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in-8, 518 p., tabl. et fig., broché, couv. Bon etat [CA27/2][NV-13vf]
L'auteur souhaite apporter un enseignement durable qui vise à supprimer les rapports de forces improductifs entre le cavalier et le cheval . Cheval , équitation . - 86 p. , 250 gr .
Porrentruy, Le Jura S.A., 1912.. In-8 reliure moderne à bandes demi-chagrin, dos à nerfs, premier plat de couverture conservé, 50 pp + 6 photos noir et blanc de chevaux en fin de volume. Tb état.
in-8°, 215 pp., illustrations n&b, broche, couverture illustree. Bel exemplaire. [SP-1]
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 'Grimshaw's comments regarding the logistical difficulties of maintaining a cavalry regiment so that it was battle-worthy, even when resting in a rear area, are revealing' (Smith). Smith p. 416.
First Edition, 4to, xxxiv, 474pp., limited to 1,000 copies numbered and signed by the author, 50 illustrs., orig. cloth.
218 pages. "What happens when a lady advertising executive escapes from her squirrel cage on Madison Avenue in Word City, marries a horse lover, and finds herself living on a horse ranch in Southern California, where her coterie consists of livestock and ranch hands; where she finds herself mingling with polygamists, endomorphs, and bums; and where she eventually becomes a horse-mother in a mareternity ward?" - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Binding intact. Moderate wear to book. Binding intact. Dust jacket bears numerous defects but is now in archival-grade Brodart cover. Decent copy. Book
383 pages, illustrated (some in colour), plan of Aintree racecourse on the rear endpapers, bibliography, index. eng
Ouvrage simple et clair très recherché . Nombreuses photographies et dessins en couleurs . Cheval , équitation . - 288 p. , 950 gr.
Paris, Nathan 1975. In-4 Cartonnage éditeur de 101 pages illustrées. Très bon état
pp. (12), 238, [1] + Colored plates. 8vo. 24.5 cm. Original grained crimson cloth binding. The handsome original Derrydale edition of this wonderful work. Edition limited to only eleven hundred and fifty examples (1150). The Derrydale Press was an American book publishing company founded in 1927 with headquarters on Park Ave. in Manhattan. . It was the creation of Princeton University graduate Eugene V. Connett III (1891-1969). Iit was the only publishing house in the world devoted exclusively to sporting books, and issued some of the most sought after books in the field. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W42
pp. xxii, 413 + Frontis. Illustrated. Double column. Color pictorial end papers. Inked ownership on fly leaf. Small 4to. Original cloth binding. Original dust jacket, chipped with slight loss. Second printing. Title continues: "To Which Is Added Important Items Of Custeriana and A Complete and Comprehensive Bibliography by Fred Dustin." Hardbound. Very good. W7
112 pages. Many black and white archival illustrations. "A record of dreams fulfilled and keen disappointments experienced. It is not easy for us today to visualize how exciting, interesting and hard life was in those not so very long ago days." - from Preface. Light wear. Usual library markings. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
270 pages. References. Numerous reproductions of archival black and white photos. Title of the thirty-one chapters include: The David Thompson Party; Fort Kootenay; Gold on Wild Horse; Old Times on Perry Creek; Two Isadores of East Kootenay; International Railway Rivalry; Steamboat Days on Upper Columbia. The North Star Mine; Sullivan Mine Early History; Pierre - Kootenay Indian; Building of the Crowsnest Railway; Early Cranbrook; THe Frank Slide; Fernie; The coming of the Automobile; The Blue Bell Mine; Early Days in Kaslo; Beginnings of Nelson; Rossland Camp; The Salmon-Beaver Valley; The Doukhobors; and many more. Contents moderately toned with age. Heavy external wear and soiling. Usual library markings. Back free endpaper removed. Binding intact. Not pretty but a worthy reading copy. (Hale & Barman #359) Book
168 pages. Index. Bibliography. Handsome colour illustrated boards. "...Extends back to the earliest days when Norsemen landed the first domestic animals on the North American continent at Nova Scotia... The story of the big historic spreads: Bar U, Oxley, Matador, Empire Valley, Douglas Lake, Hitchcock, Chilco, Gang, '76', McIntyre, Bow River Horse Ranche, 100 Mile, and many more throughout the 'northwest territories' and what is now British Columbia." Contains about 300 photos, many from private collections. Light wear. Pages yellowed with age. Binding tight. A nice copy of this entertaining and informative work. Book
P., Berger-Levrault, 1907. In-8 broché,VIII-125 pages et 9 grandes planches dépliantes. Fortes rousseurs sur la couverture, exemplaire non coupé, rousseurs sur les barbes.
247p. Text mainly photographs and illustrations. Gilt framed. 4to. Original full cloth green binding. Decorative color paper label on front board. Nice copy. HORSE 1
Octavo. Pp. xiv, 386. Plus 4 page Publisher's announcement of Goldbeck's next book, tipped-in. Plus 4 photographic plates, printed on different paper, tipped-in. With 165 wood engraved illustrations, many of which are full-page. Original printed wrappers, shabby, spine worn, old military institutional stamp to title. In a very good internal condition. ~ First edition. A thorough study and guide, very well illustrated. Rare.
Book in mint condition. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn with tiny crease to upper front edge near spine. 208pp. Compiled from a survey by Racing Post of its readers who were asked to vote for the greatest race of all time, this book gives their definitive list of the 100 greatest horse races involving at least one horse trained in Britain or Ireland.
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
48 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. Contents include: Table of Dynasties; The Barter Trade; Wang Mang (7-22 A.D.); Development of Money from the later Han to the Yuan Dynasty; Mongol and Ming Money; Ch'ing Dynasty; List of Inscriptions on Chinese Cash; The Yang Collection of Chinese Coins of All Dynasties - photos of hundreds of ancient coins. Average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative and uncommon reference. Book
Roman en 2 parties avec participation des chevaux Prologue et Epilogue . L'action a pour cadre les hippodromes de Moscou et de Vincennes . Cheval , courses , équitation , roman . - 240 p. , 550 gr.
72 pages. Many black and white reproductions of fascinating archival photos. Features: Robert Clay Allison (The Wild Wolf) - the cowboy gunfighter born near Waynesboro in Wayne County, Tennessee; The Early Cattle Trails - Three Mountain Road, Wilderness Road and Bay State Cowpath were forerunners of the Longhorn highways; Dakota Mail Riflers and Special Agent John B. Furay; A Hallway in Hades - Quicksilver/Mercury discovery on a section of land owned by Howard E. Perry east of Terlingua, a hamlet of jacals in the Big Bend in Brewster County, Texas; A Man the Earth Talked To - Senator John Hearst, father of William Randolph Hearst; The Indians Named Him Shine - Shine Smith's work with and huge Christmas parties for the Navajo on an impoverished reservation; Murder at the Sawdust Pile - Martin Zidmair and murder near Livinston, Montana circa 1903; Prettiest Girl at Wimberley's Mill, Texas - Virgie L. Moritz (nee Mayes); Peyote Priest - James Kassanovoid, Comanche; Iron Horse vs. Dobbin - the Siskiyou Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad connected Eugene with Medford, Oregon; A Town of Gourds - Calabasas in the Santa Cruz Valley, Arizona; Fleet-footed Frontiersmen - William Price Cooper outran Indians, and their ponies, to save his skin; 101 memories, and then some! - Col. Frank S. Giles and the 101 Ranch; Leechtown Legends - small gold rush town 20 miles northwest of Victoria, British Columbia at the junction of the Leech and Sooke Rivers ; Twenty Years among our hostile Indians - their characteristics, customs, habits, religion, marriages, dances and battles; Mrs. Faye Shobert of Central City, Colorado discovers Lost Gold Mine on her property!. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, traces of foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 319pp. A study of racehorse breeding starting with the importation of the first Arab and Barb stallions from the East. The author writes the history of the development and achievements of studs in the major breeding countries - Britain, Ireland, USA and France - with first-hand accounts of their work.
First edition, 8vo (218 x 135 mm), [4], 77pp., numerous plates, orig. orange cloth, stamped in gilt, a fine copy.
