Books on the Horse and Horsemanship. Riding, Huntong, Breeding & Racing 1400-1941. by Podeschi, John B., compiler - 1981: A Catalogue Compiled by John B. Podeschi.

Yale Center for British Art, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09. Hardcover. Good.

Yale Center for British Art, 1981. hardcover. Good/Good. 11x9x1. 1981; red cloth covered boards with gold titles; glossy illustrated paper jacket; wear and discoloration around edges; inside of cover is speckled with discoloration; interior is unmarked; 427 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

London: The Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art, 1981. Hardcover. VG (Ex-art library with spine label, bookplate, pocket and barcode and few marks; otherwise quite crisp and clean.). Orange cloth, black title block with gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover, 427 pp., many BW illus., 18 color plates. An annotated and somewhat illustrated bibliography of publications covering all aspects of horsemanship: 470 books and 43 periodicals. A terrific browser for both lovers of books and of horses.

London: published by The Tate Gallery for The Yale Center for British Art, 1981. First edition (hardback). 4to (30cm by 23cm), xvii, 427pp. 18 colour plates, over 350 b&w text illustrations. Original orange cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (some chafing of the edges). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it. ISBN 0905005538

New Haven: Tate Gallery for Yale Center for British Art, 1981. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. A bibliographic catalog of the Sport in Art and Books in the personal library of Paul Mellon--a history of English books on the subject.. 9x11-1/2 inches, 427 pages. Numerous illustrations. Tiny bit of wear on the board corners. Light edgwear on dust jacket spine & corners. A very heavy book; will require addition postage for priority mail. Not available for shipping outside the U.S.

Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT & London: 1981., 1981 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 Language: eng. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

The Tate Gallery for the Yale Center For British Art, 1981. Jacket is rubbed and chipped to edges. Closed edges foxed with some splash staining, content clean and solid.. Cloth. Good/Good. 4to.

The Tate Gallery, 1981. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition. Still sealed in the publisher's clear plastic shrink wrap. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Sharp corners. Sport in Art and Books, The Paul Mellon Collection. Nearly 400 illustrations including 33 in color. Fully describes 470 books and 43 periodicals including title page transcription, collation, illustrations, binding and contents. Podeschi was at one time on the staff at Yale's Beineke Rare Book Library. Subject headings include anatomy, breeding, buying and judging, care and feeding, fox hunting, jockeys, jumping, pedigrees, polo, race horses, stag-hunting, steeplechasing, training, etc. Derrydale Press publications are included. A gorgeous book and important reference that brought $220 in 1990 at the Wreden auction. Bound in the original red cloth. Complete with pristine dust jacket. Oversize Hardcover. 9" wide by 11.75" tall by 1.5" thick. This large… Read More

Yale Center for British Art, 1981 4to (30 cm), XX, 427 pp, 18 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. A catalogue of the Paul Mellon collection of books on the horse and horsemanship, riding, hunting, breeding, and racing. Over 500 entries, many illustrated.