Great Horses of the United States Equestrian Team by Steinkraus, Bill; Savitt, Sam - 1977

Collins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0001849077 . Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is lightly edge rubbed, no tears or loss. Lovely copy of one of this author's scarcer 'Punchbowl Farm' novels .

Boston: James R. Osgood. Good with no dust jacket; Frontispiece and title page professionally . repaired at margins, gift inscription on front flyleaf, cup ring and white . paint stains on title page, pages toned.. 1882. Hardcover. Nicely rebound in brown cloth with gilt-stamped leather spine labels. Top edges gilt. 127 pages of text and 107 plates, including five heliotypes and 9 color plates illustrating equine anatomy. Preface by Leland Stanford. Photo of book before rebinding laid in. An important book in both the history of photography and equine literature with a fascinating back story about how it was researched and written. Railroad baron, California Governor, and horse racing mogul Leland Stanford (he also bankrolled the founding of Stanford University) had a wager with some of his horse racing buddies about whether all four hooves left the ground at a point during a horse's trot. Stanford hired antiquarian bookseller-turned-photographer Eadweard Muybridge to provide… Read More

Pittsburgh, PA: National Stockman, 1889. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 1074 pages, indexed. A large, heavy volume measuring just over 15 inches tall by11 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in 3/4 black leather with dark green marbled paper-covered boards. The binding is worn and scuffed and bumped. There is a horizontal tear in the leather about 5 1/2 inches up from the foot of the spine, and there is a crack in the leather along the front hinge from this split to the foot. The tear appears to be closed or glued, but it is not open. The binding itself is sound, and the text is generally clean. We have found a tear on the fore edge of one page extending a little into the text. Many of the issues have their orange covers (although not especially pictorial). Most of the covers have many advertisements. Most of the issues are not illustrated, although a few do have some an illustration, usually of a farm animal. Weighs just over 10 pounds. Scarce.

NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket; Corners rubbed, owner bookplate on rear . pastedown endpaper.. 1977. First Printing. Hardcover. 0396074324 . Written in collaboration with the United States Equestrian Team. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations, index. Breeding, training, and career data on twenty-two horses of the United States Equestrian Team including observations by owners and associates with knowledge of the horses. Inscribed by the author / illustrator Sam Savill on the front free endpaper with hand drawn illustrations on both the front pastedown and front free endpaper with a personalised birthday greeting to previous owner. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 96 pages .

Book in very good if not fine condition. Some minor wear to bottom of spine. Dust Jacket has some scuff marks but otherwise in good condition.Please see photos.

Collins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0001849077 . Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is lightly edge rubbed, no tears or loss. Lovely copy of one of this author's scarcer 'Punchbowl Farm' novels .

Boston: James R. Osgood. Good with no dust jacket; Frontispiece and title page professionally . repaired at margins, gift inscription on front flyleaf, cup ring and white . paint stains on title page, pages toned.. 1882. Hardcover. Nicely rebound in brown cloth with gilt-stamped leather spine labels. Top edges gilt. 127 pages of text and 107 plates, including five heliotypes and 9 color plates illustrating equine anatomy. Preface by Leland Stanford. Photo of book before rebinding laid in. An important book in both the history of photography and equine literature with a fascinating back story about how it was researched and written. Railroad baron, California Governor, and horse racing mogul Leland Stanford (he also bankrolled the founding of Stanford University) had a wager with some of his horse racing buddies about whether all four hooves left the ground at a point during a horse's trot. Stanford hired antiquarian bookseller-turned-photographer Eadweard Muybridge to provide… Read More

Pittsburgh, PA: National Stockman, 1889. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 1074 pages, indexed. A large, heavy volume measuring just over 15 inches tall by11 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in 3/4 black leather with dark green marbled paper-covered boards. The binding is worn and scuffed and bumped. There is a horizontal tear in the leather about 5 1/2 inches up from the foot of the spine, and there is a crack in the leather along the front hinge from this split to the foot. The tear appears to be closed or glued, but it is not open. The binding itself is sound, and the text is generally clean. We have found a tear on the fore edge of one page extending a little into the text. Many of the issues have their orange covers (although not especially pictorial). Most of the covers have many advertisements. Most of the issues are not illustrated, although a few do have some an illustration, usually of a farm animal. Weighs just over 10 pounds. Scarce.

NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket; Corners rubbed, owner bookplate on rear . pastedown endpaper.. 1977. First Printing. Hardcover. 0396074324 . Written in collaboration with the United States Equestrian Team. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations, index. Breeding, training, and career data on twenty-two horses of the United States Equestrian Team including observations by owners and associates with knowledge of the horses. Inscribed by the author / illustrator Sam Savill on the front free endpaper with hand drawn illustrations on both the front pastedown and front free endpaper with a personalised birthday greeting to previous owner. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 96 pages .

Book in very good if not fine condition. Some minor wear to bottom of spine. Dust Jacket has some scuff marks but otherwise in good condition.Please see photos.