Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents, both successful and unsuccessful (etc.) by GAMBADO, Geoffrey - 1792

Dublin : Printed for William Jones, No. 86, Dame-Street 1792 [title continued]: Author of The academy for grown horsemen; Together With Most Instructive Remarks Thereon, and Answers Thereto, by That Accomplished Genius. And now first published, by the editor of The academy for grown horsemen. Illustrated with cuts by the most eminent artists.Engraved frontispiece and 16 plates.Tall 8vo (9 1/2 x 6 inches), pages: (2):xvii:95, contemporary full tan calf, rubbed, the backstrip very much so, browning to endpapers and recto of frontispiece and verso of last leaf and prelims. Contemporary name stamp at base of title. Early newspaper cutting pasted to blank lower half of last leaf of text Generally clean within. In need of re-backing and priced to allow for such.

This copy of Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments, and Experimental Accidents, Both Successful and Unsuccessful: Communicated by Various Correspondents to Geoffrey Gambado, Esq. Author of "The Academy for Grown Horsemen"; Together with Most Instructive Remarks thereon, and Answers Thereto, by that Accomplished Genius was published, according to the figures stamped on the book's spine, in London in 1808. The book has been referred to as The Classic Lampoon of Idiots On Horseback, and its arrangements, contents, and details attest to that description. For example, the author, Geoffrey Gambado, never existed, but is the pseudonym for Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), the real author/designer of the book. The text of the book starts on page 53 and proceeds to page 141. Where are the missing pages? Can they possibly be the words of a companion feature called Academy for Grown Horsemen that may have not been included in this printing of the book? These concerns dictate that… Read More

London: Printed for W. Dickinson, S. Hooper, J. Archer, and R. White, 1791. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Printed for W. Dickinson, S. Hooper, J. Archer, and R. White, 1791. Small folio, xviii, 81, [1] (publisher's advertisements) pages plus 17 full-page engravings. Early half calf and marbled papered boards; leather worn at the extremities, with the front joint cracked (but still firm); plates foxed and offset, with some text leaves foxed; overall, a very good copy. The ownership signature 'Normanton' and an (earlier) armorial bookplate with the name scratched out are on the front pastedown. William Henry Bunbury (1750-1811), amateur artist and caricaturist; his designs 'must be admitted to be inferior in humour to Rowlandson's and in satire to Gillray's. Nevertheless, they are not without a good deal of grotesque drollery of the rough-and-ready kind in vogue' at the time ('Dictionary of National Biography').

London: W. Nicholson; W. Baynes, 1808. Leather. Very Good. 13" by 10.5". [Henry William Bunbury]. A humorous work poking fun at horsemen, entertainingly illustrated with caricatures by Henry William Bunbury. The third edition of 'An Academy For Grown Horsemen'.Bound by J. Sampson of York.Complete as two works bound in one.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each work, and a total of twenty-four plates, being eight plates plus a frontispiece to 'An Academy For Grown Horsemen', and sixteen plates plus a frontispiece to 'Annals of Horsemanship'.Nine plates have been restored, excised then bound back in reinforced with an additional leaf adhered to the reverse of the plates.Collated, bound without three plates.An entertaining satirical work on horsemanship, enlivened with caricatures. This work departs from the typical use caricatures of political satire of the day, instead using the humour of the drawings to mock society. In particular this volume makes fun of the antics of horseman.Illustrated by the… Read More

William Jones. Very Good. 1792. Hardcover. xvii + 95pp, frontis and 16 plates, [all present as called for, some foxing to prelims bound in half leather/marbled boards, heraldic bookplate of Godfrey Burchardt Ashton on endpaper; Octavo .

London: W. Nicholson for W. Baynes, 1808. Leather. Very Good. 14" by 10.5". Geoffrey Gambado [Henry William Bunbury]. Henry William Bunbury's humorous work satirising horsemen, entertainingly illustrated throughout with caricatures by the author. The third edition of 'An Academy For Grown Horsemen', with both volumes bound as one, as is common with this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each work, and a total of twenty-four plates, being twelve plates plus a frontispiece to 'An Academy For Grown Horsemen', and fifteen plates plus a frontispiece to 'Annals of Horsemanship'.Collated, lacking one plate to 'Annals of Horsemanship'.An entertaining satirical work on horsemanship, enlivened with illustrated caricatures. This work departs from the typical use caricatures of political satire of the day, instead using the humour of the drawings to mock society, in particular the antics of horseman.With the bookplate of Francis Markham to the front pastedown.With original paper title labels for each… Read More

Printed for Hooper & Wigstead, 1796. 2 vols in 1. 4to (13½ x 10 ins). Contemporary half morocco on marbled paper-laid boards, raised ribbed spine gilt ruled in six compartments, top edge gilt (some light wear at edges of boards - otherwise VG). Pp. [ii] + xvii + [1] blank + 81 + [1] catalogue[&] xx + 36 + [1] blank + 80 [&] xix + 36, illus with 28 engraved plates (lacks 1 plate facing p. 38 vol I; pages and plates rather toned and marked throughout and some plates worn at edges; small perforation at edge of p. xvii/xvii vol II; previous owner's name label on upper board and neat inscription in contemporary hand on front paste-down).

1808. London, Vernor, Hood et al., 1808. Small 8vo. Fine red full morocco. Uncut. Top edge gilt. (Signed by Hallhards. 87 Picadelly). Triple gilt borders on covers. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering to spine and upper cover. (2),XVI,28;XVI,69,(1) pp. (2) pp. advertisements. With 29 fine engraved and handcoloured plates by Rawlanson and others. First Rowlandson-edition.

London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1812. Hardcover. Good. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper, gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label; with 29 hand-colored plates. Boards scuffed along joints and edges; large chip at tail of spine; upper board starting; FFEP and half-title detached, laid-in. Some light foxing and offsetting, but generally nice and bright internally.

London: W. Nicholson for W. Baynes, 1808 . Leather. Very Good. 13.5" by 10.5". Geoffrey Gambado [Henry William Bunbury]. A lovely example of Henry William Bunbury's humorous work satirising horsemen, entertainingly illustrated throughout with caricatures by the author. The third edition of 'An Academy For Grown Horsemen', bound with 'Annals of Horsemanship', as is common with this work.Illustrated with thirty plates in total; twelve plates plus a frontispiece to 'An Academy For Grown Horsemen', and sixteen plates and a frontispiece to 'Annals of Horsemanship'. Collated, complete. An entertaining satirical work on horsemanship, enlivened with illustrated caricatures.The second work is a parody of Arthur Young's 'Annals of Agriculture', a periodical published in forty-five volumes from 1784 to 1815.This work departs from the typical use caricatures of political satire of the day, instead using the humour of the drawings to mock society, in particular the antics of horseman.Illustrated by the author,… Read More