1st edition magazine size paperback. Lower edge of photo-illust front cover has a minor ding, light wear and a crack along spine edge from a sideways bent. All 127 pages very clean and crisp with little sign of use. A Western Horseman Book includes: Preface/ Intro/ Equipment/ Heading/ Heeling/ Action/ Horses/ Cattle/ Profile/ Rules/ Terminology. View More...
First edition hardcover in green paper covered boards super lightly sunned at upper edges from being stored near a window, spine ends bumped, tips still sharp. No names, tears or soil within the crisp and unmarked 175 page text. This is a fabulous book to gift a new owner/rider with. Covers just about everything, *including* what clothes to wear, what breeds make good western horses, tack, markings, care, etc etc. Gift quality offering in an original, unclipped dust wrapper with green background showing a couple of light scratches and two small dots of color loss below author's name at bo... View More...
1st printing paperback in glossy illustrated cover with light wear at lower fore edge. 215 pp. No names, highlighting or soil. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos throughout. Intro/ Selecting the Horse/ Equipment/ Facilities/ Equitation/ Breaking/ Riding Outside/ Backing/ Body Control and Suppling/ Circles/ Picking Up Leads/ Changing Leads/ Stops/ Turn-Arounds/ Rollbacks/ Advancing to the Bridle/ Running at Pattern/ Psychology of Training/ Psychology of Showing/ Profile. View More...
Gift quality first edition hardcover in butternut colored paper covered boards with sharp tips and spine ends. 85pp text flawless, no names, tears or soil, appears unread. Unclipped dust jacket shows color loss at tips and surface from storage along with some foxing on rear white background dj. Fifty years in the show ring affords Patsey Gray a wealth of knowledge to share. Show and Tell is addressed to the amateur, of average means, with one horse to show, and with little experience. View More...
Paperback with lower right front creased , light overall soil on white background covers, 64 pp fine. Owners name written first page. Covers all aspects of horse selection, training, trailering to and competing in the show. View More...
Beautiful bright red quarter bound hardcover with gilt spine title is straight and sharp. Unclipped dj shows beautifully in new mylar. 194 pages of tight & bright text with no tears, writing, soil or blemishes. The portrait of an extraordinary man who has lived the dream of the western frontier during a lifetime that has seen that dream redefined. View More...
For young riders, it has no equal and any aspiring horseman will be a better hand after studying its contents."--Jack Brainard: AQHA, Judge, Trainer, Horseman. This book is illustrated for the youngster who wants to lears to ride stock seat. Uncirculated hardcover without stamps or pockets but a withdrawn stamp on fep. 212 pp. View More...
Splendid copy in age-toned pebbled card covers with illustration of large lasso, cattle horns and two western horsemen on cover. 20 pp. Includes b/w photos and instructions on choosing your horse and teaching in to take and interest and think of cutting work as "play", the importance of learning how to "read' cattle, how riding the cutting horse differs from all other riding and much more. View More...
Stapled softcover Souvenir Program. Good condition, some wear on top half of stapled spine;, 1/2 inch closed tear at foot of cover gutter. If you're a rodeo enthusiast, this Souvenir Program, straight from Cody, Wyoming, the "Rodeo Capital of the World" could be the treasure you're looking for. There are 88 pgs. of bull riding, calf roping and steer wrestling excitement. View More...
1st edition hardcover in red cloth covered boards showing sharp tips and bumped spine ends, small splash on foot of page block, 157 pp text is crisp and unmarked. Not ex-lib. Original, un-clipped dust jacket has rubs and loss at spine ends, big brown bucking horse on frt and rear panel looks terrific. Factual children's story of the Rodeo including the various sports, the bulls, the broncs, the clowns, etc, etc. View More...
Solid light green stapled paper covers on a 48 pp well illustrated in b/w line drawings an has a clipping stapled to the first page and inside covers. Photo illustrated card covers show surface sil and some rubbing at extremities. 1/2" closed tear at head above top staple now covered with clear tape. Former owner's addy label and ink name on inside frt cover and first page. An amazing array of answers to horseman's most asked questions re: horse care, retraining horses of bad habits. These articles are all taken from the Horseman's Scrapbook sections that were published inside issues of T... View More...
Solid off white photo-illustrated stapled paper covers on a 48 pp text. Photo illustrated card covers are clean with a bit of rubbing at frt cover lower tips. One former owner's addy sticker on first page, text is crisp and clean. An amazing array of answers to horseman's most asked questions re: horse care, retraining horses of bad habits. These articles are all taken from the Horseman's Scrapbook sections that were published inside issues of The Western Horseman. Many of these remedies are suitable for english ridden horses as well. View More...
First printing paperback in glossy photo illustrated card covers showing light curl to tips. Negligible surface wear from storage, internally as new. 133 pp of descriptions, tips and insider information on playing and winning the game at Western shows. Chapters: Horse Show Basics/ The Show Game/ Showing for Intermediate Riders/ Showing Your Working Horse/ Timed Events/ Arena Contests/ Appendixes: The Western Horse, Glossary, Associations, References, Index. View More...
