Horses & Horsemanship from Capricorn Books

London: J.M. Dent, 1903. 268 pp, 8 1/4" H, blue cloth with gilt decoration/lettering on spine and boards by Arthur Rackham, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, attached red ribbon bookmark. Colour frontispiece and 7 sepiatone plates by Lucy Kemp-Welch - all present and complete with original tissue guards. Endpapers and several b&w head and tail pieces by… Read more about this item

London: Country Life, 1929. VII, 32 pp, 4to (12 1/4" H). Gray/purple cloth with paper title label on front board, purple marbled endpapers. 16 colour plates, including frontispiece (all present - clean, bright, with no tears or creases). All pages (text & illustrations) are printed on one side only on heavy stock (versos blank). Each illustration page… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, 1891. 423 pp, 7 3/4" H. Decorated brown cloth, b&w illustrations, including tissue-covered frontispiece (collated). Contents - Riding: Introduction; Riding to Hounds; The Saddle-Horse; Training the Young Horse; Hints on Horsemanship; Hands and Seat; Race Riding; The Colonial Horse; Early History of Horsemanship. Polo: Introductory; The Antiquity of Polo; Polo in England; Polo in… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1935. 364 pp, 11 1/4" H. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and monogram on spine and front cover, top edge gilt. Some pages as yet unopened. Signed in pencil on front free endpaper: "From / Portland / August 11 36". Many b&w photographs, reproductions, including double-page drawing of "The Quorn Hunt, Meet… Read more about this item

London: Pimlico, 2004. 344 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs, drawings, maps. "The chariot changed the face of ancient warfare. First in West Asia and Egypt, then in India and China, charioteers came to dominate the battlefield. In 1274 B.C. at Kadesh in present-day Syria - where the untried pharoah Ramesses II was nearly defeated by the Hittites… Read more about this item

Chicago: Reilley & Lee, 1938. 249 pp, 9 3/8" H. Khaki cloth with black lettering/red banding on spine, red lettering/black illustration on front board. Profusely illustrated throughout with b&w drawings ranging from full page to vignette. The author/illustrator was born in Choteau, Montana and in his early years worked for Buffalo Bill Cody. His art was influenced by… Read more about this item

London: Medici Society, 1932. 50 pp, 10 1/8" H. Oatmeal cloth spine with brown lettering, red cloth boards with fox's head in brown & white in white diamond. Six colour illustrations on dark olive stock (one double page) and over 15 b&w illustrations (collated). "To admirers of Lionel Edwards's brilliant pictures of the hunting field it is… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1939. 95 pp, 8 7/8" H. Brick-coloured cloth with white and blue lettering on spine, blue lettering and white illustration on front board. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Charming story of Ben, a brewery horse who is 'retired' to the country after years of pulling drays on London's hard streets cause him… Read more about this item

Nelson Canada, 1980. 191 pp, 11 3/4" H. Colour and b&w photographs. "In the long history of thoroughbred racing, there has never been a decade like the seventies. (It) opened with Northern Dancer's son Nijinsky II winning England's Triple Crown, the first horse to do so in thirty-five years. And in the United States, where the… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1971. 256 pp, 8 3/4" H. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "In memory of / Magda Don (?) / & Duchess of York / Jim Coleman / Winnipeg". "(T)he warmly nostalgic story of a little boy who 'always wanted to own a race horse'. The boy grew up to acquire a collection of… Read more about this item

Edmonton, Alberta: Executive Sport Publications, 1981. 144 pp, oblong (8 9/16" H x 10 1/16" D. Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs. "Rodeo is perhaps the world's greatest test of physical endurance and raw heroism. It is the participant, the cowboy, who has excited both young and old for decades. Year in and year out,… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press / Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution., 1991. 72 pp, 11" H. Colour and b&w photographs, reproductions. Contents: The Art of Playing; Art from Wisdom: The Invention of Chess and Backgammon; Polo in Tang China: Sport and Art; The Strong Men of the Sacred Circle. Interior - clean and tight with… Read more about this item

London: Peter Davies, 1973. 180 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). **Inscribed on half title page: "G_____ A_____ Best wishes Mike Ansell Oct. 14th 1973". B&w plates. "In June, 1940, when Colonel Mike had just been awarded the D.S.O. and was the youngest Commanding Officer in the Army, disaster struck: he was blinded in a hail of… Read more about this item

Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1939. 439 pp, small 4to (10" H) - dark blue cloth with gold lettering, banding, insignia. Integral red and gold ribbon bookmark. B&w and colour plates, b&w photographs, maps (several fold-out) - all present. Chapter headings: Rebellion in Great Britain; Birth of a Regiment; Sojourn in Ireland; Rebellion in Ireland; South American Fiasco; Low Countries Fiasco;… Read more about this item

London: T. Werner Laurie, 1938. 284 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H). B&w illustrations - collated. "For more than a generation 'The Pink 'Un', as 'The Sporting Times' was familiarly known, occupied a position unique in the journalistic world - a position which no paper to-day has achieved. It was more than a mere journal for the sportsman and man… Read more about this item

New York: Dover 72 pp text & b&w illustrations, followed by 182 double-page b&w plates, each with multiple images. "Here is the largest, most comprehensive selection of Muybridge's famous animals photos - more than 4000 high-speed shots of 34 different animals and birds, in 123 different types of action. Animals are shown walking, running, leaping, flying - in typical action.… Read more about this item

Marlborough: Crowood, 1998. 96 pp, 9 3/16" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawing/diagrams. "(A) thorough introduction, which dispels the myths surrounding riding, and clearly explains all the terminology and different techniques. It covers: Preparing to ride; Lungeing; Communicating with the horse; Working through the transitions; How to ride each pace; Choosing a riding school; Riding across country. Carol… Read more about this item

London: Bodley Head, 1991. 192 pp, oblong 8vo (8 11/16" H x 10 5/8" D). Profusely illustrated in colour. "The Royal Mews behind Buckingham Palace is the department of the Royal Household responsible for the horse-drawn and motor travel arrangements of Her Majesty the Queen and members of the Royal Family. Its buildings form a hidden village of stables,… Read more about this item

Shrewsbury: Swan Hill, 1998. 159 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H). B&w drawings. "(E)xamines the causes, preventions and cures of over fifty different problems associated with riding, driving and handling. In simple terms the author outlines the methods of treatment which she has found effective over her years of teaching pupils and training horses. She points out that most problems… Read more about this item

Shrewsbury: Swan Hill, 1997. 144 pp, small 4to (10 3/16" H). Profusely illustrated with colour photographs, b&w drawing, diagrams. "(Explores) the psychology of the horse as a basis for its schooling and also sets valuable guidelines for the initial and later training for the rider. The section on school movements and (Brandl's) detailed exposition of the rider's aids is… Read more about this item