Richard D. Bentley and Son, 1895. Hardcover. Recollections of life in the mail-coaching world. Handsomely rebound at some point in three-quarter vellum, ruled in gilt, over original sage-green boards. Contrasting olive spine label with gilt lettering. More about ON THE TRACK OF THE MAIL-COACH: BEING A VOLUME OF REMINISCENCES PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1900. Hardcover. This is the rather scarce large paper edition of this offering in the famous Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes -- copy 233 out of only 250 printed. 462 pp., including index. Handsome recent hree-quarter bound blue-black leather over pumpkin boards, with handsome... More about THE BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES: DRIVING (Limited, Large Paper Edition
London, England: Crosby Lockwood and Co., 1881. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Brown cloth, Sixteenmo. 6 3/4" x 4 3/4". Presentation bookplate from Leigh Technical school to front pastedown, dated 1902. Green endpapers (both pastedown and free, front and rear) listing other titles in Weale's Scientific and Technical Series, all published... More about A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON COACH-BUILDING HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE : FULL INFORMATION OF THE...
London: Hurst Blackett Publishers, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Each of the three volumes in rich, full calf, ruled in gilt, decorated spines, with contrasting brown and red volume and title labels. Midnight blue endpapers, top edges bright gilt, and pastedowns bordered with gilt inside dentelles. Some rubbing, minor chipping and... More about AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A STAGE COACHMAN (3 VOLUMES, COMPLETE) SIGNED BY HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT
London: Chapman and Hall, 1902. Hardcover. Mild wear to board surfaces and edges. Untrimmed pages, some uncut. Spine leans. Spine caps gently folded under. Light acid transfer to endpapers. Vol. I, bump to front upper corner. 68 illustrations (one map) including frontispiece, The "Wonder," London and Shrewsbury Coach, J. Pollard... More about THE HOLYHEAD ROAD : THE MAIL – COACH ROAD TO DUBLIN (VOLS. I & II, COMPLETE
London: Chapman and Hall, 1908. Hardy, Paul. Hardcover. Foxing to endpapers. Moderate scuffing and wear to both volumes. Sunning to spines, a few nudged corners. Pages untrimmed. Binding cloth is torn and frayed. Vol. II spine cloth is torn, showing an illustrated spine underneath with the letters TLL and painting... More about HALF-HOURS WITH THE HIGHWAYMEN : PICTURESQUE BIOGRAPHIES AND TRADITIONS OF THE "KNIGHTS OF...
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1882. John Sturgess. First Edition. Brown cloth over beveled boards, with gilt highlights. Illustration to front board of lovely black and gold coach. 279 pp. LIght wear to extremities. Hinges just started. One page chipped. More about OLD COACHING DAYS
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1876. Hardcover. Captain Malet's collected notes on The Road and all matters in "connexion therewith". The art and philosophy/theory of coaching, as well as sections on the coachmen, on accidents, on night work, on use of the whip, etc. Red cloth beveled boards, ruled in... More about ANNALS OF THE ROAD OR NOTES ON MAIL AND STAGE COACHING IN GREAT BRITAIN TO WHICH ARE ADDED ESSAYS...
London: Chapman and Hall, 1888. Hardcover. Previous owner's ex-libris to front paste-down endpaper. Sunning to spine. Spine lean. Two bumped corners. Mild wear to board edges. Tiny tears with some creasing to end caps. Small closed tear to front paste-down endpaper. Foxing to preliminary pages. A few pages still untrimmed... More about HIGHWAYS AND HORSES
London: John Murray, 1843. Second Edition. Hardcover. 5)Nimrod. THE CHACE, THE TURF, AND THE ROAD. London: John Murray. Second edition in book form (originally published serially in The Quarterly Review). Smaller octavo, in full leather with tooled spine and boards; gilt stamped design and titling. 17 illustrations plus chapter head... More about THE CHACE, THE TURF, AND THE ROAD
London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1900. Hardcover. One of the cornerstone books in any serious coaching and driving library. FIRST EDITION. Limited edition 1500 copies printed, most of which were said to have been destroyed by fire. Frontis plus 34 plates. Top edge gilt. 579 pp. Rebacked at some point, in... More about A MANUAL OF COACHING
London: Privately Printed, 1889. Hardcover. First Edition. Printed for private circulation: Armorial bookplate on front pastedown indicates this is a presentation copy, given to ______ _____ "by the Master and Wardens of the Saddlers Company, Saddlers Hall, Cheapside, E.C., Jan 10, 1896." Sherwell, J. W. THE HISTORY OF THE GUILD... More about A DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE GUILD OF SADDLERS OF THE CITY OF LONDON; "A...
NEW YORK: Brentano's, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrations by Walter Pettee. Red publisher's cloth with bright gilt lettering to front board, along with decorative depiction of rein position for driving one horse or a pair. 180 pp. plus 8 pp. advertising. Floral and gilt endpapers. Spine title a bit faded. More about DRIVING AS I FOUND IT: WHAT TO DRIVE; HOW TO DRIVE
NEW YORK: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. Hardcover. Three-Quarter bound smooth calf over suede boards. Gilt lettering, and design of a whip on front. Bright gilt lettering to front board and as well, to spine. Absolutely LOADED with photographs, 158 pp., and a large photo section. More about DRIVING FOR PLEASURE -- OR, THE HARNESS STABLE AND ITS APPOINTMENTS
