Search Results: Horses from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Syracuse, New York: T.H. Appleby MFG. Co., no date (ca. 1890). Chromolithograph trade card on light card stock measuring approximately 5.25 inches by 4 inches, rubber-stamped on the verso, "Leslie A. Appleby, Seedman and Florist, Syracuse, N.Y.," otherwise blank. An applied printed paper label at the bottom left of the front apparently corrects an old address.
Top corners creased, light edge wear including a quarter-inch tear, modest foxing & soiling mostly evident on the verso, otherwise good or better.
Presents a lovely illustration depicting a mare & foal in a corral with a rooster & two chickens sharing the space.

Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1872. First edition. Duodecimo (7.5" x 5.5"), 8 pages. Publisher's pictorial paper wraps, sewn. OCLC locates 8 copies under 2 accession numbers as of 4/7/2024.
Lightly toned & soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise very good.
"To awaken attention to the improper use of check-reins, we wish to give a wide circulation to the following article, prepared from the best authorities. Packages of the pamphlet will be sent, without cost, to friends who will distribute them to stable-keepers, teamsters, drivers, and others who have to do with horses." ~Frank B. Fay, Secretary, excerpted from the front cover.
George Thorndike Angell (1823 – 1909) founded the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1868 & in 1889 founded the American Humane Education Society. Both organizations continue to this day.

Bowie, Maryland: Bowie Heritage Committee, (1984). First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), 135, ii, & 178 pages plus 7 unnumbered pages of plates Publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth.
Lightly rubbed, slightly soiled, sporadic minor foxing, previous owner's name in ink at first blank page, otherwise Very Good.
Built in 1745 in Bowie, Belair Mansion was the home of Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle The estate bred thoroughbred race horses, including two Triple Crown winners, over the course of three centuries.

Leipzig: Verlag von J.J. Weber, 1892. Sextodecimo (6.75" x 5"), XIV, 291, & [1] pages plus two double page plates, with 71 illustrations in text. Publisher's very elaborate brown pictorial cloth lettered in gilt & black. Text in German, edges of the text block stained red.
Light edge wear & rubbing, brief archival tissue reinforcement at the verso of the first folding plate, previous owner's name, place, & date in ink at the front free endpaper, otherwise very good.
An exhaustive & profusely illustrated treatise & a superb example of a late 19th century pictorial cloth binding.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1892). Second edition. Tall octavo (9.5" by 6.5"), xxviii & 916 pages including illustrations plates, & diagrams. Publisher's olive cloth lettered in black.
Small split at the lower joint, stain on back cover, edges & extremities lightly rubbed, previous owner's name in ink at first blank page, otherwise very good.
"No pains have been spared to make this one of the most complete books of its kind. The numerous plates and figures thoroughly elucidate the more difficult points of the text and references are made to all the best French, German, and Italian treatises on the veterinary science. One of my special aims has been to adapt this book to the English-speaking reader. It contains valuable information for the practitioner, the student, the horseman, and the breeder."
 ~Excerpted from the translator's preface.

New York: Privately printed by the Derrydale Press, 1927. Complete in 7 variously paginated & profusely illustrated tall octavo volumes. Limited edition, an assembled set, volume one number 440 of 500, the others number 435. Original green cloth with pairs of gilt-lettered black leather spine labels on each volume, the upper covers with armorial crests in gilt. Volume one with large, lithographed "by the name of Howe" bookplate at the front blank. Partially unopened.
This set signed by illustrator & author Edith Somerville at the half-title page of volume one. Tipped to the verso is an autograph letter signed from Somerville to Harry Worcester Smith on "Drishane House" letterhead (2 pp, approximately 236 words recorded in purple ink recto & verso). Responding to a letter from Harry Worcester Smith, founder of the Masters of Foxhounds Association in America, Ms Somerville replies on July 6, 1928 She indicates that she is supplying sketches at his request which are "re-drawn little subjects from my… Read More

Cincinnati, Ohio: The Eagle Carriage Co., no date (ca. 1914). Oblong octavo (6" x 8.5"), 56 pages plus covers, profusely illustrated. Publisher's pictorial stapled stiff paper wraps, the upper in color. Price list & separate correction slip laid in. This nor any other from this company found in OCLC as of 4/14/2024.
Lightly soiled, brief edge wear, otherwise very good or better.
Includes Governess Carts, Surreys, Buckboards, Phaetons, Runabouts, Delivery Wagons, etc., plus 6 pages of harnesses & saddles.
"Remember, We are prepared to furnish a vehicle in perfect proportion to ANY SIZE PONY. We can do this just as well for a 30-inch pony as we can for a 58-inch pony. We carry large quantities of the necessary parts in stock which permits us to make PROMPT SHIPMENTS. NO OTHE FACTORY DOES THIS ..." ~Excerpted from the text.

Richmond, Virginia: Benj. T. Crump Company, Inc., no date [1933]. Quarto (11" x 8.5"), 72 pages, illustrated throughout (some in color). Original stapled, pictorial light card covers. Price list dated 1933 laid-in.
Slight edge wear, light soiling, sporadic foxing/ handling marks within, otherwise Very Good.
Mostly relative to horses, the catalog describes & illustrates the company's line of bits, whips, saddles, harnesses, collars, bridles, & more. Additionally includes 3 pages of dog collars & muzzles.

Buenos Aires: Casa Pardo, (1968) First edition, this copy with presentation in ink to Arthur E Khoui (?) by Jorge L Quiroga, Oscar Roldan, & others at a blank page adjacent to the half-title. Large quarto, unpaginated [256 pp], illustrated throughout mostly from photographs (some in color). This copy bound in cowhide edged in polished black calf simulating lacing, with a embossed thin copper label on the upper cover. Text in Spanish & English
Covers slightly splayed, internally toned, small booksellers' label at front pastedown, gift inscription, otherwise a near fine example of an unusual binding.
Originally issued in cloth & dust jacket, this copy rebound, perhaps in conjunction with presentation on or about on or about 5/13/81 to Arthur E Khoui (?), "our teacher & good friend," by 12 who sign mostly illegibly. Legible signatures include Dr Jorge L. Quiroga & Oscar Roldan
As noted in the prologue, "This book presents fifty characteristic ranches in the Argentine Republic which have been selected… Read More

Odessa, Texas: The Rahtbooks Company (1964). "Edition DeLuxe," this copy with generic presentation signed by the author at a tipped in leaf adjacent to the front pastedown. 8vo, xv & 208 pp, with frontis from photograph & 16 unnumbered pages of illustrations. Publisher's gilt lettered blue cloth, in pictorial dust jacket
One corner bruised, previous owner's name, place & historic price in ink at tipped in leaf, minor foxing at the edges of the text block, otherwise very good in worn, browned & soiled dust jacket, with tears, small losses & brief archival tissue repairs on the verso.
"Old Buck and I is not just a story about a boy and his horse it's a remarkable chronicling of Raht's recollections of his younger days on his father's West Texas ranch" ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1941. First edition. 4to (10.5" x 7.75"), unpaginated [40 pages]. Publisher's rust cloth lettered & decorated in black in pictorial dust jacket.
Slight sunning in the margins, edges lightly rubbed, otherwise Very Good in dust jacket with edge wear (including small losses & tears), rubbed & lightly foxed, still Good or better."When Rory O'Mory finished with the English gentleman, the foxes of Wipwamwopping were never again bothered by a real fox hunt For everything was settled over a cup of very good English tea."

Taunton, [England]: Barnicott and Pearce, The Wessex Press, 1920. First edition. 12mo, x & 50 pages plus 12 full page illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial paper wraps. Covers browned & soiled, moderate edge wear including a corner crease & small losses, otherwise Good. "The present little work is meant to be helpful to visitors - particularly the footers - sho seek to be informed concerning this noble royal pastime. Unlike those more fortunate, who ride to hounds, they have fewer opportunities to understand the proceedings during the many phases of a stag-hunt, hence this humble attempt to help them..." 
Excerpted from the author's Foreword.

[Warrenton, Virginia]: Piedmont Press, (1993). First edition, this copy inscribed & signed in ink by Evans & Gott at the title page. 4to (11.25" x 9"), v, 107 & [1] pages, with folding map laid in & illustrations from photographs & art work throughout. Publisher's gilt-lettered tan cloth in pictorial dust jacket featuring art by Catherine Stettinlus Zimmerman.
Covers slightly splayed, minor foxing at upper cover, pastedowns, & early leaves, otherwise very good in rubbed & wrinkled dust jacket, foxed mostly on the verso, with a bit of edge wear & brief archival tissue reinforcement (verso only), still good or better.
"Shaped by this country's rough and tumble early frontier history and forged by the raw will of a few people who lead it out of Indian times, The Plains has weathered the storms of the Civil War and reconstruction, the Great Depression, fire and the crash of its economy, emerging from every turn as a hometown to declare with pride ..." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), May 31, 1862. Original manuscript document signed by S.G. Perkins, Captain 1st Vermont Cavalry, measuring 4.25 inches by 7.75 inches, approximately 67 words recorded in ink on laid paper. With brief cryptic annotations & stamped "Received" mark on the verso.
"Rec'd at Martinsburg, Va. May 31, 1862 of John Miller one gray mare five years old for the use in case of great emergency of Co. H 1st Vt. Cavalry by consent of Col. De Forest, 5th New York Cavalry commanding detachment.Lieut. Davids (?), AQM, Cav'y Brigade 
Dep't of Shenandoah will give a final receipt of this.
[Signed] S.G. Perkins, Cap't, 1st Vt. Cavalry."
Old folds, small losses (not affecting text), splits at folds without loss, soiled & foxed, otherwise Good.
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Washington, D.C.: January 16th, 1866, Brevet Brigadier General James A. Ekin to John Miller, Esq, at Martinsburgh (sic), Virginia, on partially printed Quartermaster General's Office letterhead completed in manuscript. Approximately… Read More