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62 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of young lady on bicycle; Editorial - What Price Modern Education?; The World Goes Smash - novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams; Why the Russians Want the North Pole - by famous explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson; Call Me Jim - the private life of James A. Farley - new, surprising facts concerning the jovial wheel-horse of the New Deal (part 1); The Talking Horse (humour); Casanova's Women - Henriette, and things the great lover left out of his memoirs; What it Takes to Make World Champs - article by Joe McCarthy, Manager of the World Champion New York Yankees (with small photo of author); Blackrock Landing (short story); Bright Danger (fiction); A New York Doctor Changes His Life - the anonymous but true story of a famous physician's who learned that money was not so important after all; Design for Dying (short story); 2/3-page illustrated Williams Luxury Shaving Cream ad shows tennis player "Big" Bill Tilden in action; Crossword completed in pencil on page 50; Horror Outside the Wall - a Chinese Mystery; Ventriloquist Peggy Hudson; The Glass Bracelet (short story); Nice illustrated ad for Iver Johnson Shotguns, manufactured at Cobourg, Ontario; Bits of nibbling to periphery of front cover and upper corner of textblock. Average soiling and wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Absolument complet et très abondamment illustré de photographies en couleurs , dessins , schémas . Pour tous ceux qui éprouvent de l'amitié pour ce bel animal . Index en fin d'ouvrage . Zoologie , animaux familiers , cheval , équitation , vènerie , chasse à courre , voltige , attelage . - 384 p. , 1 kg 500 gr.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 9 7/8"w x 7 7/8"h. 25 pages.
8vo., Third Impression, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE.
in-8, XIV-159 pp., broche, couverture illustree.- ISBN 2858930783 Tres bel exemplaire. [DV-7]
In-folio, 160p. Facsimilé tiré à 800 exemplaires numérotés de ce traité équestre paru à Amsterdam en 1666. En parfaite condition.
A Amsterdam, chez Jean Schipper, 1666. Par Messire Antoine de PLUVINEL, son Sous-Gouverneur, Conseiller en son Conseil d'Estat, Chambellan ordinaire, et son Escuyer principal. Lequel respondant a sa Majesté, luy faict remarquer l'excellence de sa Methode, pour réduire les chevaux en peu de temps a l'obeyssance des justes proportions de tous les plus beaux airs et maneiges. Le tout enrichy de grandes figures en taille douce, représentant les vrayes et naïsves actions des hommes et des chevaux en tous les airs, et maneiges, courses de bague, rompre en lice au Quintan, et combattre a l'Espée : ensemble les figures des brides, les plus nécessaires a cet usage, desseignées et gravées par Crispian de Pas. Avec privilège du Roy Très-Chrestien. In-folio demi-basane rouge à coins, dos à 4 nerfs très orné de fleurons dorés. Page de titre, au dos extraict du Privilège du Roy donné à Cristian de Pas le 12 May 1625 et signé Perrochel, deuxième titre dans un superbe encadrement allégorique gravé à pleine page et daté de 1668 + deux pages pour la dédicace au Roy de René de Menou (il manque une page à cette dédicace portant les 12 lignes de la fin du texte signé René de Menou, Charnizay) + 160 pages pour le texte sous forme d'entretien (Le Roy, Pluvinel, Monsieur de Termes, Monsieur Le Grand). Le texte est divisé en deux parties (pages 1 à 57 et pages 58 à 160) chacune débutant par une grande lettrine. S'en suivent 54 planches dépliantes légendées. Les deux dernières représentant des mors portent deux planches chacune. 1 planche de mors semble manquer dans cet exemplaire. Soit un total de 56 sur 58 planches. Les noms des personnages représentés sont cités, les lieux également ( Le Roy, Pluvinel, Mrs. Duc de Bellegarde, Maréchal de Soure, Mrs. du Pre, de Potrincourt, de Belleville, de Soissons, de Patrin, Le Gres, de Fiat, de Benja, de Bellou, d'Harcourt etc. La reliure est un peu frottée avec accroc en haut du dos, on peut signaler quelques rares rousseurs et restaurations du temps sans aucune gravité, l'exemplaire est grand de marges. Antoine de PLUVINEL (1552-1660) : 1er Ecuyer du Roi CHARLES IX, dirige la plus grande Académie équestre de France, aura en charge l'éducation équestre du jeune LOUIS XIII, d'où cet ouvrage. CRISPIAN DE PAS, le Jeune : Graveur Flamand, illustre superbement cet ouvrage. René de MENOU de CHARNIZAY, ami de PLUVINEL, passionné d'équitation, pris en charge cette édition posthume en lui donnant ce titre.
First Edition, 4to, xx,427pp., 18 coloured plates, over 400 black and white illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. The books and periodicals described in this bibliography reflects Paul Mellon's abiding interest in the Thoroughbred horse.
pp. xvii, 427. Plus 17 full page color illustrations. Folio. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Text type-set in England by Lund Humphries, and printed in the U.S.A. by the Meridian Gravure company. Outstanding bibliography on the horse books in the collection formed by Paul Mellon. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF8
Superbe ouvrage au sommaire duquel on trouvera : Préhistoire et histoire de Solutré à Longchamp - Les races françaises - Les étalons de Colbert , les haras nationaux - Du Louvre à Saumur et toutes les écoles d'équitation - La cavalerie , la garde républicaine - La Poste aux chevaux , l'attelage - Vignes et goémons , les chevaux au travail - Vènerie en France - La Camargue gardiane - Le monde des courses - Le polo - Les randonnées équestres - Le cirque et spectacle de chevaux - Les fêtes , jeux , foires et salons - La médecine vétérinaire - Les maréchaux , charrons et selliers - Le cheval dans l'art - Les musées - . Illustré par des photographies en couleurs et noir et blanc , des chevaux , des courses , nombreuses peintures et aquarelles . Bibliographie . Livre rare et épuisé . Cheval , courses , équitation , hippisme . - 230 p. , 2 kg 100 gr.
Octavo. Pp. 88. With line-drawn illustration. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, bound in contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, shelf labels to spine, old institutional stamps and marking to title-page. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Rare. Two other works by Maximilian von Poseck were translated into English, "The German Cavalry in Belgium and France, 1914" and "Engagement at Néry", both published in 1922.
4to, 160 pages, illustrated. eng
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is as new also, now wrapped in clear protective cover. 269 pages.
60 pages. Features: Great color-photo ad for Fisher Body inside front cover features young lady with horse; Nice one-page ad for Long Distance with close-up image of young man; Photo and brief write-up of 72-year-old pancake-eating champion Charles Sharp of Iowa; Eye-catching one-page two-color ad for the February 1st issue of the Saturday Evening Post leads off with a profile of American Airlines President "C.R."Smith; Plymouth car ad; Debate on Lend-Lease - article with photos including Charles A. Lindbergh and Joseph P. Kennedy; British Drive Against Italy rescues lifeline of empire - new losses force Fascists to accept German domination; Amazing photo of a large (freight) trainload of Italian prisoners being moved to the rear; Blow-up in Rumania - failure of Iron Guard Revolt Strengthens Antonescu - article with photo of Horia Sima; Japan's Strong Men - Konoye strips Diet of powers as Matsuoka praises Axis goal; Nice color ad for Seagram's V.O. shows Canadian server crossing the border into the U.S.; Negroes in Uniform - article with photo of part of Uncle Sam's ninth cavalry Regiment; Nice ad for the 1941 De Soto which features Fluid Drive with Simplimatic Transmission; Great photo of 7 year-old Barbara Schulz of Evanston, IL who is chief taster for the Reed candy plant in Chicago; Nice photo ad for the Edison Voicewriter/Ediphone includes NBC's Bill Stern and "Ellen Randolph" (Gertrude Warner); Photo of basketball player Stanley "Stutz" Modzelewski; Photos of Bob Feller and Bobo Newson; Radio sensation Martin Block; ad promoting air travel shows plane flying over old-timer pouring hot water into the radiator of his snowbound car; Nice color-photo ad on back cover for Lucky Strike cigarettes features Connor Aycock, tobacco warehouse owner of Durham, NC; and much more. Center page holding by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
New English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (31 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 3 volumes set: (1752 p.), color and b/w ills. Zirâ'î matbû'ât. 3 volumes set. Edited by Özge Soydan, Fuat Recep. This huge and comprehensive set introduces periodicals on agriculture and veterinary in the Ottoman Empire published in last 19th century - early 20th century with transcriptions.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 58, [1] p. Evcil hayvanlarimizin komparativ histologiasi. Translator: Dr. Mahmut Semsi Kural.
Fine English Original cloth bdg. 4to. (30 x 20 cm). In English and Turkish. First 3 volumes: ([40], 285, [41] p.; [xiv], 236 p., 529 p.), ills. Turkish Arabian horse [purebred / thoroughbred] Arab stud-book.= Türkiye safkan Arap ati soy kütügü. 3 volumes.
P., Hinrischen et Cie Editeurs, 1885. In-8 relié à la Bradel demi toile verte, dos long orné d'un fleuron, 226 pp. Bon état.
143 pages. A pot pourri of nostalgia for those who love motoring - a companion for every reading mood: from the first acceptance of the motor car by societies devoted to the horse; through the beginnings of international racing in France in 1902; to the revolutionary Volkswagen People's Car of the 1930s. Lavishly illustrated in colour with rare and often unique photographs, drawings and paintings and posters from the archives of the Khachadourian Gallery. Light wear to each end of spine. Couple of small tears to otherwise glossy and attractive dust jacket. Book
104 pages. Fiction: Miss Carlsen is Mine; The Girl Who Had Accidents; Disaster oin the Outback; Botts Takes the Bait; Frame-up for Murder (part 1 of 3); The Chains of Fear (part 5 of 8). Articles: Our First Man in Outer Space - great photos of Scotty Crossfield who will be aboard the X-15; The Man Who Talks to Tapirs - Harry Gillmore in Sumatra - with photos; Our Houseboat Vacation; The Post Reports on Health Insurance - Part III - Is This the pattern of the future?; The Face of America - The Perfect Month - sensational large color photo of dozens of youths jumping from and swimming at the North Cove Bridge over the North Fork Catawba River; I Call on Lawrence Welk - great photos; Gold Rush Every Weekend.in California - great color photos of gold seekers in action. Ads: Very nostalgic color-photo two-page ad for Frigidaire's frost-proof refrigerator-freezer (blue); 1958 Ford cars; Chevrolet cars; Old Gold cigarettes; L&M cigarettes; Johnson & Johhson first aid ad shows boy diving into water beside lobster; Johnson Sea Horse outboard motor color-photo ad; Koppers ad includes large color photo of Ice Capades 18th Edition/1958; Lucky Strike color-photo ad on back cover shows young smokers playing golf, tennis and sunning. Slight loss to fore-edge of front cover. Moderate wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Sm. 8vo., First Edition; original tan cloth, backstrip with flat gilt bands, second and third compartments with leather labels (red/black) lettered in gilt, green edges, an unusually bright, clean copy. With advertisement endpapers. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
60 pages. Features: Russell Sambrook cover illustration of boy in pajamas sneaking his dog upstairs; Dominion Linoleum colour ad inside front cover features yellow and maroon interior design of a 'very lucky' young person's bedroom; AC spark plug ad features horse talking to man cleaning his shotgun; Premier Aberhart of Alberta ponders 'licensing' newspapers; Fantastic one-page photo-illustrated ad for Marconi radios includes photos of newscaster Christopher Ellis and Frances James, plus photos of the model 79 A.C., 81 A.C. and 85 A.C. radios; One-page ad for the Parker Vacumatic pen features marathon theme; The Red Boar (short story from Rajputana); Revolt in Quebec - The English-Canadian View - article with photos of C.E. Gault, Maurice Duplessis and Camillien Houde; A Matter of Business (short story); Forward-Pass Time - article explaining how the aerial attack has made a new game of Canadian football - with photo of Rosso of the Argos in 1935; Beverley Baxter shares interesting new from London, plus he explains how Hitler saw propaganda used against Germany in WWI and vowed to use that same weapon to avenge his nation; Finished Picture (short story about the marriage trap); J. Bull, Customer - article on Canadian exports to Britain; The Thin Woman (short story); Photo-illustrated article on the settlers of King Ridges, 25 miles north of Toronto, where 41 families formerly on relief are plowing, sowing and reaping to earn their own living from the land; The General Died at Dawn (short story); Vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Green Giant Fine Foods of Canada features their canned vegetables; Very nice one-page colour-photo Westinghouse Air-pilot radio ad; Charming one-page colour Kraft ad features their cheese products; Prestone anti-freeze one-page ad features illustrations of (now) classy vintage cars; Half-page Palmolive Soap ad features two photos of the Dionne Quints, plus Dr. Dafoe who helped birth them; Stanfield's ad features illustration of man proudly strutting in his long underwear; Ponds Cold Cream ad features photo of Mrs. William Jay Iselin; One-page ad for the Singer "Make-It-Yourself" Wardrobe Plan; Fantastic colour photo/colour comic ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy and Rinso soaps feature "True B.O. Experience No. 127"; Back cover colour ad by the federal Department of Fisheries encourages readers to eat fish often; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this marvelous depression-era issue. Book
New English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (34 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 149 p., color ills. P sanat, kültür, antika dergisi. No. 11. At ve sanat. Special issue, Horse and art.
Lyon, Imp. de JM Barret, 1825. In-8 reliure à la bradel (rel récente) avec vignettes peintes sur les plats, 43 pp. TB état.
120 pages. Features: Cover illustration of International Farmall tractor harvesting grain; Lovely colour ad for Nash cars inside front cover; Color photo of golfer Sam Snead in one-page B.F. Goodrich tire ad; Half-page color ad for Titleist "Acushnet" golf balls; Nice two-page color ad for Mobilgas features large winged horse; Lovely half-page color ad for Hydrox cookies; Great two-page color ad for Chevrolet cars, featuring their PowerGlide transmissions; The Ordeal of Judge Harold Raymond Medina - he is hard on Reds; The Wrath of Tugboat Annie (story); Edmonton, Alberta - feature article with many photos, including youthful premier Ernest Manning; Ditchdigger's Daughter (story); Getting ripped off by phoney weigh scales; Photo-illustrated article on simultaneous translators at the U.N.; James (Big Jim) Morton - "I Was the King of the Thieves" - part 2; Appointment with Treachery (story); Super color-photo illustrated article on circus highwire performer the Great Alanza; The Magnificent Faker (story); Funny Way to Got To School - Calvert School in Baltimore; Bonus Rookie (story); Nice one-page color-photo ad for Campbell's Chicken Gumbo soup includes an Aunt Jemima-like lady cooking at fire; Lovely one-page color ad for the (yellow) Oldsmobile "88" Holiday Coupe; Murder is the Pay-Off (story); Nice one-page color-photo ad for G.E. fridges with the new Alnico Magnetic Door; Nice one-page color ad for De Soto cars; One-page color cartoon-style ad for Post cereals features baseball scene; Pall Mall cigarette ad; Nice one-page color ad for Ford cars; Sultry one-page ad for movie "Born to Be Bad" starring Joan Fontaine; Nostalgic two-page color ad for Kraft mayo and salad dressings; Nice one-page color ad for Frigidaire electric ranges; One-page color ad for the Studebaker Champion; One-page color ad for Hudson cars; One-page ad for RCA Victor televisions; One-page photo ad for Prest-O-Lite batteries features lady golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias; Wonderful color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes inside back cover features Gene Tierney and tobacco farmer Charlie P. Murphy of Mebane, N.C.; Attractive back cover Coke ad features large pop machine surrounded by a crowd of happy Coke drinkers. Somewhat above-average but not excessive wear. Light pink discoloration to part of top and bottom edge of most pages - text unaffected. Small piece missing from front cover at top of coverfold. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
