Search Results: Horses and Riding from Great Expectations Rare Books

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, pale brick red cloth in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 207 pages. Illustrated with drawings by Paul Brown. First edition, first printing with same date on title and copyright page, no additional printings listed. "FROM Paul Revere's ride in 1775 to the comeback of a down-and-out jockey on Derby Day in 1951, Louis Wolfe recalls many exciting stories of the part men on horseback have played in the American past." [NYT book review, July 4, 1954]. No previous ownership marks. Book is square, tight and internally unmarked with moderate foxing to untrimmed fore-edge, top edge, and mild fading to cloth. Dust-jacket worn with considerable edge-wear and moderate age soiling and toning. A very scarce title in acceptable condition, with dust-jacket. Near very good in poor dust-jacket. .

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1878. Book. Near Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original publishers brown cloth, heavily gilt decorated on spine. 552pp., Index. Includes an appendix showing the pedigrees and breeding so far as known, of all trotters that have a record in 2.25 or better, and containing much practical matter relating to the breaking, management and treatment of trotting and breeding stock. Illustrated with photo-views of the representative stallions of the past and present, with tissue guard intact. Brown coated endpapers. Cloth covers clean, tips slightly rounded and spine ends shaved and lightly frayed. Rear endpapers partially glued together at gutter, possibly the result of an old repair. Hinges are strong and all pages are firmly attached. Small booksellers label affixed to bottom edge of rear endpaper. A clean, solid, square copy of a very rare title on trotters. A near very good copy, one of only two currently… Read More

Boston: American Horse Breeder Publishing Company, 1906. Hardcover, brown cloth stamped with red lettering. 143pp. plus several pages of Alphabetical Index appended at rear. Illustrated with frontispiece and four full page photographic plates. First edition. No previous owner's name or book-plate. A clean, square, tightly bound copy. Incidental wear to extremities of cloth and tips, else a very good copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938. Orange cloth sans dustjacket. Illustrated with color frontispiece, line drawings and pictorial endpapers. Cloth quite soiled at extremities. Else, a sound, solid copy with clean interior. The biography of Goldsmith Maid, the Queen of trotters. Good.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J. Louis Duncan. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., 1948. Large quarto hardcover, red cloth, no dust-jacket. 207pp., Index. Illustrated with photographs. Introduction by E. Roland Harriman. Stated first edition on copyright page. No previous owner's name or book-plate, no writing, marking or highlighting. A clean, sound, tight copy. Near very good.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1964. Hardcover, cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 121pp. Glossary of Harness racing terms. Illustrated. Foreward by Walter J. Michael, President United States Trotting Association. No previous owner's name or book-plate. No writing, underlinging or highlighting. A clean, square, tight copy in complete dust-jacket. Near fine in near very good dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. Cloth sans dustjacket, Illustrated. Covers faded else very good.. Reprint. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1949. Terra cotta cloth sans dustjacket. Illustrated with line drawings by Pers Crowell and pictorial endpapers. Old marginal dampstain at lower corner of sheets throughtout. Cloth slightly dusty from age and spine lettering dulled. Still a sound, solid copy. Good reading copy.. Third Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Pers Crowell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Bounty Books / Crown Publisher's, 1973. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large hardcover, red cloth in publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. 128 pages. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated throughout with color photographs. First edition thus, first printing with full letter line (printed in Italy). A pictorial description of today's horse and pony breeds, their history and evolution. No previous ownership marks. Book is clean, square, tight and unmarked. Dust-jacket shows edge-wear as per usual, but is complete and still in good or better condition. Very good+ in a good dust-jacket. Media mail only. .

New York: Random House, 1997. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 258pp. Illustrated with photographs. Introduction by Lawrence Scanlan. The story of a real-life horse whisperer. No name, no book-plate, etc. Not a remainder. A fine copy in near fine dust-jacket.. Reprint. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wheaton, IL: American Veterinary Publications, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, terra cotta cloth lettered in gold against black background. Two volumes complete, housed in terra cotta cloth slipcase. Vol. I published 1966, vol. II published 1970; both stated first printings, being the bound book editions of the loose-leaf monthly releases of the Modern Veterinary Practice Reference and Data Service -- organized into chapters and fully indexed. A clean, square, unmarked set in sturdy, solid slipcase. Box shows very minor white marking to one side, else near fine. A near fine set in a near fine slipcase. Media postage charged for 2 vols.; Priority and International orders will require additional postage. .

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2011. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. large format hardcover, quarto size volume bound in black laminated pictorial boards, no dust-jacket as issued. 208 pages. Includes an Appendix of Historical Artwork, Glossary, Bibliography and an Index. Foreword by Mark Dahl; Preface by author and an Afterword by Len Yule. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of color photographs and black and white sketches and drawings. First edition. The definitive reference on the ring bit. No previous ownership marks. A fresh, clean, unread and pristine copy. As new. .

New York: Galahad Books, 1993. Hardcover in dust-jacket. 493pp. An anthology of 27 stories dedicated to the mythical and practical beauty of the horse, by such authors as Mark Twain, Richard Harding Davis, Arthur Conan Doyle, Zane GreyJ. Lincoln Steffens, et alia. No name, no book-plate, no remainder mark, etc. A clean, unread copy, near as new in jacket.. First Thus. Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1921. Hardcover, blue paper covered boards, stamped in gold. 23pp. Photographic frontispiece of the author mounted on his horse. Title enclosed in gilt circle on front board surrounded by "The Hurworth Fox-Hounds". Former owner's name and "Christmas 1921" written inside front cover. An extraordinarily trenchant group of observations expressed in verse and prose during the years just after the end of the First World War, expressed through the prism of a man and his horse. It is interesting to note the author's lament that due to increased land ownership among farmers and public opinion, the hunt is now "unfashionable", but that "a two hours' solitary ride...provides opportunity for cogitations and for changes in the details of the surrounding picture." A rare title. Near fine.. First Edition. Boards. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1977. Large format quarto in non price-clipped dust-jacket. Illustrated with full color and black and white photographs. No name, no book-plate, etc. An as new copy in a very fine dust-jacket. Extra postage will be charged for priority mailing.. Second Printing. Buckram. As New/Very Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Harrisburg, PA: United States Trotting Association, 1964. Large, thick octavo hardcover in faux leather [buckram] binding. 1916 pages. A massive, comprehensive refernce, this is the U.S.T.A. Year Book Volume 76, Part II, and Volume 52 of the Trotting Register for 1963, bound together as one book. Complete in themselves. Standard record performers; the new and reduced 2:05 performers of 1963; complete 2:00 list; the great table of sires; Sires of producing dams; leading sires and sires of dams of 1963; leading money-winning sires of 1963; the great table of dams incorporating the Trooting Register; and an index of horses registered in 1963. No previous ownership marks. A clean,, sound copy. Very good. N.B. Vol. 76 Part I also in stock.. Buckram. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Hyperion, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 403 pages. EndNotes, Index. First Edition, first printing with full number line. The story of Chris Antley, Charismatic and the not to be Triple Crown title. No previous ownership marks. Like new copy, clean, square and unmarked. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

New York: The Marvin Publishing Company, 1891. Hardcover, brown cloth lettered in gold, with image of riding crop and horse-shoe on front board. Illustrated with 16 full page plates. Inner hinge cracked just after titlepage, with result that book is slightly shaken. Covers still firmly atttached, all pages prsent and firly attached, book block tight. General moderate rubbing to cloth and gold lettering faded, especially on spine. Overall a good solid copy of this early printing.. Fourth Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Octopus Books Ltd, 1975. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Second Printing. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, red cloth boldly lettered in white, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 134 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout with black and white and color photographs. Second printing. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

New York: Wallace's Monthly, 1885. Hardcover, bound in original dark green pebbled cloth , lettered in gold on spine and with image of race horse stamped in gold on lower backstrip. 527pp. Dark brown coated endpapers. In addition to Standard Bred Trotters and other Non-Standard animals, this volume includes a series of tables, exhaustive and complete, showing the results of all past experiences in breeding and developing the Trotter. Wallace published these Registers on what appears to be a semi-annual basis, this is the volume for the year 1885, the fifth in the series. A nice, clean, square copy with no previous owner's name or book-plate, strong hinges, and all pages firmly attached. A very good+ copy of this important equine refernce work.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.