The American West

Der Appaloosa. K.v. Hodenberg. Kierdorf Verlag. 1982.

A breed history of the Appaloosa horse and a description of Appaloose breeding and colours.

Colour - and b/w photographs. 177 pages.

£ 10.00

Appaloosa
the spotted horse in art and history
Francis Haines
Univerity of Texas Press

Standard work and pictorial record of the spotted horse in many cultures
and through many centuries, with an accompanying text narrating the dramatic history of this distinctive strain
in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

Large volume, profusely illustrated in colour.
103 pages.

£ 20.00

1990 Official Handbook of the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc.

Containing the articles of corporation, corporation bylaws, registrations rules and regulations, show and context rules, youth rules and regulations and non-pro rules and regulations.

189 pages

£ 3.00

The Appaloosa
B. & D. Richardson
Arco Publishing Company, Inc. 1977

No-nonsense book with detailed information on Appaloosa history, breed characteristics, and how to buy, breed and show Appaloosas.

b/w photographs. 195 pages.

£ 15.00

The Appaloosa
Ann Hyland
J.A. Allen London 1990

The first book to deal mainly with the Appaloosa horse in Britain,
it also takes an international approach, with discussion of breed characteristics and competition in America, Canada and Australia.

b/w photographs. 145 pages.

£ 10.00

Das Paint Horse
Hardy Oelke
Kierdorf Verlag 1987

Standard work and classic
on the history, breeding and use
of the Paint Horse.

Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w.
Text illustrations. 176 pages.

£ 20.00

The American Paint Horse
Glyn W. Haynes
University of Oklahoma Press 1983

The first comprehensive history of the Paint Horse
and a ready reference for the breeder.
Descriptions of the origin of painted horses in ancient times, their movement across Europe, their arrival in the Americas and their acceptance in the 1960s as a distinctive breed.

b/w photographs. 351 pages.

£ 15.00

Antique

The Cowboy and His Horse
S.E. Fletcher
Grosset & Dunlap 1926

Book about the cowboy - how did the cowboy originate, how did cowboy lingo come into use, what is the cowboy's horse like and what must it be able to do, and more.

b/w illustrations. 159 pages.

£ 15.00

The Puma
Legendary Lion of the Americas
Jim Bob Tinsely
The University of Texas Press 1987

All subspecies of puma are being described in detail and there is also a chapter
on the black puma, probably the rarest cat in the world, illustrated by perhaps the only photograph of a true black puma ever printed in the United States.
The mysterious onza of northern Mexico is another rare specimen described in a chapter of its own.

Large volume, profusely illustrated in  b/w.
142 pages.

£ 20.00

Wild Horses and Sacred Cows
Richard Symanski
Northland Press 1985

Based on more than two hundred interviews and fifteen thousand miles of travel in eight western states this documentary is the exciting but not always uplifting story of the exploitation and management of the West's mustangs, with particular attention to their situation since enactment of the 1971 Wild Horse Act.

b/w photographs. 223 pages.

£ 10.00

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