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1. Annals of horsemanship : containing accounts of accidental experiments, and experimental accidents, both successful and unsuccessful : communicated by various correspondents to Geoffrey Gambado, Esq., author of The academy for grown horsemen ; together with most instructive remarks thereon, and answers thereto, by that accomplished genius ; and now first published, by the editor of The academy for grown horsemen ; illustrated with cuts by the most eminent artists.

Creator:: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: xvii, [1], 81, [1] pages, [17] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. An academy for grown horsemen : containing the completest instructions for walking, trotting, cantering, galloping, stumbling, and tumbling : illustrated with copper plates, and adorned with a portrait of the author / by Geoffrey Gambado, Esq., riding master, master of the horse, and Grand Equerry to the Doge of Venice.

Creator:: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: xxiv, 36 pages, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. An academy for grown horsemen : containing the completest instructions for walking, trotting, cantering, galloping, stumbling, and tumbling : The annals of horsemanship : containing accounts of accidental experiments and experimental accidents, both successful and unsuccessful : communicated by various correspondents to the author / Geoffrey Gambado, Esq. ; Riding master, Master of the Horse, and Grand Equery tp the Doge of Venice ; illustrated with cuts, by the most eminent artists.

Creator:: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
Date:: 1809
Physical Description:: [4], 140 pages, [29] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Indispensable accomplishments / Billesdon Coplow.

Creator:: Frankland, Robert, Sir, 1784–1849
Date:: Published June 24, 1811, by H. Humphrey,
Physical Description:: [1] leaf, 6 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 28 x 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. An academy for grown horsemen : containing the completest instructions, for walking, trotting, cantering, galloping, stumbling, and tumbling / illustrated with copper plates, and adorned with a portrait of the author / by Geoffrey Gambado, Esq. ; Riding Master, Master of the Horse, and Grand Equerry to the Doge of Venice.

Creator:: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
Date:: 1st Jany. 1825
Physical Description:: xxvii, [2], 30-75, [4], lxxx-xcix, [2], 102-201, [1] pages, [27] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A few ideas : being hints to all would-be whips.

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:: 1829
Physical Description:: [6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A treatise on deportment, fencing, etc. : including the science of horsemanship; being a complete manual of instruction for the use of young persons, in the acquirement of those accomplishments; as well as a self-monitor in the exercise and duties of a cavalry soldier, for the use of gentlemen who are members of yeomanry corps : comprising likewise, instructions for the lance and carbine exercises. Also, the description of a military game resembling the game of chess, calculated to initiate young gentlemen who are designed for the army, in the science of tactics or military manœuvres. With copperplate engravings, illustrative of the various subjects described in the work / by Samuel Gribble, Regimental Serjeant-Major of the Corps of Sherwood Rangers.

Creator:: Gribble, Samuel
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: viii, [1], 14-147, [3] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A peep at the fox chace.

Date:: 1829
Physical Description:: 1 peepshow (7 panels) ; 12 x 14 cm, expanding to 62 cm (open)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The turf expositor : containing the origin of horse racing, breeding for the turf, training, trainers, jockeys, cocktails, and the system of cocktail racing illustrated : the turf and its abuses : the science of betting money, so as always to come off a winner, elucidated by a variety of examples : the rules and laws of horse racing; and every other information connected with the operations of the turf / by C.F. Brown.

Creator:: Brown, C. F.
Date:: 1829
Physical Description:: [2], x, [2], 180 pages ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Northampton Grand Steeple Chase [graphic] : March 23rd, 1833.

Date:: Sept. 2nd, 1833
Physical Description:: 7 prints : aquatint ; 39 x 48 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Nimrod's hunting tours : interspersed with characteristic anecdotes, sayings, and doings of sporting men, including notices of the principal crack riders of England : with analytical contents and general index of names : to which are added Nimrod's letters on riding to hounds.

Creator:: Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:: 1835
Physical Description:: xvi, 598 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The Aylesbury Steeple Chase, Thursday, February 11, 1836 : with portraits of the horses and riders : in four beautifully-coloured plates, from paintings made on the spot by James Pollard.

Creator:: Pollard, James, 1792–1867
Date:: [1836]
Physical Description:: [1] leaf, IV leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 44 x 56 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The chace, the road, and the turf / by Nimrod.

Creator:: Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:: 1927
Physical Description:: xvi, 231 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The Warwickshire hunt, from 1795-1836 : describing many of the most splendid runs with these highly celebrated hounds : under the management of Mr. John Corbet, Lord Middleton, Mr. E.J. Shirley, Mr. Hay, Mr. R. Fellowes, Mr. J Russell and Mr. W.P. Thornhill : from authentic documents, mostly original : with numerous notes, anecdotes, &c. : to these are added, supplementary pieces, connected with the chase, the turf, and the trigger / by Venator.

Creator:: Cooper, John, of Warwick, 1795–1836
Date:: 1837
Physical Description:: xvi, 407, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Hints on horsemanship, to a nephew and niece, or, Common sense and common errors in common riding / by an Officer of the Household Brigade of Cavalry.

Creator:: Greenwood, George, 1799–1875
Date:: MDCCCXXXIX [1839]
Physical Description:: [6], 105, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The turf / by Nimrod ; with numerous illustrations.

Creator:: Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:: 1851
Physical Description:: [2], viii, 144, 8 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Horse and man / by C.S. March Phillipps ; author of Jurisprudence etc.

Creator:: Phillipps, Charles Spencer March
Date:: 1869
Physical Description:: xiv, 131 ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Hints on horsemanship, to a nephew and niece, or, Common sense and common errors in common riding / by Colonel George Greenwood ...

Creator:: Greenwood, George, 1799–1875
Date:: 1871
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 110, [2] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Modern horsemanship : a new method of teaching riding and training by means of pictures from the life / by Edward L. Anderson, author of 'A System of School Training for Horses,' 'The Gallop,' etc.

Creator:: Anderson, Edward L. (Edward Lowell), 1842–1916
Date:: MDCCCLXXXVI [1886]
Physical Description:: xiii, [3], 168, 20 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A mirror of the turf, or, The machinery of horse-racing revealed : showing the sport of kings as it is to-day / by Louis Henry Curzon, author of "The blue ribbon of the turf."

Creator:: Bertram, James Glass, 1824–1892
Date:: 1892
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 372 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Riding recollections and turf stories / by Henry Custance.

Creator:: Custance, Henry, 1842–1908
Date:: 1894
Physical Description:: [6], [vii]-xv, [1], 304 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The game of polo / by T.F. Dale, M.A. ("Stoneclink" of the Field) ; illustrated by Lillian Smythe, Cuthbert Bradley and Crawford Wood.

Creator:: Dale, T. F. (Thomas Francis), 1858–1923
Date:: [1897]
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 275 pages, [5], 24 pages, [13] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Hunting reminiscences / by Alfred E. Pease ; with illustrations by the late Sir Frank Lockwood, and others.

Creator:: Pease, Alfred E. (Alfred Edward), Sir, 1857–1939
Date:: 1898
Physical Description:: 271 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. A history of the Bramham Moor hunt / by William Scarth Dixon ; author of "In the North Countree," &c.

Creator:: Dixon, William Scarth
Date:: 1898
Physical Description:: viii, [1], 14-267, [1] pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A history of the York and Ainsty hunt / by William Scarth Dixon ; author of "A History of the Bramham Moor Hunt," "In the North Countree," &c.

Creator:: Dixon, William Scarth
Date:: 1899
Physical Description:: viii, [1], 6-276 pages, [20] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. A short history of the Albrighton Hunt / complied by J.E. Auden ; with portraits and map.

Creator:: Auden, John Ernest, 1860–1946
Date:: 1905
Physical Description:: xiii, [1], 136 pages, [11] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Polo : Captain Hardress Lloyd's notes on the game.

Creator:: Hardress-Lloyd, John, 1874–1952
Date:: 1912
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. [A collection of pamphlets on fox-hunting by William Scarth Dixon].

Creator:: Dixon, William Scarth
Date:: [1921-1924]
Physical Description:: 1 volume : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Shires and provinces / by Sabretache ; illustrated by Lionel Edwards.

Creator:: Sabretache, b. 1867
Date:: 1926 [i.e. 1927]
Physical Description:: xiv, 195 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Nimrod's hunting reminiscences : comprising memoirs of masters of hounds, notices of the crack riders and characteristics of the hunting countries of England.

Creator:: Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:: 1926
Physical Description:: xxi, [3], 239, [1] pages, [30] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. More shires & provinces / by "Sabretache" ; illustrated by Lionel Edwards.

Creator:: Sabretache, b. 1867
Date:: 1928
Physical Description:: xii, 188 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Silk and spur / by C. R. Acton ; author of Saddle and Shoeleather.

Creator:: Acton, C. R. (Cecil Russell), 1893–
Date:: 1936
Physical Description:: x, 11-322, [2] pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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4. Indispensable accomplishments / Billesdon Coplow.

6. A few ideas : being hints to all would-be whips.

8. A peep at the fox chace.

10. Northampton Grand Steeple Chase [graphic] : March 23rd, 1833.

11. Nimrod's hunting tours : interspersed with characteristic anecdotes, sayings, and doings of sporting men, including notices of the principal crack riders of England : with analytical contents and general index of names : to which are added Nimrod's letters on riding to hounds.

12. The Aylesbury Steeple Chase, Thursday, February 11, 1836 : with portraits of the horses and riders : in four beautifully-coloured plates, from paintings made on the spot by James Pollard.

13. The chace, the road, and the turf / by Nimrod.

15. Hints on horsemanship, to a nephew and niece, or, Common sense and common errors in common riding / by an Officer of the Household Brigade of Cavalry.

16. The turf / by Nimrod ; with numerous illustrations.

17. Horse and man / by C.S. March Phillipps ; author of Jurisprudence etc.

18. Hints on horsemanship, to a nephew and niece, or, Common sense and common errors in common riding / by Colonel George Greenwood ...

19. Modern horsemanship : a new method of teaching riding and training by means of pictures from the life / by Edward L. Anderson, author of 'A System of School Training for Horses,' 'The Gallop,' etc.

20. A mirror of the turf, or, The machinery of horse-racing revealed : showing the sport of kings as it is to-day / by Louis Henry Curzon, author of "The blue ribbon of the turf."

21. Riding recollections and turf stories / by Henry Custance.

22. The game of polo / by T.F. Dale, M.A. ("Stoneclink" of the Field) ; illustrated by Lillian Smythe, Cuthbert Bradley and Crawford Wood.

23. Hunting reminiscences / by Alfred E. Pease ; with illustrations by the late Sir Frank Lockwood, and others.

24. A history of the Bramham Moor hunt / by William Scarth Dixon ; author of "In the North Countree," &c.

25. A history of the York and Ainsty hunt / by William Scarth Dixon ; author of "A History of the Bramham Moor Hunt," "In the North Countree," &c.

26. A short history of the Albrighton Hunt / complied by J.E. Auden ; with portraits and map.

27. Polo : Captain Hardress Lloyd's notes on the game.

28. [A collection of pamphlets on fox-hunting by William Scarth Dixon].

29. Shires and provinces / by Sabretache ; illustrated by Lionel Edwards.

30. Nimrod's hunting reminiscences : comprising memoirs of masters of hounds, notices of the crack riders and characteristics of the hunting countries of England.

31. More shires & provinces / by "Sabretache" ; illustrated by Lionel Edwards.

32. Silk and spur / by C. R. Acton ; author of Saddle and Shoeleather.