Scorpion - A Good Bad Horse de James, Will - 1936

1930. 8vo size softcover with interior stapled binding and color illustrated covers; 232 pages with numerous vintage advertisements, some with black and white illustrations or photographs. Contents include: Officers, Directors and Executive Committee Judges and Ring Stewards Occupants of Arena Boxes Program (for each day November 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12.) Catalogue of Entries Hackney Horses Hackney Ponies Trotting Horses Heavy Harness Horses Saddle Horses: Three Gaited Saddle Horses: Five Gaited Saddle Ponies Mounted Police Hunters Corinthian Class Jumpers Military Classes Vintage Advertisements (many full page) include: Stadler & Stadler (color) B. Altman & Co. Hermes of Paris Hotel and Restaurant Elysee Seaton Hackney Farm Aquascutum Coats Pierce Arrow Whippy, Steggall Canada Dry F.A.O. Schwarz Purina Mills Emerson's Bromo-Seltzer for Headache Rollston 4-Passenger Victoria Penciled price on cover; edgewear, wear, light soil and several creases to covers, front hinge fragile on the… Leer más

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1841 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Horses (Mammalia Vol XII) from Jardine's Naturalist's Library in the original publisher's cloth binding. With volume listing; black and white frontispiece of Gesner; black and white vignette title page; 2 further title pages; Publisher's advert (noting that this volume was produced 'early' - Marsupials had been due to be the next volume published); Memoir of Gesner; Introduction with black and white illustrations; text including synopsis and memorandum; and 32 plates bound at the rear. Of these 29 are hand coloured - the other 3 are a copy of a bas relief, a skeletal view, and a muscular view. The cloth binding is in very good condition having been expertly rebacked to retain the original spine. The spine and board edges are lightly sunned and there is a small identation on the side edge of the front board. The original green endpapers are present - with repair. There is a decorative bookplate of Francis… Leer más

George Routledge & co.London. 1892. Fourteenth Edition. Large 8vo. Illustrated throughout with 170 woodcut engravings by Harrison Weir, Zwecker, and others. A very good copy in early leather binding of half red morocco, raised bands, compartments lettered and decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Armorial bookplate to the front paste down endpaper. Binding a little rubbed but overall a very attractive copy.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2010. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ARTIST at title page - "For Jane and Bob, Deborah Butterfield". Near Fine, tiny chip bottom edge of spine, faint soiling rear end page. Introduction by Jane Smiley, essay by John Yau, poems by Vicki Hearne. Originally published in a hardcover edition in 2003. A SCARCE Signed and Inscribed copy, gift quality. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ARTIST. First Paperback Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Highflyer International, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong octavo, 236 pages; VG-; full green paper binding; spine with gilt lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; dent to center of spine; signed flat by Porter at title page; contains black and white photos; pages clean; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1347216. Special Collections.

1929. 8vo size softcover with interior stapled binding and color illustrated covers; 228 pages with numerous vintage advertisements, some with black and white illustrations or photographs. Contents include: Officers, Directors and Executive Committee Judges and Ring Stewards Occupants of Arena Boxes Program (for each day November 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13.) Catalogue of Entries Hackney Horses and Ponies Commercial Vehicle and Draft Horses Trotters and Roadsters Harness Horses Saddle Horses: Three Gaited and Five Gaited Ponies Under Saddle Mounted Police Hunters Jumpers Military Classes We note that one of the owners of a Saddle Horse has the surname of Gallop. There is a multi-page Index of Advertisers. Vintage Advertisements include: Glyco Toilet Soap (color) Cadillac/LaSalle/Fleetwood Motor Cars (color) Camel Cigarettes (color) Brunswick Salon Red Star Line/White Star Line Saks-Fifth Avenue Greenbrier and Cottages Crichton & Co. Ltd Alfred Nelson Plaza Art Galleries Seaton Hackney Farm White Rock… Leer más

Monterey, Kentucky:: Larkspur Press,, 2005.. Special Edition of 45. 6.5 x 9.75"; 100 pages. Handset in Garamond type designed by Morris Benton for ATF after the work of Jean Jannon, a master printer in 17th-century Paris. Ratdolt type, designed by Victor Hammer, was used for display. Printed on a hand-fed C & P. Printed on Magnani Velata paper. Handbound by Carolyn Whitesel. Design, composition, and printing by Leslie Shane and Gray Zeitz. Signed by the artist and poet. Numbered. Poetry by Susan Starr Richards accompanied by Richard Wooten's drawings. Prospectus: "The drawings, by Richard H. Wooten, are based on a Chinese jade horse's head from the Han Dynasty, and a cave painting for Lascaux, France, ca. 17,000 - 12,000 B.C. Richard Wooten is a native of Harrison County with an avid interest in ancient art. He now lives in Maine. "Susan Starr Richards's short stories have been anthologized in Prize Stories, The O. Henry Awards, and in New Stories from… Leer más

This book has some discoloration inside front cover on first page and same at rear of book. otherwise clean. Pages have deckled edge. Dust jacket is here except for spine area which is totally missing. Slip case has some wear to corners and some fading to front of case. Please see photos.

Lexington, KY: Eclipse Press, 2005. Limited Edition, #68/250. Hardcover. Oblong octavo, 167 pages; VG; full mahogany calf binding; spine with gilt lettering; in VG light tan slipcase; mild shelf wear and soiling; all edges bright gilt; satin ribbon bookmark; signed flat by Winats at half title; hand-numbered #68/250 at half title; profusely illustrated in full color and black and white; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1344388. FP New Rockville Stock.

Chicago: The Arabian Horse Club of America, 1955. Third edition. Cloth bound in very good condition with color illustration, like the first edition; Former owner book plate on end paper.. Introduction by Albert W. Harris, president of The Arabian Horse Club of America; xviii, 276 pages.