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289 - HORSE RIDING – HORSES – 12 works:
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HORSE RIDING – HORSES – 12 works: - CUROT (Edmond). Shoeing for Racehorses: Gallopers and Trotters at the Stud Farm and in Training. Anatomy. Physiology. Hygiene. Pathology of the hoof. Paris, Laveur, 1908, in-8, XIV pp. – 200 pp. – illustrations. Paperback. – Copy partly untrimmed. A few foxing spots. First edition. (Mennessier II, p. 337). - ROBIEN (Count Henry de). The Norfolk-Breton. In the Land of Cornouaille. Paris, Laveur, (1908), in-8 booklet, VII pp. – 73 pp. – 1 folio – 25 photogravures. Paperback. - A few scattered foxing spots. - IDEVILLE (Count Henry d’.). The Paris–Rouen–Deauville National Military Raid. Founded and organised by ‘Armes et Sports’. 12–15 August 1903. Levallois-Perret, “Armes et Sports”, 1904, in-8, 159 pp. – 1 folio – frontispiece, 18 plates of photographs and 2 large folded maps. Paperback, illustrated cover, printed in 2 colours. - Cover soiled, interior fresh. - MEULEMAN (Eugène). The Half-Blood in Ireland. Hunters, Hacks and Troopers. Paris, Laveur, 1910, 8vo, xi pp., 138 pp., 1 folio, 32 plates of photogravures. Paperback. – Waterstains on the edges. – [ANONYMOUS]. Matters of Sport. Military races. Gentlemen’s races. Paper rallies. Horse shows. By a Gentleman. Saumur, Milon, 1887, in-8, 2 leaves–141 pp.–1 leaf. Paperback, cover vignette. - Binding fragile, cover stained, a few pinholes inside. First and only edition. - MAC ORLAN (Pierre). [LAJOUX (Ed.)]. Military Carriages. Paris, Compagnie Française des Arts Graphiques, 1944, in-4, unpaginated, 15 colour plates. Bound in bronze half-basane, smooth spine, title label, cover preserved. - Interior in fresh condition, despite the poor quality of the ‘war-time’ paper; modest binding; spine partly flaking. (‘Les Equipages’ collection). First edition & first printing. - GOBERT (Henri-Joseph) and P. CAGNY. The Racehorse. Breeding. Hygiene. Training. Diseases. Paris, Baillière, 1911, 8vo, VIII pp. – 510 pp. – 5 folios of publisher’s catalogue – photogravures & diagrams. Paperback. - Cover soiled, interior fresh. - CHAPUS (Eugène). Horse Racing in France and England. Paris, Hachette, 1853, in-12, 2ff.-380pp. Paperback, old rose-coloured printed cover, famous ‘locomotive-style’ vignette on the back cover. - Very fresh copy, both cover and interior. (Railway Library Collection). First edition. - COMMINGES (Marie-Aymery, Count of). Through Horse-Racing Germany. Paris, Plon-Nourrit, 1911, small in-8, 2ff.-VIIIpp.-206pp.-2ff.- 13 plates of photogravures. Contemporary Bradel binding in green half-cloth, corners, title label, cover preserved. - A fine copy. - [COLLECTIVE]. Out and About in the Yvelines and Elsewhere. Twelve stories edited by the Duke of Brissac... Paris, Crépin-Leblond, 1960, square 8vo, 341 pp. – 2 folios – photogravure plates. Paperback. - Fresh. - [Horse racing] - 1904 Horse Racing Calendar. Published under the auspices of the Society for the Encouragement of the Improvement of Horse Breeds in France... By the Secretary of the Society for the Encouragement... Past races. Paris, Secretariat of the Society for the Encouragement, (1905), substantial in-12 volume, CCXXIV pp. – 2010 pp. – 1 f. Fawn sheepskin, red and green title label. - Slight dent in the middle of the spine. - Yearbook of the Chronique du Turf. Racing calendar for 1888. Paris, 1888, substantial small in-12 volume, XLVII–1,244 columns or pages. Publisher’s blue cloth binding. - Slightly yellowed paper, binding coming away from the boards.
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