[t]his is not just a joke but a serious study of an enthralling problem. The authors explain how to draw commonsense conclusions from the facts of Breeding and Form, and so… Read More

First edition book about horse racing. Limited edition, one of only 850 copies in print. Inscribed with original pen and ink. Minor shelf wear noticeable on the crown and base of spine, as well as along bottom covers. Small water stain noticeable on top front cover.

Half leather binding, marbled end papers. 996 pages including fold-out family tree, color United States map, Index, Index of Sires, Appendix of 10 Race Winners (trotters winning at least ten races).

Family of Elsa Spear Byron, 1993, with previously unpublished photos. Originally published by The Fort Phil Kearny / Bozeman Trail Association, 1990. Paperback. Near Fine. Minor shelf and handling wear to cover. Book has bookstore sticker and stamp on inside of back cover. Binding tight. Text clean and unmarked. No DJ, as issued. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.

1935 First edition. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black wrap-around the spine. Spine has faded somewhat. Boards show minor wear along the bottom edge, top & bottom of spine and at the ends. Bottom spine is bumped. Name plate on inside cover with name. Name is also signed on first end page with date of 5/20/1935. Pages are tan but clean, not torn and the corners are not bent. Spine is undamaged. Not an ex-library book. No offensive odors. Nonsmoking. Ships in protective box with tracking confirmation.

Birmingham, AL: Oxmoor House, 1989. First Edition, stated. Hardcover in DJ. Oversize. NF in NF DJ. Interior is tight, bright, and clean. Previous owner's sticker (Eclipse Thoroughbred Lib) is affixed to lower front flyleaf; rear flyleaves have some waving running along spine. Minor abrasion to leather on spine edges. Else As New. DJ shows minor shelf and handling wear with light abrasion as well as three black streaks on rear and a small grouping of black spots on front. Overall, a gorgeous copy! Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.

2007 second edition of True Horsemanship through Feel; the book is in beautiful as new condition except for an inscription, and the cover is great too except for tiny tiny corner bumps, and one corner (also small crease)...otherwise it looks like new, no scuffing nor edgewear. A very almost like new copy of a great book about living with horses.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. First edition, stated. Inscribed and signed by author. VG in VG DJ. Inscription on front flyleaf. Sticker shadow on title page. Dent at top of spine. DJ shows age-toning an dabrasion along spine; 1/2" tear at top of front; top of spine creased. Overall, a clean, solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.