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By: Trevathan, Charles E.; Edited By Caspar Whitney
Price: $75.00
Publisher: NY, Macmillan: 1905
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 31428
Condition: Very Good
Very good first edition in pictorial green cloth boards, no dj. Spine ends rubbed, tips show color loss but remain fairly sharp, small color fade mark at foot of backstrip. Internally crisp and tight with tidy signature of former owner on frt pastedown. 495 pp. Includes: Whence the American Thoroughbred/ The First Race Meetings/ Early Owners Were Gentlemen/ Old Dominion was Turf Mother/ Maryland's Horses and Horsemen/ First Thoroughbreds of the North/ Eclipse and Henry/ What a Thoroughbred Mare May Do/ Thoroughbreds of the West/ Wagner vs. Gray Eagle/ Kentucky's Greatness of Blood/ Boston th... View more info
By: Trew, Cecil G.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd: 1939
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 44778
Condition: Near Fine
1st edition hardcover in red cloth with sharp tips and lightly bumped (not rubbed) spine ends. Not ex-lib, no names or tears. 142 pp. VG+ professionally reproduced dj in new mylar that shows faint age spotting on yellow portion of dj background. A simply told, profusely illustrated history of the evolution of the horse from the little Eohippus or Dawn Horse - a creature about the size of a fox terrier - to the magnificent animal we know today. View more info
By: Unknown Author
Price: $12.00
Publisher: London, IPC Magazines Ltd: 1978
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 16023
ISBN: 0850374170
Condition: Very Good
Very good 1st edition hard cover with lightly bumped extremities, 78 pg text tight and bright, ghosting on fep from erased pencil price, one indented line running vertically down rear board. else fine. View more info
By: Unknown Author
Price: $8.00
Publisher: England, Purnell: 1979
Edition: Possible First
Seller Id: 19701
ISBN: 036104545X
Condition: Good
Sewn in 26 page block shaken but no leaves missing, board tips rubbed, bit of sticker rems in upper cover corner. Frt board bowed, reading copy, not pretty but all there. One in an unnamed 4 book series by Purnell. Simple text and full color photos of horses doing various jobs, talk of breed types, all easy to understand for little kids. View more info
By: Vavra, Robert
Price: $15.00
Publisher: NY, William Morrow & Company, Inc: 1979
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 38013
ISBN: 0688035043
Condition: Very Good
Nice olive green 1st edition hardcover with gilt lettering has title embossed on front cover with micro white spot on lower front board near tip otherwise shows like new. Price clipped dj has light curling along edges and some color loss at head & foot of spine, displays well in new mylar. Owner name & date are on FEP and front paste down & FEP have 3 small stains otherwise the 238 pages are tight & bright with no tears or writing. This photographic study of the instinctive, private, and societal life of horses in the wild examines the herd, flight, courtship, mating, birth, threat, display... View more info
By: Vavra, Robert; Foreword by William Shatner
Price: $20.00
Publisher: NY, William Morrow & Company, Inc: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 46158
ISBN: 0688138640
Condition: Fine
Gift quality, unmarked 6th printing of the first edition hardcover in black paper covered boards with gilt illustration and titles, sharp tips and spine ends. Unclipped glossy pictorial dj in new mylar has no color loss or rubbing, mylar cover is a tad dull from books being stacked on top, no tears or chips. No names tears or soil in the 256 pg text. Lovely illustrated endpapers . Enormous hefty tome will require extra post for priority or international destinations. The long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller Equus. Using the most opulent and exotic of backgrounds, Vavra's equ... View more info
By: Vernon, Arthur
Price: $12.00
Publisher: NY, Halcyon House: 1941
Edition: Reprint
Seller Id: 40789
Condition: Near Fine
Very good reprint hardcover in mustard yellow cloth boards with illustration in a circle of a horsehead on frt panel, no dj. Spine w/brown framed title slightly sunned, Tips and spine ends barely brushed, not frayed. Thick volume of 525 pp. Former owners name stamp on age toned frt paste down. Well illustrated in b/w. Comprehensive history of the horse from the dawn of man to today (c1939). Very attractive, gift quality volume. An amazing chronological history of the horse including descriptions of famous horses in history. View more info
By: Voss, Pauline; Baker, Carol
Price: $4.00
Publisher: England, Lutterworth Press: 1975
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller Id: 10616
ISBN: 0718816641
Condition: Very Good
Tiny bit of abrasion has worn the O in author's last name on cover, light color loss at tips, colorful 44 pp text crisp and clean. Book measures 4 x 5.75 inches. 44 pp. First published in 1969, this is the third printing of 1975. Based on the Thames Television Series. An informative little book that touches on the Evolution of the Horse, Points of the Horse, Horse Breeds including focus on the British Native Breeds, Care, Tack, etc. View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: London, Country Life Limited: 1955
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 33053
Condition: Very Good
Very good red hardcover with gilt title on backstrip. Tips and spine ends sharp. Bookplate from Nat'l Sporting Library on frt pastedn. 156 pp text as new. No dj. Illust w/photos and drawings. A charming collection of poems, quotations, short letters and musings about the horse, it's history, it's lore and our love for him. View more info
By: Washington International Horse Show Committee
Price: $15.00
Publisher: MD, HBP, Inc.: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 44109
Condition: Near Fine
Near fine huge paperback catalog of 288 pp. Magnificent collectible copy with negligible wear at tips from storage. Lovely original color cover art by Jane W. Gaston. View more info
By: Wathen, Guy
Price: $8.00
Publisher: VT, Trafalgar Square: 1991
Edition: First American Edition
Seller Id: 26877
ISBN: 0943955343
Condition: Near Fine
Near fine 1st US edition hardcover in near fine dust jacket. 272 pp. A book to inspire all who enjoy watching the great horsemen and women in action. Detailed profiles of the gifted riders in all the major equestrian sports. The secrets of their success examined plus their views on the future. Illustrated with superb action photographs throughout. View more info
Price: $48.00
Publisher: UK, The Cambrian News: 1973
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 15666
Condition: Very Good
1st edition hardcover, no dj. Not exlib. Dark forest green cloth with faded gilt titles, extremities bumped, spotting on boards, 876 pg text fine. Includes 8 b/w illustrations. Contents are: Errata, Officials, Council, Committees, Premium Stallions, Balance Sheet and Accounts, Memorandum, Rules for Registration and Entry, Description of Welsh Mountain and Welsh Ponies, Description of Welsh Cob and Welsh Pony (Cob Type), Prefixes, Record of Stallions, Record of Mares, Record of Foundation Stock, Record of Geldings, Welsh Part Bred Register, Overseas Transfers, List of Members. Includes: S... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: VT, Trafalgar Square: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 29249
ISBN: 1570761213
Condition: Fine
Fine 1st edition hardcover in fine dust jacket. 268 pp. Chapters include: The Enchantment, Excitement and Empowerment of Horses / Horse Fever: Getting Hooked / Horse Crazy: A Reality Check / Horse Nature ' Understanding Horse vs. Human Nature / Communication to Communion: From Aids to Telepathy / Detective Work: Awareness and Deductive Reasoning / The School of Soft Hands and Hard Knocks; The Learning Process / Riding High / Self Confidence and Self Image / Paybacks: Concern and Compassion / Saying Goodby: Empathy, Letting Go, Death. View more info
By: Yeatman, R.J.; Sellar, W.C.
Price: $12.00
Publisher: London, Methuen: 1950
Edition: Reprint
Seller Id: 25149
Condition: Very Good
VG hardcover in very good professionally reproduced dj. Originally published in 1922, this is the 10th printing of 1950. Yellow cloth covered boards moderately soiled, 125 pp text tight with foxed endpps. A book that'll give you a chuckle, it is well illustrated throughout with superb little cartoon style drawings. Compact size to take while traveling. Chapters Include: / BIT 1: The Noble Art. Hypocrisy or the Importance of being Horse-Concious. The Whole Art of Horsemanship Gradually Exploded./ BIT 2: The Noble Animal. Points About the Horse/ G*NTL*M*N, and Artists, prefer Greys/ Shi... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: London, Young World Productions: 1971
Seller Id: 4570
ISBN: 0723807086
Condition: Very Good
Very good gilt lettered hardcover shows rubs at corners with boards just peeking at lower corner tips. Original DJ in mylar tatty along upper edges of boards showing edge wear and closed tears. 109 pp text is tight and bright with clipped fep, tip of title page and name at upper fore edge of title page. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w. A beautiful anthology, in words and pictures of a beautiful creature. Here are facts and fancies, prose and verse but most of all, pictures about one of Mankind's best friends and truest servants, the Pony. View more info
Price: $28.00
Publisher: BCM:
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 28563
Condition: Near Fine
Near fine first edition. Huge volume, over-sized post required. 479 pp. Corners sharp, innards as new save for two micro closed tears on first two pages from turning (less than 1/8"). The articles and ads are in English, German and French and the captions of all photographs are in English. Book has glossy pictorial hard covers, 13 inches by 9 1/2 wide, 532 pages with copious color and black and white photos. Book has hundreds of photographs and covers all sorts of equestrian competitions and horse shows in those 2 years all over the world , including Europe, Canada, U.S., New Zealand, Aust... View more info
