London: Alfred Miller, 137, Oxford Street, 1831. First edition. Surtees' First Book. Surtees' first book, and the only one to bear his name; it was written when the novelist-to-be was, somewhat off-handedly, practicing law in London. It deals in a straightforward way with the laws of horse-dealing and soundness, a...... Read More about The Horseman's Manual. Being a Treatise on Soundness, The Law of Warranty, and Generally on the...

London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-row; and G. Kearsley, Fleet-street, nd. Eighth Edition. UNCUT. Read More about The Gentleman's Stable Directory; or, Modern System of Farriery. Comprehending All the most...

Lexington, KY: Compiled and published by The Blood-Horse, 1947-1982. First editions. “The first volume covering five years, 1935-1939, was known as ‘Thoroughbred Broodmare Records.’ Annual volumes were published thereafter, under the name ‘Thoroughbred Sires and Dams,’ for 18 years, 1940-1957, inclusive. Beginning with the 1958 edition the sire section was..... Read More about Thoroughbred Sires and Dams [later] Thoroughbred Broodmare Records, 1946-1979, 1981

Japan: [c. 1800]. Read More about Japanese Veterinary manuscript guide to the horse

London: Published by the Author, Commission Stables, 66 Brompton Road, 1870. First edition. The author, C.S. Ward, the well-known "Whip of the West", provides a concise outline of eight essential rules for driving carriages: Selection of the team; Mounting the Box; The Seat; Turning; Descending a Hill; The Position of..... Read More about Hints on Driving

New York: [Printed for private circulation at the Press of Styles and Cash, 77 Eighth Avenue], 1902 [but Preface dated May, 1903]. First edition. Presentation Copy, Inscribed at Saratoga, 1903. Record of the stallions and broodmares owned by William C. Whitney, of Westbury, Long Island, from the 1860s to 1902..... Read More about The Whitney Stud

Nurnberg: Wolfgang Maurice Endter, 1703. Winter's noted work on the breeding of horses, originally published in 1672, with the bold equestrian engravings. Read More about Tractatio Nova et Auctior De Re Equaria ... Neuer und vermehrter Tractat von der Stuterey oder...

[N.p: 1937?]. WIth Jockey "Earl Sands" up. Woodward's 'Gallant Fox' - Thoroughbred Portrait by Ivester Lloyd. Only Known Existing Example with the Jockey Up. Beautiful specimen of the rarest issue of a sporting print commissioned by William Woodward, New York banker and owner of the Bel Air Stud in Maryland..... Read More about Gallant Fox. Bay Colt 1927 (By Sir Galahad III - Marguerite) … Winner of the Flash, Junior...

[New York: Privately Printed [by The Derrydale Press], 1938. First Edition, No. 31 of 150 copies. Fascinating horse racing recollections of a member of Woodward's staff; with a rubber-stamped facsimile handwritten presentation on free endpaper: “With best wishes and hoping you will enjoy this memoir--William Woodward”. Read More about A Memoir of Andrew Jackson Africanus … In Affectionate Memory of Long and Faithful Service