Isbn: 9780905005539 - Books on the Horse and Horsemanship, Riding, Hunting, Breeding, and Racing, 1400-1941 (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 427 pp.+ 18 Color Plts & Many Illus in Text, Red Hardback, Blk Spine Label & Gilt title, 4to, Fine in Near Fine DJ, 1st ed (Large & Heavy).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. A bibliographic catalog of the Sport in Art and Books in the personal library of Paul Mellon--a history of English books on the subject. 9x11-1/2 inches, 427 pages. Numerous illustrations. Tiny bit of wear on the board corners. Light edgwear on dust jacket spine & corners. A very heavy book; will require addition postage for priority mail. Not available for shipping outside the U.S.…

Hardcover. Orange cloth, black title block with gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover, 427 pp., many BW illus., 18 color plates. An annotated and somewhat illustrated bibliography of publications covering all aspects of horsemanship: 470 books and 43 periodicals. A terrific browser for both lovers of books and of horses. VG (Ex-art library with spine label, bookplate, pocket and barcode and few marks; otherwise quite crisp and clean.).…

Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hbk, 4to, 427pp, illustr throughout b+w thumbnails and 17 color plates, dj has a small loss and a small closed tear head of spine-strip, rear panel scuffed, otherwise very good, unclipped and now in protective sleeve, fine red cloth boards with gilt titles and ornament, internally an unread copy, excellent clean tight and unmarked text, as new.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Gift quality first edition hardcover in red/orange cloth, black title block with gilt letters on spine, bright gilt embossed wheat sheaf illustration on frt board. Tips and spine ends are sharp. This is not a former library copy. There are no names, tears or soil *in* the 427 pp. text, only a smidge of light soil at the lower corner of the page block. The unclipped, original dust wrapper has no price printed on the front flap, it shows a few wrinkles but no loss and has kept this volume in fine form. Jacket now in new mylar and displays beautifully. An exhaustive, annotated tome with some lovely book cover examples throughout. A much sought reference work on the horse books in the collection formed by Paul Mellon. Suitable for collectors of equine sporting books or horse lovers in general. Looks FAB on the coffee table and will keep your guests chatting for hours. An astounding bibliography of 470 books and 43 periodicals and other publications covering all aspects of horsemanship. Required reading for owners of any serious equine sporting library that will assist you in compiling a belting wish list for your birthday or the holidays! TOOO Large for the flat rate envelope. Will require add'l postage for priority or international destinations.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Xvii pp + 427 pages, stone red cloth boards near fine in a handled and lightly chipped dustwrapper. Large quarto. *This work is filled with photo illustrations of book covers, cloth and wrappered bindings of books on the horse and riding. The collection assembled by Paul Mellon the horse breeder contains some of the finest and choice examples of books on the horse 470 items with bibliography and photos and periodicals from the 18th century to the 1930's. Good bibliographical tool for the sporting book collector! The price includes subsidised postage, no extra charged above tariff for a 1.1 kilo book. Weighs over 3 kilo.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. New in publisher's shrinkwrap. First Edition. The Tate Gallery, 1981. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition. Still sealed in the publisher's clear plastic shrink wrap. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Sharp corners. Sport in Art and Books, The Paul Mellon Collection. Nearly 400 illustrations including 33 in color. Fully describes 470 books and 43 periodicals including title page transcription, collation, illustrations, binding and contents. Podeschi was at one time on the staff at Yale's Beineke Rare Book Library. Subject headings include anatomy, breeding, buying and judging, care and feeding, fox hunting, jockeys, jumping, pedigrees, polo, race horses, stag-hunting, steeplechasing, training, etc. Derrydale Press publications are included. A gorgeous book and important reference that brought $220 in 1990 at the Wreden auction. Bound in the original red cloth. Complete with pristine dust jacket. Oversize Hardcover. 9" wide by 11.75" tall by 1.5" thick. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. New/New in publisher's shrinkwrap. 444pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket is rubbed and chipped to edges. Closed edges foxed with some splash staining, content clean and solid. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket with couple tiny tears to jacket. One corner lightly bumped.

1ST EDITION. A FINE HARDBACK COPY BUT FOXING TO THE TOP PAGE EDGES. A VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. WELL ILLUSTRATED (18 COLOURED PLATES.

Fol. Mit 18 farb. Tafeln und einigen Abb. im Text. XVII, 427 S. Umfangreiche Bibliographie zu Pferdebüchern in Latein bzw. aus Italien und Frankreich von 1400 bis 1838 und aus England und Amerika von 1450 - 1941. - Wohlerhaltenes, sauberes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 3000 OLwd. mit goldgepr. Rsch. und OU (dieser mit Läsuren). - (Sport in art and books. The Paul Mellon Collection).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 4to (30 cm), XX, 427 pp, 18 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. A catalogue of the Paul Mellon collection of books on the horse and horsemanship, riding, hunting, breeding, and racing. Over 500 entries, many illustrated.