Hardcover. London, Secker & Warburg, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 345 pages. 272 black and white illustrations and frontispiece in color. Folio 14" x 10 1/4". Sturdy blue textured cloth stamped in gilt on spine. 3 Appendices: 1. Intro to English edtion of 1749 Albinus's "Table of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body". 2. text of "The Anatomy of the Horse". Good dust jacket worn at edges, closed tears.
Hardcover. New York, M. T. Richardson, 1st, 1887, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Boards covered in brown cloth with black design on front cover. Tear near the gutter on the first few pages including the frontispiece but it does not effect the image depicted. Still has previous owner's inscription from 1888. Some staining on pages but otherwise, a tight, clean copy. This book covers detailed illustrations of various methods of shoeing with special directions "for shaping shoes to cure different diseases of the foot".
Softcover. np, Morgan Horse Club et al, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 12 pages stapled, light tan wrappers. The annual contest was held in Vermont, October 19-24, 1925. This little booklet has all the rules and regulations, Awards were given for condition and speed. The object was to identify the type, soundness and proper selection of horses for a long, difficult ride.
Hardcover. Washington DC, Frank H. Dunton, 1st, 1891, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth, gilt title on spine faded, unpaginated, floral decorated end papers. Light edgewear, clean tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 90 pages. Hardcover. Brown cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine and front cover. Red quarter cloth. Bumps to corners of covers, top and bottom of spine has some light fraying. Pages have a touch of tanning.
Softcover. Greendale WI, Reiman Publications, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 252 pages, an amazing collection of vintage and antique photos of horses in harnesses. Working horses get their respect in this softcover book covering nearly every category of horse drawn carriage, cart, wagon. Logging to fire to coal to breweries. Also includes many images of harnesses, hitching posts, sleighs. Shows men and women who cared for working horses, from farms to cities. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. London, Wm. H. Allen and Co., 1st, 1863, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bright green pebbled cloth stamped with a gilt design of an Arab horseman standing next to his horse, gilt title on spine. Commentaries by The Emir Abd-El-Kader, translated from the French by James Hutton. Clean and bright copy.
Hardcover. New York, Orange Judd , reprint, 1865, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 432 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w illustrations throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Blind stamp decoration on front cover. Small portion of top dust jacket edge missing. Previous owners stamp on front paste down. Water stain to bottom and fore edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribners Sons, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 328 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Will James. Green cloth covers with some small areas of spotting. Spine slightly cocked. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London , Hurst And Blackett , reprint, 1900 , Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 424 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Previous owners book plate on front paste down. Foxing to end papers and paste downs. Previous prices written in pencil on front pastedown. Binding lose. All pages clean and legible.
Hardcover. New York, William Morrow and Company, 2nd Pr., 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages. Hardcover. 2nd printing. Full color frontis. Light abrasion to page edges 233-248. Faint circular damp stain on front cover. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. NY, McClure, Phillips & Company, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in red cloth with gilt tiles on front cover and spine, 287 pages. Illustrated in black and white, color frontispiece. Previous owner's inscription on title page. Otherwise clean.
NY, Cowles Book Co., 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Illustrated in 2-colors by Richard Cuffari. The story of the champion race horse Top Gallant. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.