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8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 2 plates; red cloth, upper board and backstrip framed and lettered in gilt and black, an unusually bright, clean copy. With prize label on front free endpaper. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
Signed by Richard Maxwell to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with small scratch to front and creasing to upper rear edge. 152pp. A very helpful book with advice on how to listen to your horse and not be entrenched in certain beliefs about horse care that you miss the issues. From two authors with wide experience of horses and dealing with horse problems.
8vo., First Edition, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip very lightly faded at extreme head and tail, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. Collects twelve short stories featuring Uncle Silas. Uncommon in this condition. Eads, A85.
Collection " Cheval magazine " . Préface du Colonel de La Porte Du Theil , 35è Ecuyer en Chef du Cadre Noir de Saumur . Illustré de photographies en couleurs . Cheval , équitation . - 160 p. , 350 gr .
Duodecimo. Pp. 230, (1) Errata. Plus fold-out plate bound at end with 3 hand-coloured lithographed costume studies. Hardcover, bound in contemporary light green boards, old blank lettering-piece to spine, discoloured and faded; few spots on plate. In fine condition. Excellent copy, wide-margined and bright interior, preserved entirely in the original state. ~ First edition. Of utmost rarity. One institutional holding is located worldwide, that in Duke University, NC. In Germany, only two institutional copies are located, both incomplete, comprising of 220 pages only and without the coloured plate. If these are variants or faulty copies, could not be determined. OCLC 310944894. Not in Sloos.
P., Lib. militaire de L. Baudoin, 1891. In-12 reliure à la Bradel toile beige, VIII-399 pp. Beaux dessins pleine page de H.Germain. TB état. Les 100 dernières pages concernent le cheval de guerre.cheval/ sciences
CLICHY, Baranger - 1980 - In-4 - Broché sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs - Photographies noir et blanc in texte et hors texte - Textes en français, anglais, allemand, italien, espagnol - Non paginé, environ 60 pages - bon exemplaire
Sam Editions 2004. In-4 broché de 111 pages illustrées. Très bon état
224 p. Illustrated with photographs. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Book Club Edition. Hardbound. Very good. W9 LEFT REAR STK
Pages 418-528. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - Part VI; How Mohammedans Pray - photo-illustrated article; The Pirate of "The Ghost" - a stowaway saves a blockade-runner; Where Beasts are Baptized - astonishing ceremonies in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; The Story of an Alpine Adventure - Miss A.E. Metcalfe and Miss M. Cartwright take a wrong turn in the Swiss mountains; A Race up Mont Blanc, by Samuel Turner (with is photo); Fascinated by a Snake - photo-illustrated tale from Australia; Congo Money - fascinating photo-illustrated article showing grass mats, cowrie shells, beads, etc.; Bob Mansell's Lion; Run Amok - Borneo tale by E.W. Barrant (with his photo); Floating Church on the Seine - article with nice photos; Strangest Horse Race on Earth - the 'Palio' of Sienna - article with great photos; Gun Robbers of Fyzabad - tale related by veteran Michael Lynch, with his photo; The Havoc Wrought by One Man - Chinaman Gong Ung Chung blows up powder magazine at the Western Fuse Works in Oakland, California - article with photos; The Wreck of the "General Grant" - a desert island experience; Illustrations of the curious "Knapp" roller-boat; Photo of William Laurens and the boat he lived in for years; Photo of a bag of 369 caribou in Newfoundland; and more. Front cover missing. Back cover loose but present. Above-average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Lovely colour cover photo of Canada's Lucile Wheeler who set a World Ski record; Photos of National Research Council (NRC) testing at controlled burning of structures in the path of the St. Lawrence seaway; Yvon Durelle - New Brunswick's Fighting Fisherman - article with ten photos; Nice one-page color ad for Campbell's soup features "Budge Beaters" called the Souper Casserole and Souper Scramble; Nice one-page colour-photo ad by the Tea Council of Canada shows young curlers wearing their tams; 15 photos of world news, including 103-year-old ex-slave Satisfied Donethegotaway in Texas; Great weekly pin-up is a one-page colour photo of Ricky Nelson in red jacket holding guitar; Two pages of members of the Ozzie and Harriet Nelson family; Fantastic colour centerfold for Savage Shoes for children; Photos of Montreal's Art Colony, including sculptor Armand Vaillancourt, painter Camille Leduc, ceramicist Guy Ouvrard, enamel specialist Michele Droin and silk screen printer Jean Pierre Baudin; One-page colour-photo ad for Canada Packers 'Domestic' brand shortening features photo insert of 'Canada's Best Cook' Mrs. Marjorie Barton; Article and four photos on Lucile Wheeler, the first Canadian to ever bring home a world ski title; Back page features nice colour photos and brief bios of Toronto Maple Leaf players George Armstrong and Brian Cullen; Photos inside back cover include Darlene Smith of Toronto, "Miss Canadian Trapshooting', Champion baton twirler Barbara Feist of Hamilton, Winnipeg hunter Ken Hawkins; Canada's first Indian Senator James Gladstone and his wife of Alberta's Blackfoot tribe; Back cover features nostalgic colour ad for Johnson Sea Horse outboard motors and shows family on the water; Fantastic one-page colour ad for GWG work clothing features engineer holding on to train. Somewhat above-average external wear. Moderate soiling. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this particularly pleasing vintage issue. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Railroads, Elevated Railroads, Broadway Cable Road, and Horse Cars indicated. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Full-page black and white photos of: Warwick Castle; Washington Irving's Room in Red Horse Hotel, Stratford-on-Avon, England; Dickens' House at Rochester, England; Stokepoges Church; The Celebrated Bridge at the Frith of Forth, Scotland; St. George's Square, Glasgow; Melrose Abbey; The Cathedral in Strasburg; The Famous Strasburg Clock; The Church of the Madeleine, Paris; Tower of St. Jacques, Paris; The City Hall, Delft, Holland; Palace of Justice, or Court House in BrusselsGeirangerfjord, Norway; Jaffa Gate at JerusalemThe Ponce de Leon Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida. Moderate staining/soiling. Unmarked. Chips from rust brown covers. Book
Edisem 1977, In-8 relié plein cuir vert, couverture conservée, 64 pages. Photos. Trés bon état.
in-12, 286 pp., frontispice, broche, couv.— Devenu rare. Bel exemplaire. [SP-1]
Paris, Lavauzelle 1967. In-8 relié cartonnage éditeur illustré de 254 pages avec figures et planches dépliantes hors texte. Bon état
Paris, Lavauzelle 1975. In-8 relié cartonnage éditeur illustré de 254 pages avec figures et planches dépliantes hors texte. Bon état
68 pages. Features: Fantastic cover illustration of three large pink flamingoes; Cute illustration of boy and girl inside front cover with caption "Eat Fish!" in ad sponsored by the Government of Canada; Major editorial about CBC Radio; Brief news coverage of - Australia's 150th birthday, League or Anti-League, A Mediator's Difficulties (re: the League of Nations); Vintage one-page photo ad for the 1938 Dodge Custom Six, Four-Door Touring Sedan; The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part 1); Listen to Your Heart (short story); Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - The 'Lone Wolf' who put modern Turkey on the Map (Part 2 of this photo-illustrated article); A Hook for Murder (short story); Cherry Amber (short story); The Tale of the Angus Bull (short story); The Murder on the Links (conclusion of this short story by Agatha Christie); Photo-illustrated article on Lieutenant W. Marshall Cleland, of the Governor General's Horse Guards; Nice one-page ad for the 1939 Oldsmobile - showing the Six Sedan with trunk and Six Coach with trunk; Woodbury Soap ad features photo of June Lang; Parker Vacumatic pen ad features photo of Dale Carnegie; Lux soap ad features photos of beautiful Merle Oberon; Movie news with photos of Shirley Temple, Chares Butterworth, Jane Withers and Errol Flynn; Pond's ad features photo of Mrs. Eugene Du Pont, III; Scott's Emulsion ad features Old Scottie comic; Sweet Caporal ad features photo of dog Pal of Kezer, owned by 'Dickie' McMaster of Montreal; One-page ad for the 1938 Plymouth De Luxe Four-Door Sedan; Article on child-rearing; World Sayings; Nice colour Rinso and Lifebuoy ads inside back cover; Lovely 1938 Ford car ad on back cover features brown and silver cars - the V-8 Tudor and the De Luxe V-8 Fordor; and more. Moderate wear. Few faint pencil markings to front cover, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
168 pages. Features: Cover photo of Maurice Lawson of Warren County, Indiana; You can earn more of the food dollar; The case for Eisenhower; The case for Stevenson; Do broilers fet your farm?; Farming for Insoak keeps water where it belongs - Jess Dewees of Clinton, Oklahoma; They shorten dairy chores; The wild and free mustangs; Urea helps stalks and cobs make low-cost beef; A laborsaving crib; Moving corn with power; Winter Oats move northward; Improved rambouillet best for U.S.; Better nests - cleaner eggs; Tractors with superpower - great photo of Elmer Horn of Kirby, Ohio,and his articulating four-wheel-drive tractor; Safe farrowing at low cost; Nice photo of huge crowd of troops in Korea enjoying USO headliner Betty Hutton; Ads include: 1952 Buick; 1952 "Rocket" Oldsmobile Super 88; Lee work clothes; Texaco ad features W.E. (Bill) Stephens (inventor of a tree pulller), co-inventor A.A. (Cotton) Zogg, and Texaco driver T.I. Trahan; Very nice Ford truck color photo ad features cranberry grower Russell Makepeace of Cape Cod; The Massey-Harris "55" tractor; Robert Schaller of Onalaska, WI is shown in a USS Steel ad; Nice color-photo B.F. Goodrich ad features John O. Pickens and son Dick of Hoytville, Ohio; International Trucks (color photo at Brook Farm); John Deere Model 50 and 60 tractors (color); Chevrolet; Plymoth; Homelite chainsaws; Photo of Groucho Marx in Auto-Lite battery ad; Ferguson tractor; Champion spark plug ad features Gene Wakeland of Huntertown, Indiana; Sheppard Diesel tractor; Wolverine work shoes; Dodge truck ad features Bowater Pearson of Attica, Indiana; Tide detergent; '52 Ford car; Jell-O pudding; Brer Rabbit molasses; Blue Bell work clothes; Peters ammo ad features shooter Don Westwater of San Francisco; Great color back cover ad for Camel cigarettes features stage and screen star Richard Carlson. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Eighth edition, 8vo (205 x 120 mm), xvi, 197, [1]pp., frontispiece silhouette portrait of Astley and 9 engraved plates, in an elegant twentieth century half green morocco binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, spine lightly faded, spine lettered in gilt direct, t.e.g. Philip Astley (1742-1814), equestrian performer and circus proprietor. As well as being considered the creator of the modern circus (Astley's Amphitheatre), Astley also had a very successful career in the Army. At the age of 17 he enrolled in the 15th Light Dragons, a cavalry regiment newly formed by Colonel Granville Elliott. A gifted equestrian, he was put in charge of breaking new horses for his regiment. In 1761, Astley and his regiment embarked for the Continent to fight alongside King Frederick II of Prussia in the Seven Years' War, he returned to England in 1766 with the rank of Sergeant Major and obtained his discharge on June 21st of that year. When the war between the United Kingdom and revolutionary France broke out in 1793, Astley, who was then 51, re-enlisted in the 15th Light Dragons, "acting as a horse-master, celebrity morale-booster and war correspondent in one."
154 pages with b&w photos, chapters include A Long Fight Continues; The Cheyenne: Hunters of the Great Plains; Sweet Medicine; "Wd Can make the Ground Bloody"; On the White Man's Road; "You Don't Sell Your Homeland" and six others with index.
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 202pp. Turf Accounts celebrates the glorious vesatility of racing in twenty-two vivid pieces specially written for this anthology, ranging from personal reminiscences through dramatic accounts of great races to short stories. This is a book for anyone who has ever had even the slightest interest in horses or betting.
PARIS, Bureau du Journal des Haras et des Chasses - 1854 - In-12 - Reliure toile frottée - mouillures - 324 pages - envoi rapide et soigné
Pages 353-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: What Happened to Mary Clark near Indianapolis - her car was hit by a train and she ended up on the front of the train which thundered on through the night!; The Haunted Bungalow - extraordinary story from South Africa; A Thousand Miles From Anywhere - Reverend Martyn Rogers and his family spent three years on the island of Tristan da Cunha - where mail came only once per year!; The Living Death - an eccentric chemist marries an Aztec girl in the hope of discovering the secrets of ancient Aztec dyes; Sands of Destruction - the fierce Atlantic is destroying the coast of Donegal in the north-west of Ireland - article with graphic photos; How I Lost My Job - the author worked as a teamster in British Columbia, until he lost a wagonload of explosives near Burns Lake; Two Years in Borneo - part 3 - the exciting outbreak at the Lubuk Estate; Trial by Ordeal in Africa; A Woman in Unknown Morocco - Fay Sutton's photo-illustrated narrative; Where Cannibals Roam - part 4 of 4 of this photo-illustrated article on a trip to the interior of Papua; The Stolen Telluride - A West Australian gold-miner's story; A Double Event - members of the South African Constabulary gets involved with horse racing; The Montreal Hold-Up - Canada's most daring armoured car robbery in broad daylight; The Downfall of "The Colonel" - a very clever American crook; Anderson's Pole-Cat - an exhausted British Columbia prospector stumbles upon a fortune in a trackless wilderness. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book