Conference noted::equitation

Robin Bledsoe - Bookseller
1640 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge MA 02138
(617)576-3634
Tues-Sat 12:00-5:00 PM

New & Used (US and imported) books on horse subjects

Very good source for all sorts of horse books which are difficult to find.
If you're looking for an out-of-print book, it's best to call and tell her 
what you want. It's impossible to keep the used book part of her catalog 
current because she buys/sells books all the time. 

No videos.

See Note 169.18 -< Sources for rare or "out-of-print" books >- for description 
of catalog, etc

John

The original posting for Pegasos Press was short so I'll just include it.
Pegasos Press now has an 800 number for orders: (800)537-8558

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Note 169.0                     Books about Horses                     19 replies
TRNING::PJOHNSON                                     14 lines   3-DEC-1986 17:58
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    I received an equine book catalog in the mail yesterday, and
    it occurred to me that others might be interested.
    
    Pegasos Press
    535 Cordova Rd
    Suite 163
    Sante Fe, New Mexico
    87501
    
    I have ordered books from them before and been very satisfied. 
    Categories range from horse management to horse health, horse
    breeding, riding, schooling, handicapping, etc.
    
    =paul=
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Pegasos Press also carries lots of videos. Some videos are at bargain 
rates. For example, they offer "The Life and Times of Secretariat" and 
"The Black Stallion" for significantly less than standard "list" prices.

Their catalog usually has a couple pages of books on sale at reduced price.
Catalog categories also include all kinds of training, novels, biographies 
and kid's books, etc

John

    Eclipse Thoroughbred Library
    216-01 Palmer Drive
    Breezy Point NY 11697
    (800)365-2019

    In spite of their name, this is NOT just a racing specialty shop. They 
    have a 48 page catalog of horse books and videos on a variety of 
    subjects. The catalog is 8.5"x11" with about 3-4 lines of description 
    for each book. So, it's chock full of books/videos. Items are listed 
    alphabetically by title within each category. Catalog categories 
    include:

    General, Art & Photography, Breeding & Training, Veterinary, Anatomy & 
    Conformation, Lameness & Shoeing, Feeding, Tack, Equipment & Grooming,
    Tools of the Trade(?), Business & Taxes, Handicapping.

    
    Breakthrough Publications
    Millwood, New York
    10546
    
    Toll free order number for credit card orders only.
    
    1-800-824-5000  Monday through Friday 9-5 Eastern time.  

    Instructional/training videos only in current catalog. For example, 
    Linda Tellington-Jones, John Lyons, Richard Shrake
    
    Originally entered Note 169.13 -< More info >- BSS::LEECH

Although Miller's is basically a English style tack shop, they also carry 
a large inventory of horse books and videos. The books/videos are listed 
toward the back of their big catalog:

   Miller's
   235 Murray Hill Parkway
   East Rutherford, NJ 07073-2114

   (800)553-7655

Dover Saddlery in Wellesley, MA (800)989-1500 usually lists a good selection 
of horse books in their catalog.

    Harris Videos & Books
    5901 Montrose Rd Suite N1209
    Rockville MD 20852
    Info/Customer Service - (301)770-5183
    Orders - (800)253-2090

    This place carries some general interest books but specializes in racing
    books and videos. They have lots of items, especially videos that I 
    have not seen anywhere else.

    Catalog categories

    BOOKS: General Interst, Art, Breeding & Conformation, Veterinary,
           Training(race), Handicapping, Turf History

    VIDEOS: Famous Thoroughbreds, TB Racing, Harness Racing, Training & 
            Conditioning, Breeding, Conformation Study, Handicapping,
	    ESPN Sports Videos

Barbara Cole
October Farm
2609 Branch Road
Raleigh NC 27610
(919)772-0482 9AM-9PM Eastern; let it ring at least 10 times

    NO CREDIT CARDS. Will take phone orders & hold books 10 days while you
    send a check.
    
Barbara Cole is a horsewoman who specializes in out-of-print horse books, 
magazines, prints, photographs & ephemera(?). Her catalog is small and 
represents only a small portion of her inventory. She says that she usually 
only has 1 copy of things listed in her catalog but will search for 
out-of-print books, etc. Since her search service is free, she recommends that 
    you simply call and ask about things you are interested in. No
    obligation to buy anything that she finds through a search service.

Her catalog #29 lists categories alphabetically and includes:
American Saddle Horses
Arabians
Art
Paul Brown
Care, Stabling & Veterinary Medicine
Children's Books (TONS of titles!)
Circus & Performing Horses
Draft Horses
Donkeys
Driving
Lionel Edwards
Eventing & Jumping
Hunting
Morgans
Palominos
Ponies
Riding & Training
Standardbreds
Tennessee Walking Horses
Thoroughbreds
Trail, Endurance and Distance Riding
Western

    If you've never done business with Robin Bledsoe because she mainly
    dealt with musty old out-of-print and antiquarian books, you might
    change your mind. She's expanding her stock of NEW books significantly.
    
    I got a catalog from her in yesterday's mail. In it she says that she
    "will soon stock between 1500 and 2000 current titles from the United
    States, Canada, Europe amd Australia." 
    
    A quick glance through this new catalog showed books on a wide range of 
    subjects like: cowboys & rodeos, Polish Arabian breeding, racing,
    dressage, QH's, Appys, equine artists(Stubbs, Munning, etc), mules,
    draft horses, etc ...the list is TOO long for me to type...
    
    If you're interested, call her for a catalog (617)576-3634 or visit her
    shop in Cambridge MA(1640 Mass. Ave.) Tues-Sat 11-6

    Edited to change the reference note. Apparently, Note 374.8 got moved to
    169.28 sometime after I created the original version of this note.
    Grimace, Gripe, Grumble ;-)
    
    KNIGHT EQUESTRIAN BOOKS
    Boothbay Road  P.O. Box 78
    Edgecomb Maine  04556
    (207)882-5494  Tues-Sat 12-6 Eastern Time

    Catalog: Send $2.00 with your name and address

    The owners name is Janet Blevens and she is an active
    horse person as well as connoisseur of horse related reading materials.
    
    Some videos

    See Note 169.28 -< A Bookstore With Us in Mind >- by 
    DNEAST::BUTTERMAN_HO for a complete description of catalog, location, 
    and services.

    I tried to call Pegasos Press recently and got the universal "The
    number you have reached is no longer in service. No other information
    is available." message. 
    
    If they had simply moved, I think that they'd have sent out notices,
    new catalogs or something but I haven't got any mail from them in over 6
    months... The lack of mail and disconnected phone suggests they are 
    history. 
    
    The good news is that Knight Equestrian Books is still going strong! I
    hadn't got a new catalog in a *year* so I called to 1) find out if they
    were still there and 2) ask about a particular book.
    
    Janet said their new catalog will be mailed in January.

I recently came across some additional book sellers who specialize 
in equestrian books. Some are publishers of horse books who will 
sell directly to the general public. Others are bookshops and/or 
"catalog" sellers who work from a small office or something.

The avid readers among you may already be familiar with some of 
these equine book dealers. However, although I read a *lot*, even
I haven't done business with all of them! I've added an English and 
an Australian bookshop to the new list.

Don't overlook your local tack shop or even a feed store! I bought my
first copy of Podhajsky's "The Complete Training of Horse and Rider"
(which is a dressage book) in a feed store that had less than 6' of
bookshelf space. The tack shops in my area usually have a wide selection
of books, even books outside their line of tack. The western shops carry
dressage books and the dressage shops carry cowboy books....

John

   The Horseman's Bookshop, J.A. Allen & CO LTD
   1 Lower Grosevenor Place,
   London, SW1W OEL, England
   Tel. 071-834-5606 or 071-828-8855 Fax 071-233-8001
   Antiquarian, out-of-print and current books, English and foreign

   The adventurous reader might be wise to contact J.A. Allen's The
   Horseman's Bookshop in London. Yes, it's the same J.A. Allen that 
   publishes horse books! They have an excellent selection of books 
   in German, French and English. They say that they aim to stock all 
   equine/equestrian books currently in print whether the book is 
   published in the UK or elsewhere. They have several catalogues(new, 
   out-of-print, or antiquarian). They do accept credit cards so phone 
   or mail orders are possible.

	Note: 	The 071 in the phone number is the city code for London. 
		You also need the country code(44) to get to England. Check
		your phone book for international calling instructions


    

    
   The Russel Meerdink Co Ltd
    1555 South Park Ave.
    Neenah WI 54956
    Tel. (414)725-0955 Fax (414)725-0709
    Publisher of books & videos on breeding training & raising racehorses

   Has recently(1991) republished Peggy Pittenger's "Reschooling The 
   Thoroughbred" which is a guide to turning racehorses into general
   saddle horses.

   Black Swan Books
   505 E. Maxwell St 
   Lexington KY 40502
   Tel (606)252-7255

   The Book Stable
   5326 Tomahawk Trail
   Fort Wayne IN 46804
   Tel. (800) 274 2665

   Bucephalus Fine Horse Books
   P.O. Box 532
   Chester NJ 07930
   Tel. (908)879-2831

   Epona Books
   1684 Dunwoody Trail
   Atlanta GA 30324
   (404)841-9023
   Out-of-print, scarce, rare horse books

   Glover's Bookery
   862 S. Broadway
   Lexington KY 40504
   Tel. (606)253-0614
   Buy and sell out of print and rare horse books

   Half Halt Press
   P.O. Box 67
   Boonsboro MD 21713
   Tel. (301)733-7119 Fax (301)733-7408

   Horseman's Bookshop and Gallery
   972 High St, 
   Armadale
   Melbourne, Austraila
   Tel. (03)509-4743 Fax (03)576-1357

    Little Turf Library
    Box 1160, Fair Lawn NJ 07410-8160

    Lyrical Ballad Bookstore
    7 Phila St
    Saratoga Springs NY 12866
    Tel. (518)584-8779 Fax (518)584-6815
    Antiquarian Booksellers specializing in Thoroughbred racing

   Agritech Publishing Group and/or R.G.I. Book Co.
   P.O. Box 950553
   Mission Hills CA 91935-0553
   Tel. (818)365-1312 or afternoons only (818)361-8889
   Booklists by subject available

    Merrylegs Farm(Mabel Owen)
    P.O. Box 80087
    607 Elm St
    S. Dartmouth MA 02748-0087
    Tel. (508)992-7424

    Some of you may recognize Mabel Owen's name. She's a well
    known Morgan person who has written *dozens* of articles
    about historically important Morgan breeding stock.

    She has recently decided to go into the used book business.
    I understand that she has an extensive selection of Morgan,
    Thoroughbred and foxhunting books available. 

    Pony Tracks
    P.O. Box 445
    2935 Grand Ave
    Los Olivos CA 93441
    Tel. (805)688-7119 or (805)688-3484
    Antique racing and sporting books

    re .13
    
    The 071 code for Central London will be changing this year (April I
    think) to 0171. If fact all UK code are being amended in this manner
    (i.e. 0865 Oxford => 01865).
    
    MartinK