Horses 4

Die Pferde des Grafen Anton Guenther. Schultz-Merzdorf. 1950.

Novel about the Oldenburg Stud of carriage horses. 139 pages.

£ 2.00

For to do the Country Good.
David Roberts. 1987.

The Working Horse in West Central Scotland.
A Documentary with many b/w photographs.
 96 pages.

£ 3.00

Ponies on Dartmoor.
Felicity Young.
Bossiney Books. 1998.

Monography on the Darmoor Pony.

Many colour photographs. 32. pages.

£ 2.00

Paardenkenntnis.
J. Bartels/H. Heinrich. Haarlem.

History and development of horse breeds.

Colour - and b/w photographs.
152 pages.

£ 5.00

Deutsche Pferdezucht.
Christian Freiherr von Stenglin/Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung. FN Verlag. 1983.

Large, profusely illustrated volume covering all aspects of horse breeding in Germany with many breed histories and descriptions.

Many colour - and b/w photographs. 454 pages.

£ 30.00

Reiten und Fahren mit Rottaler Warmblut.
Franz X. Roiner. 1986.

Monography on the Rottal  carriage horse
 and its uses.

Many b/w photographs.
117 pages.scarce.

£ 20.00

Bloodstock Breeding.
Sir Charles Leicester.
Odhams Press Limited. London 1957.

A comprehensive survey of British bloodstock breeding which is presented in two main sections, the first section dealing with the theory and practice of bloodstock breeding and discusses basic genetic principles; the second section deals in detail with the histories of all the Derby winners of the last century, with notes on a great many of their relations.

Many b/w photographs and pedigrees of famous horses. 479 pages.

£ 25.00

Horse Breeding
in the Medieval World.
Charles Gladitz.
Four Courts Press. 1997.

A book of quite remarkable range and depth,
 focusing on the Middle Ages. The ideas of classical authors are assembled fully for comparison with those of medieval Arab and non-Arab authors, covering documentary evidence of horse breeding from as far away as China, Mongolia and Turkistan and as near as 13th-century England and Scotland. Diet, the breeding environment, equine health and branding are studied, as well as the core of the subject of breeding per se.
 
332 pages.

£ 40.00

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