Old, rare and out-of-print literature of the trotting and pacing horse
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GOCHER, W.H. Trotalong – Pacealong – Racealong.   Trotalong, 487 pages, 1928;  Pacealong, 1929, 456 pages;  Racealong, 1930, 410 pages.  Matching black leather hard-bound with gilt lettering.  Anecdotes, personal observations and “inside history” of the formative years of American harness racing. $350

HELM, H.T. American Roadsters and Trotting Horses. 1878, 552 pages.

Very scarce. $600

HERVEY, JOHN The American Trotter. 1947, 551 pages, illustrated.

Hervey’s definitive history of the harness horse in America. $225. With dust jacket, $275.

HERVEY, JOHN Lady Suffolk. The Old Grey Mare of Long Island.  Derrydale Press, 1936,128 pages.  One of 500 copies.  Hervey’s history of the Old Grey Mare of song and legend, one of the greatest trotters in the annals of the sport.  Fine, as new, sold only as set with companion work Messenger. The set, $375

HERVEY, JOHN Messenger. The Great Progenitor.  Derrydale Press.1935, 65 pages.  One of 500 copies.  Hervey’s excellent work telling the entire story of the founder of the modern breed of American harness horse.  Fine, as new, sold only as set with companion work Lady Suffolk. With Lady Suffolk, the set  $375

JORDAN, RUDOLPH.  The Gait of the American Trotter and Pacer.  1910, 314 pages, fine.  The most detailed and scientific of all studies on the analysis of gait.  Utilizes hoof prints on a freshly smoothed portion of track and discusses foot trimming and shoeing to obtain an absolutely ‘square’ gait.  Extremely rare.        $575

MORRIS, GEORGE FORD.  Portraiture of Horses.  1952, 280 pages.  The superb collection of paintings of all breeds by Morris, the premier equine artist of the first half of the 20^th century. $575

PALMER, WALTER.  Heart Throbs and Hoof Beats.  1922, 106 pages, royal blue hardbound, illustrated.  Poems of track, stable and fireside.  Probably the finest work of harness horse poetry ever published.  Includes The Hobbles Sadie Wore;  To Uhlan; The Secretary Man; The Sport Worthwhile.  Fine $225.

Other copies available from $150 to $200

PARLIN, S.W. The American Trotter, a Treatise on His Origin, History and Development.  1905, 313 pages, illustrated.  Parlin was editor of The American Horse Breeder, and the book is a compilation of his articles that appeared in that magazine.  The book contains a valuable historical preface by Peter C. Kellogg (Hark Comstock), one of the leading harness writers and an outstanding auctioneer of the late 1800s. $200

SCHREIBER & SONS.  Portraits of Noted Horses of America. 1874. First and only edition.  Publishers’ quarter brown morocco over brown cloth, spine with gilt bands and lettering, ornate gilt lettering on front board, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.  Remains of a clasp.  Lacks one leaf-preface.  Twenty-five thick leaves mounted to stubs, measuring 9 5/8ths inches by 12 3/8ths inches, each side containing an original albumen photograph of a notable American horse, each 5 3/8ths by 8 inches.  Printed captions beneath each photograph, and all original tissue guards present.  An exceptional copy of an exceedingly rare and special work. $6,500

STILLMAN, J.B.D. The Horse in Motion. 1882, profusely illustrated, 57 plates, including 11 in color.  A giant work, both in size and importance. This monumental work, sponsored by Gov. Leland Stanford of California, proved, through the instantaneous photography of Edweard Muybridge, the theory of motion in horses and other quadrupeds, and won Stanford a $25,000 bet that a horse trotted with all four feet off the ground at once.  A scarce and exceptional book.  Preface page missing, first 7 pages have slits (not affecting text or pictures) in upper corner, as if owner intended to mount photographs on the pages.  Weighs 7 pounds. $750