Concord, New Hampshire: Fisk & Chase, 1831. Hardcover. 12mo, 5.75 x 3.5", marbled boards with leather spine, 214 pp. A book of recipes for use around the farm, and a guide for taking care of horses and farm animals. Toning and foxing to pages, damp staining to first and last.....
London: J.E. & J.P. Weatherby, 1889. 8vo, original tree calf, gilt and morocco spine labels, lxxxvi, 780 pp. Volume 16 only. This copy with the bookplate and ownership inscription of prominent English sportsman Austin Mackenzie. An attractive copy with chip to leather at head of spine, bit of edgewear to.....
Warwick: Henry T. Cooke and Son, 1879. 8vo, original red cloth lettered in gilt with spine of red Morocco leather, [6], 65 pp. Rare stud book of a prominent English hunting pack. Owner inscription to front endpaper, period bookplate to front pastedown, additional page of manuscript information on blank at.....
Detroit: Tuttle & Clark, 1898. Quarto, 11.5 x 9.75", purple wrappers titled in gilt, black cloth spine, 226 pp, black and white and color illustrations. Large, well illustrated trade catalog by a Detroit, Michigan horse goods store. Includes harnesses, racing harnesses, saddles, bridles, stirrups, crops, jockey outfits, halters, bandages, combs.....
New York: Macmillan, 1905. First Edition. Large octavo, original quarter green morocco with marbled boards, gilt spine lettering, 441 pp, photographic plates. Number 27 of a limited large paper edition of 100. This copy belonged to horse racing icon Cothran "Cot" Campbell, and is inscribed to him by his father.....
New York: William Morrow and Co, 1935. First Edition. Original publisher's red and black cloth binding, illustrated endpapers, in the original dust jacket. Basis for the beloved Elizabeth Taylor film. Book in good condition with some fading to red cloth portion, spine gently rolled, pages toned. Dust jacket with heavy.....
Cary, NC: Artel Publishing, 2007. Octavo, softcover, 313 pp. An account of Baldi's boyhood and early adulthood during the Great Depression, centered on street hucksters, livestock trading, and hustles around horses and wagons. Inscribed by Baldi to thoroughbred racing legend Cot Campbell. A nice copy with mild wear and creasing.....
New York: Outing Publishing Company, 1911. Hardcover. 12mo, 7.25 x 4.75", green illustrated cloth, 160 pp plus ads, illustrated with diagrams. Outing Handbooks series. Very good with mild wear and discoloration to covers.
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1874. Octavo, original red cloth boards, embossed border and horse head to front board, gilt titles to spine, illustrated frontis, 188 pages. A very beautiful copy with just a hint of toning to pages and a tiny bit of bumping and rubbing to corners and ends.....
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1887. 9.5 x 6", brown cloth with gilt lettering, 63 pp, frontispiece and five illustration plates of horses. Racehorse breeding memoir. Soiling to covers, marginal damp staining to some pages, toning to pages.
Herefordshire, England: Orphans Press, 1984. 4to, hardcover with dust jacket, 248 pp. Dust jacket rubbed and creased, with closed tears, and staining to front panel.
Galway, Ireland: Kenny's Bookshops and Art Galleries, Ltd, 1979. 4to, hardcover with dust jacket, 125 pp, illustrations from photographs. Very good with toning to pages, foxing to jacket, jacket with some nicks and tears.
Chicago: Western News Co, 1879. Octavo, brown cloth, titlles and horse blindstamped in black to front cover, blue endpapers, 156 pp including related advertisements at back. A guide written by a blacksmith of 30 plus years for those thinking of entering into the trade and or for those doing the.....
Mount Morris, Illinois: The Brethren's Publishing Company, 1893. Hardcover. Large octavo, 9 x 6.5", brown cloth, 127, [1] pp, illustration plates. Front endpaper detached, wear to corners and spine tips.
Williton, Somerset: Cox, Sons & Co, Ltd, 1947. 8vo, hardcover with dust jacket, 79 pp, photographic illustrations. Foxhunting memoir. Very good with soiling to jacket, chipping to jacket at spine ends.
New York: Kensington Publishing Co., 2003. Octavo, softcover, 238 pp. Autobiography of American jockey Gary Stevens, written with Mervyn Kaufman. It follows his career from his early days in racing through major wins in the U.S. and abroad, focusing on the pressures, injuries, triumphs, and setbacks. Inscribed by Stevens to.....
London, Munich and New York: Astor Publishing Company Ltd, 1956. 16.25 x 11.5", red morocco leather binding, [200] pp plus 97 plates, gilt title lettering, text block edges gilt. Number 153 of a limited edition of 250 copies. Lacking slipcase. Front joint cracked, slight spine fade, rubbing to joints, scuffing.....
London: Horace Cox, "The Field" Office, 1888. Octavo, purple cloth with gilt titles to front cover, vi, [2], 92 pp. A volume printing the rules of betting on horse racing as laid out by Jockey Club members for their subscription rooms at Tattersalls', where they met privately to bet on.....
Richmond: Printed by H. Pace, 1803. 12mo, 184pp (lacking final text page and two index leaves), original boards with leather spine. Scarce Virginia edition of Taplin's Farriery. Toning to pages, minor wear to covers, worming to rear cover along spine.
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co, 1882. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt lettering and illustration, 505 pp, illustrated with eight engravings. A very attractive copy with hint of wear to corners and spine tips, front hinge a bit cracked, owner inscription to front endpapper, bit of damp staining to text.....
Claremont, N.H. Claremont Manufacturing Company, Printers, 1879. 8vo, original brown cloth with gilt title to front cover, 280pp. Front endpaper has a handwritten recipe for liniment. Toning and foxing to pages, minor cover wear, very good.
New York: William Morrow, 1937. Quarto, brown boards with gilt and brown illustration of horseman, cream cloth spine, illustrated. Limited, numbered edition signed by the editor. A good copy with staining to covers.
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, Circa 1880. Octavo (9.5 x 6.5"), brown cloth with gilt, 448 pp, illustrations within text. Bit of wear to corners and spine tips, lacking front endpaper, toning to pages, damp staining to upper corner of text, a bright decorative copy.