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1st edition. 8vo, 96 pages, illustrated. Very good condition hardback in very good condition dust jacket. 40165. eng
Inscription and a list of 'Hunts' (and horses ?) on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to faded spine. A very clean very tight copy with very slightly marked front board, a little fading to rear board, slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Fold-out map frontispiece in excellent condition. All plates present. 126pp.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter with one or two closed tears. Sold from an institution with its stamps on endpapers and title verso.
London, Winson and Newton, 1870. In-12 reliure à la Bradel demi-basane à bandes vert, couvertures conservées, 78 pp, XIV planches suivies de 64 pp du catalogue "List of water colours" de Winsor & Newton's. Quelques rousseurs en fin de vol. Bon exemplaire.
4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published to accompany the major exhibition mounted severally by Kimbell Art Museum, Walters Art Museum and the National Gallery.
Octavo. Pp. iv, 187, (1). Original printed wrappers bit shabby, shelf ticket to spine, old military institutional stamps to cover and title, inscription in neat contemporary hand. In a very good internal condition. ~ Second, considerably enlarge edition of "Die Kriegsführung der neuesten Zeit und deren Einfluß auf die Verwendung der Cavallerie".
in-8°, 161 pages, croquis et dessins, broche, couv. Bel exemplaire (pli au 1er plat de couv.). [BL-3]
Limited Edition no 930 out of 1000. Signed by both authors on title page. Other than this inscription from the authors, the book is 'as new'. No other marks, no creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with minor traces of handling. 327pp. Sallie Walrond has written a great many books on horses and horse-related activities. This book tells her entertaining life story, driving and riding all types of horses and ponies, from milk floats in London to modern carriage driving. It is packed with valuable information explaining numerous methods of how horses are managed, trained, produced and exhibited throughout the world. It is full of humorous and delightful anecdotes and is illustrated with over ninety photographs.
446 p. A novel about the Kentucky Derby. Pictorial endpapers. Hardcover Good condition; scotch tape on DJ. in torn d.j.
72 pages. Features: The French Lady's Treasure; Scouting the Utes; Did Russia Introduce the Horse?; The Cowboy from Yorkshire; How Green is a Bullfrog?; Those Murdering Herricks; The Death Watch; Leadville's Ice Palace; To My Tormentors, I Bequeath; Charlie Siringo and "Eat Em Up Jake"; "Suicide Ted" Elder. Nice copy. Faint date stamp atop back cover. Magazine
48 page booklet measuring 6" x 3.5" with index and black and white illustrations. "A lame, sore, blemished horse can be made clean and sound with Absorbine, the antiseptic linament." - inside front cover. Provides instructions for using this product to treat a multitude of medical conditions exhbited by horses including Wind Puff, Capped Hock, Thorough-Pin, Bog Spavin, Shoe Boil, Fatty Tumors, Enlarged Glands, Puffs and Swellings. Inkstamp on front cover suggests a printing date of 1918. Includes manufacturer's return mail card. Clean and unmarked with light wear. An intriguing and well-preserved item. Book
Royal octavo. Pp. xxv, 372. Plus 2 large folding tables. With full-page sketch drawings to the text. Frontispiece portrait of General von Schmidt printed in fine aquatint heliogravure, with facsimile signature. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, shelf ticket to spine, old military institutional stamps to prelims and contemporary inscription to title. In about very good condition. ~ First edition.
Très belle réalisation de l'atelier Lauriot Prévost . Clarté , mise en page , équilibre du texte et des illustrations composées de dessins , photographies . Un vrai traité de médecine vétérinaire accessible à tous pour bien prendre soin de ses chevaux . Cheval , équitation , Médecine Vétérinaire . - 192 p. , 1 kg .
An early issue of this popular and long-lived publication. Pages 226-336. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part V; The Votaries of Eternal Silence - the Monastery of La Trappe; E.G. Henham is Saved by a Horse - an 1891 adventure in North-West Canada; A River of Red Lava - photo-illustrated Hawaiian story by Overend G. Rose; Abandoned - Morgan Andrews was left on a desolate island in Lake Winnipeg for 8 days; (Fantastic) Klondike Pictures supplemented by text; The Voyages of the "Mole Hill"; Curious Birds' Beaks; Pirate Hunting in China - Admiral J. Morseby describes the chasing of pirate junks, the queer incidents that happened, and the extraordinary method by which the pirates were smashed (includes photo of Moresby and illustration of the H.M.S. "Snake"); The Indian Child and His Toys - Ute child Capitano and photos of him, his complete outfit of toys, implements and dolls; Christmas in an African Desert - illustrated article by big-game hunter F.C. Selous; How the "Maid of the Mist" Shot the Niagara Rapids (with illustration of Joel R. Robinson); Parachuting adventure of Captain Bidmead (with photos); and more. Front cover loose but present. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Book
44 pages. Topics include: Three pillars of operational ecoforestry; The Wildwood Initiative; Cooking the Forestry Books by Ignoring Depletion of Capital; Certification - Seeking the Right Questions; Ecological Characteristics of Inland Rainforests; Banging Heads with the Foresters; Horse Logging at Footstep Hill Farm; What's Wrong with the BC Forest Industry. Clean, bright and unmarked. Lovely copy. Book
Albin Michel 1982, In-8 broché. 254 pages. Illustrations de Yves BRAYER. Bon état.
ARGENTAN, Ed. du Pays d'Argentan -1956 - In-8 - broché - couverture illustrée - illustrations en texte - 47 pages - Envoi rapide et soigné
L'auteur a voulu rendre hommage à cet animal ami de l'homme , en faisant partager ses sentiments à travers une sorte de roman . Admirablement servi par les illustrations à l'encre de chine du célèbre peintre Brayer . Cheval , vènerie , chasse à courre , voltige , équitation , attelage , cirque . - 254 p. , 550 gr.
8vo., First Edition, with title in brown and black, very numerous coloured and monochrome plates and illustrations in the text, and pictorial endpapers; brown cloth, boards blocked in green, backstrip lettered in green, a very good, bright, clean copy. Large and detailed compendium of matters equine, and forerunner to the same author's 'Book of the Dog' of 1948. Includes contributions from many well-known authorites of the period.
viii, 296 p. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
32 pages. Songs include: San Fernando Valley; Sunday, Monday or Always; I'll Be Around; My Shining Hour; The Honey Song; Blue Rain. A Horse That Knows the Way; In the Valley of the Moon; Just Plain Lonesome; One for My Baby; She's From Missouri; Skylark; There's A Quaker Down in Quaker Town; You Call it Madness. Minimal markings. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy working copy of this great collection of tunes. Book
40 pages. Features: Prominent photo of the French submarine "Phenix" which disappeared after a practice dive in Indo-Chinese waters with 71 on board; Piccadilly in the 'Eighties - and other items at the International Horse Show at Olympia; Japanes blockade of the British and French concessions at Tientsin by the Japanese - large map plus stark photos of electric fences, barbed wire and more; The Mauretania's Maiden Voyage - nice photo; Photo of wreckage of the "Connemara" flying boat; The "Impregnable" Siegfried Line - six photos; Great aerial photo of repairs to the pinnacle of the central tower of Canterbury Cathedral - known as Bell Harry; Great photos of British children being trainted to be farmers in Canada and Australia; Family tree showing the Queen's cousinship to George Washington and Robert E. Lee; Photos of the King and Queen at the World's Fair and other scenes; Photos of the new Atlantic Air-Liner - The "Golden Hinde"; Photos of Chelsea Daylight A.R.P. (Air Raid Precaution) Rehearsal; Photo of "the greatest number of people to cross the Atlantic in a Heavier-than-air machine - the "Atlantic Clipper" at Le Bourget - thirty people; Malayan Archaeology - article with photos; The King and Queen with the Roosevelts at their Hudson River estate; Photos of their Majesties in the U.S.A.; Photos of the last days of the Royal Tour and departure for Newfoundland; Full-page photo of the Royal farewell from Halifax for Newfoundland in the "Empress of Britain"; and more. Average wear. Interesting ad for Foot's Adjustable Rest-Chairs - a very complex-looking predecessor to the Lay-Z-boy. Unmarked. Some pages loose. Pages 1163-1166, 1177-78 and 1187-1162 missing. A worthy reference copy despite these deficiencies. Magazine
Cover shows smiling cowboy on rearing horse. Features: Wise Old Man - Adventures of author while conducting scientific research in remote Amazonia; A Sailor on Horseback - The American adventures of a former British Merchant Seaman, first as a lumberjack and then as a cowboy on a 'dude-ranch'; He Knew Too Much - A grim story of dope-running on the Egyptian border; Lunch-Time Tiger - Author is called upon to deal with a tiger which was terrifying the inhabitants of a Pathan village; The Castaways of the 'Dundonald' - reprint of one of the most remarkable shipwreck stories on record - describes how a British ship was driven ashore on a barren islet in the remote Southern Pacific, where for many weary months the survivors endured many privations in a desperate struggle for existence; A Taste of Freedom - Three firemen jump ship in a South American port... but fate was against them, and they were almost glad to get back; Ghost-Town Memories - Tourist visit the Western U.S. abandoned mining-camps of long ago; Across the Kalahari Desert - The author traversed the trackless Kalahari in a motor-car by way of a dried-up river bed. Black and white illustrations. Chipping to spine. Above-average wear. Magazine
in-4° 204 Blz. 118 Afbeeldingen waarvan in kleur. 204 Blz. Groot formaat. Vollinnen + omslag. Cartonnage + jaquette illustree plastifiee. Oostduinkerke - Beknopte geschiedenis van Oost-Duinkerke - Kooksysteem van garnalen - Bewaren van garnalen - Ontwikkeling van de Panneschuiten - Het garna- lenfeest - Geschiedenis - Het kruien te voet - Gedragingen van garnalen, enz. Tres bon état - Goed Tres bon état - Goed ex./Good.