London: Smith, Elder, 1891. First edition. History of the (British) Jockey Club from the library of the American Jockey Club. Read More about The Jockey Club and Its Founders in Three Periods
Price: $100
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[New York: The Derrydale Press, 1930]. Proofs of Paul Brown’s distinctive illustrations for the Derrydale steeplechasing classic Gentlemen Up, by William B. Streett. The plates depict scenes of the great American steeplechases: the Meadow Brook Cup, Wissahickon, Brookline, My Lady’s Manor, the New Jersey Hunt Cup at Far Hills, Millbrook..... Read More about Gentlemen Up] Proofs of the illustrations by Paul Brown
Price: $375
n.d., ca. 1934. Rare Paul Brown Drypoint, Inscribed. An interesting and dynamic steeplechasing scene by Paul Brown, depicting a crowded obstacle at the 1929 New Jersey Hunt Cup. Biscotti writes of the rarity of Brown's etchings, and that many of them "were probably done in very limited editions, as the..... Read More about The Pen Jump, New Jersey Hunt Cup '29 [Steeplechase, a pack of six riders proceeding from left to...
Price: $2,500
New York: Derrydale Press, 1929. First edition, unnumbered copy of the deluxe issue, signed by the author (75 numbered large paper copies printed on Van Gelder Book paper). Read More about The Horse of the Desert. Introduction by Major-General James G. Harbord and Professor Henry...
Price: $7,500
[New York]: [William Rudge], [1929]. Facsimile of the First Edition of 1787. No. 368 of 400 copies with the extra plates by Ross. “An Academy for Grown Horsemen is the most riotously humorous rare book about horses, riders, and equitation that has come down to us...The author, who wrote under..... Read More about An Academy for Grown Horsemen … By Geoffrey Gambado
Price: $150
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. First Edition, No. 306 of 1250 copies. Read More about Training Hunters Jumpers & Hacks
Price: $400
The Derrydale Press, 1934. First Edition, No. 502 of 950 copies. A splendid manual, right at the top of its somewhat overcrowded field. As in the author's “Training Hunters, Jumpers and Hacks” the unsigned drawings are by Paul Brown. THE FINEST COPY WE HAVE SEEN. Read More about Riding and Schooling Horses
Price: $750
[Milano: Dalla Tipografia di Giovanni Silvestre, 1806]. Rare Italian work on the history and improvement of the Italian Cavalry under the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, with a second work entitled "Idee sull' organizzazione dell' armata della Reppublica Italiana pubblicato l'anno 1802" at pp. 57-93 Giovanni Estore Martinengo Colleoni, commander of..... Read More about Della Cavalleria
Price: $500
Richmond, Virginia: Privately printed. Old Dominion Press, 1933. First edition. Essential reference on the early history of thoroughbred horses in America and the pioneers in gathering material for a national stud book, with detailed bibliography and numerous reproductions of title pages. Read More about The Background of the American Stud Book
Price: $250
Richmond, Virginia: Privately printed. Old Dominion Press, 1929. First edition. Interesting and informative work on the colonial era history of the Belair Stud, owned during the twentieth century by William Woodward. Read More about The Belair Stud 1747-1761
Price: $250
Richmond, Virginia: Privately Printed. Old Dominion Press, 1931. First edition. Read More about The John’s Island Stud (South Carolina) 1750-1788
Price: $300
London: William Clowes, [1820]. From the Library of the King of Hanover. Ernest August (1771-1851), fifth son of Gorge III and the younger brother of British King William IV, ascended to the Hanoverian throne in 1837; his niece was Queen Victoria, who could not inherit in Hanover under Salic law..... Read More about Instructions in Military Equitation, and in the Elements of Field Movements of Cavalry. Adjutant...
Price: $500
New York: Derrydale Press, 1929. First edition, uncolored state. Ordeman notes that the prints, which depict the historic Belmont Terminal race course, were sold only as a pair. Copies were presumably colored by the Derrydale Press to order; the present set is uncolored, but signed by the artist, who was..... Read More about Belmont Terminal Lithographs. The Paddock and The Finish
Price: $200
[New York]: 1926. Published by the Derrydale Press in 1929 as Hunt Race Meeting Lithographs, a series of four prints. Connett's Own Copies of King Lithographs. Eugene Connett's own copies of these two prints by Edward King, dated 1926, at the earliest period of the Derrydale Press and three years..... Read More about Two Racing Prints: 1) Two Riders coming over a rail fence, followed by a third horse, riderless;...
Price: $4,000
London: Stipple Publications. Distributed by Sotheby's Publications, [1989]. First edition. A Catalogue Raisonné of the engravings of the 18th Century British artist, George Stubbs (1724-1806) - amazingly accurate depictions of humans, horses, tigers and other animals - notes on the use of the catalogue - chronology - prints associated with..... Read More about 1 George Stubbs : The Complete Engraved Works
Price: $250
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931. First edition, one of 950 copies. In the Rare Dust Jacket. Read More about Jumping the Horse
Price: $500
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931. First Edition, one of 950 copies. In the rare dust jacket. Read More about Jumping the Horse
Price: $400
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931-33. First editions, one of 750 copies. "These are interesting books and were planned as an on-going series but did not sell well enough to carry them beyond the third year. In fact it seems likely that Connett produced a lesser quantity of the third..... Read More about Famous Horses of the American Turf … Introduction by Walter S. Vosburgh
Price: $400
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1847. Darley, F.O.C. First edition. Collection of stories, many on sporting themes, edited by William T. Porter, who in 1831 founded the American sporting periodical “Spirit of the Times,” and served as its editor from 1835 to 1850. He also edited the American Turf Register and..... Read More about A Quarter Race in Kentucky, and Other Sketches, Illustrative of Scenes, Characters and Incidents...
Price: $750
New York: M.B. Brown & Co, [ca. 1869]. Expanded edition. J.W. Fiske's copy with his signature. Standard post Civil War reference on racing in America, listing rules of 30 clubs, state and local racing assocations, and racetracks. With the The Turfman’s Referee. The title pages record copyright registrations of 1866..... Read More about Rules and Regulations for the Government of Racing, Trotting, and Betting as adopted by the...
Price: $750
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1932. First edition, one of 850 copies. An excellent treatise by a noted proponent of the forward seat, published in a day when this was still a debated innovation. Read More about Riding Reflections. With a Foreword by Lida L. Fleirtmann (Mrs. J. van S. Bloodgood, Ex M.F.H
Price: $275
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. Brown, Paul. First Edition, No. 424 of 950 copies. A book of delightful sporting verse, enhanced by Brown's sympathetic line illustrations. Read More about Pack and Paddock
Price: $500
N.p. [American]: N.d. [ca. 1930s]. Probably a series of views for The Sportsman. Read More about Series of four hunting prints, views at Grasslands, Gallatin, Tennessee:] A Vista Northward from...
Price: $1,000
[New York: Frank Lowe, 1950]. Colorist's Model. Fine and interesting colorist's model from a proof before letters, for one of the privately printed thoroughbred portraits commissioned by William Woodward from Frank Lowe, who took over the Derrydale Press from Connett. Black Tarquin would have been painted in 1948 as a...... Read More about Black Tarquin at 3. Colorist's model for the aquatint privately printed for William Woodward
Price: $2,500
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 191, Regent Street, 1843. Second edition with additions, completing the work to January, 1843. Read More about The Cracks of the Day. Edited by Wildrake
Price: $450