Horses, Horse Racing, and Equestrian Books

Horses, Horse Racing, and Equestrian Books

A springtime selection of books relating to horses, and equestrian pursuits, including thoroughbred racing and its history in America and England. Many of these titles come from the library of the Jockey Club in New York, often with interesting earlier provenance. Highlights include early books such as Baret’s Hipponomie (1618), De Grey’s Compleat Horse-Man (1684), and Langbaine’s The Hunter (1685); an outstanding set of the American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine (1829-44); and Harry Worcester Smith’s essay on Edward Troye’s Race Horses of America, as well as uncommon American imprints and illustrated books, and a complete set of the monumental Racing in America 1665-1979.

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Item #317726 American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine … Edited by J.S. Skinner, Allen J....

Ware-Maclay-Andrews Copy of the American Turf Register

American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine … Edited by J.S. Skinner, Allen J. Davie, Gideon B. Smith, and William T....

Baltimore and New York: 1829-1844. Ware-Maclay-Andrews Copy of the American Turf Register. A complete set of this rare sporting magazine, the earliest and most important to appear in America. It was founded in 1829 by John S. Skinner, who writes in his introduction to the first number: “The want of..... Read More about American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine … Edited by J.S. Skinner, Allen J. Davie, Gideon...

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Item #237326 [Collection of 11 books, comprising 7 volumes signed or inscribed with original...

Paul Brown Collection

[Collection of 11 books, comprising 7 volumes signed or inscribed with original drawings:] Silver Heels (1951); Black Beauty by Anna...

New York: Scribners, etc, v.d. Paul Brown Collection. A substantial and interesting collection of books ilustrated or written by Paul Brown, with remarques in the books, and most drawn for the same young horseman over a period of years. Great Horse Stories (1946). Remarque of a horse's head and inscription..... Read More about Collection of 11 books, comprising 7 volumes signed or inscribed with original drawings:] Silver...

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Item #352682 Dreamer. [Shooting Script with revisions through 9/20/04, signed by members of the...

Signed by Dakota Fanning & the Cast

Dreamer. [Shooting Script with revisions through 9/20/04, signed by members of the cast].

Dreamworks Pictures, 2004. Signed by Dakota Fanning & the Cast. Nice copy of the shooting script for Dreamer, written and directed by John Gatins, signed on the cover page, “Love, Dakota Fanning age 10 ten” and by Kris Kristofferson, Kurt Russell, Elisabeth Shue, David Morse, Luis Guzmán, and Freddy Rodriguez..... Read More about Dreamer. [Shooting Script with revisions through 9/20/04, signed by members of the cast

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Item #352566 An Historical list of Horse-Matches, Plates and Prizes, run for in Great-Britain and...

An Historical list of Horse-Matches, Plates and Prizes, run for in Great-Britain and Ireland, in the year 1769 [1770].

London: B. Walker, 1770; 1771. Only edition. Intended as a successor to Reginald Heber’s annual list of race results, but only these two volumes were issued by Walker; Trotting’s Sporting Calendar proved more enduring. UNCOMMON. Read More about An Historical list of Horse-Matches, Plates and Prizes, run for in Great-Britain and Ireland, in...

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Item #352494 Pacific Coast Jockey Club. San Francisco, California. [Half-title reads:] Inaugural...

Robert L. Gerry Copy

Pacific Coast Jockey Club. San Francisco, California. [Half-title reads:] Inaugural Meeting, 1923. Tanforan Race Course, San Bruno, California.

[San Francisco: Printed by Worthington Gates Independent Press, 1923]. Robert L. Gerry Copy. Elegant illustrated prospectus for California stud farms, recording the revival of horse racing at the Tanforan racetrack near San Francisco. This copy bound for Robert L. Gerry (1877-1957), American banker, thoroughbred horse owner, and member of The..... Read More about Pacific Coast Jockey Club. San Francisco, California. [Half-title reads:] Inaugural Meeting,...

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Item #213431 Thoroughbred Sires and Dams [later] Thoroughbred Broodmare Records, 1946-1979, 1981....

Thoroughbred Sires and Dams [later] Thoroughbred Broodmare Records, 1946-1979, 1981.

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

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Item #352777 The Genealogy of the English Race Horse; with the Natural History of His...

The Genealogy of the English Race Horse; with the Natural History of His Progenitors, from the Earliest Times Down to...

London: J. Barfield, 1810. First edition. "Aimed at the gentleman who breeds for amusement, and young adventurers on the Turf who have been denied an opportunity of acquiring knowledge of the genealogy of the blood horse" (Loder). Read More about The Genealogy of the English Race Horse; with the Natural History of His Progenitors, from the...

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Item #259604 Thoroughbreds I Have Known. With foreword by Whitney Tower and commentary by Juno...

Thoroughbreds I Have Known. With foreword by Whitney Tower and commentary by Juno Cole Weyer.

New York: A.S. Barnes, 1973. Reeves, Richard Stone. No. 32 of 60 deluxe copies, signed by the author with a portfolio of four signed collotype reproductions. A splendid collection of thoroughbred portraits by America's foremost painter of horses. Read More about Thoroughbreds I Have Known. With foreword by Whitney Tower and commentary by Juno Cole Weyer

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Item #258560 Racing at Home & Abroad: Vol. I: British Flat Racing and Breeding; Vol. II: British...

Racing at Home & Abroad: Vol. I: British Flat Racing and Breeding; Vol. II: British Steeplechasing and Racing in Ireland;...

London: The London & Counties Press Association, 1923-31. First edition, No. 127 of only 475 complete sets. An imposing, substantial study of flat racing, steeplechasing, breeding, training, stable management, and sporting history contained in three massive volumes printed on heavy rag paper, totaling over 1200 pages with 229 superb plates..... Read More about Racing at Home & Abroad: Vol. I: British Flat Racing and Breeding; Vol. II: British...

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Item #352492 The Sportsman's Companion: or Portraitures, pedigrees and performances, of the most...

The Bay Arabian

The Sportsman's Companion: or Portraitures, pedigrees and performances, of the most eminent Race Horses & Stallions, represented in variety of...

London: Sold by J. Barker, Russell-Street, Covent Garden, [n.d., 1820s]. Second edition, originally published circa 1760. The Bay Arabian. Beautiful engraved book of portraits of noted British race horses active in the first half of the eighteenth century. The final plate shows the Bay Arabian, now known as the Godolphin..... Read More about The Sportsman's Companion: or Portraitures, pedigrees and performances, of the most eminent Race...

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Item #25278 Biographical Sketch of John Stuart Skinner. With a Foreword by Fred E. Pond ("Will...

Biographical Sketch of John Stuart Skinner. With a Foreword by Fred E. Pond ("Will Wildwood").

N.p: Reprinted from "The Plough, The Loom, and The Anvil" 1854 by John L. O'Connor, Ca. 1924. First separate edition. A short biography and tribute to the famed editor and publisher of the American Turf Register, the greatest of the early American sporting publications. A scarce book With a great..... Read More about Biographical Sketch of John Stuart Skinner. With a Foreword by Fred E. Pond ("Will...

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Item #53113 Biographical Sketch of John Stuart Skinner. With a Foreword by Fred E. Pond (“Will...

Presentation from the Publisher

Biographical Sketch of John Stuart Skinner. With a Foreword by Fred E. Pond (“Will Wildwood”).

n.p: Reprinted from “The Plough, The Loom, and The Anvil” 1854 by John L. O'Connor, Ca. 1924. First separate edition. Presentation from the Publisher. A short biography and tribute to the famed editor and publisher of the American Turf Register, the greatest of the early American sporting publications. A scarce..... Read More about Biographical Sketch of John Stuart Skinner. With a Foreword by Fred E. Pond (“Will Wildwood”

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Item #243143 The Horseman’s Manual. Being a Treatise on Soundness, The Law of Warranty, and...

Surtees' First Book

The Horseman’s Manual. Being a Treatise on Soundness, The Law of Warranty, and Generally on the Laws Relating to Horses...

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...

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Item #352766 The Race Horses of America [1867]. First Number [bound with:] Notes by Harry...

The Race Horses of America [1867]. First Number [bound with:] Notes by Harry Worcester Smith, Lordvale Library 1930.

[N.p., New York? 1867; 1930]. All published, one of a few known copies. Presentation binding from sportsman and bibliophile Harry Worcester Smith, of a rare specimen of the first and only number of artist Edward Troye’s proposed series on The Race Horses of America, intended to have been accompanied by..... Read More about The Race Horses of America [1867]. First Number [bound with:] Notes by Harry Worcester Smith,...

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Item #258870 Cherished Portraits of Thoroughbred Horses, from the Collection of William Woodward....

Cherished Portraits of Thoroughbred Horses, from the Collection of William Woodward. With Notes by W.S. Vosburgh.

[New York]: Privately Printed, Ernest R. Gee, 1929. One of three hundred copies. "This was Connett's first major work in fine book production. It was contracted through Ernest Gee, and Mr. Woodward spared no expense ..." (Siegel). The idea had come to Mr. Woodward to do a book about the..... Read More about Cherished Portraits of Thoroughbred Horses, from the Collection of William Woodward. With Notes...

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Item #263428 Gallant Fox. Bay Colt 1927 (By Sir Galahad III - Marguerite) … Winner of the...

Woodward's 'Gallant Fox' - Thoroughbred Portrait by Ivester Lloyd. Only Known Existing Example with the Jockey Up

Gallant Fox. Bay Colt 1927 (By Sir Galahad III - Marguerite) … Winner of the Flash, Junior Champion, Wood, Preakness...

[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...

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Item #352709 The Horse. Together with a General History of the Horse; a Dissertation on the...

The Horse. Together with a General History of the Horse; a Dissertation on the American Trotting Horse, How Trained and...

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1843. First American edition. Important edition of Youatt's work (1831), with the addition of John Stuart Skinner's 66 pp. preface containing important information on the history of the horse in America. Skinner was the editor of the American Turf Register. A nice copy in original cloth..... Read More about The Horse. Together with a General History of the Horse; a Dissertation on the American Trotting...

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