Reading Carriage and Heavy Horse sale
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31 Great Knollys Street , Reading, Berkshire, RG1 7HU , United Kingdom

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Stagecoach by John Richards, chairman of the BDS, fully illustrated with colour prints, etc and Tally-Ho! a hardback book by Christopher Busby wit...

Two American books - The Coach Horse by Stanley Jepson, 1977 and a signed copy of Breaking and Training the Stock Horse by Charles Williamson, 1st...

Three books on carriages - The History of the Carriage by Laszlo Tarr; Looking at Carriages by Sallie Walrond and a copy of The Elegant Carriage b...

Two reprinted catalogues of Horse Drawn Trade Vehicles; a copy of Horse Drawn Vehicles by Arthur Ingram and a copy of The Concise History of the S...

A selection of horse/carriage books: The Elegant Carriage by M. Watney, 1973; 5 Show Programmes; The High Stepper by Tom Ryder, 1979; Great Weste...

A very rare and interesting leather-bound volume of outstanding significance, being Obadiah Elliott's personal foolscap copy of Parliamentary Comm...

Four bound volumes of Saddlers, Harness Makers and Carriage Builders' Gazette: 1888 commencing with No. 207 - Vol. XVII, July 1; 1889; 1890 and 18...

The English Carriage by Hugh McCausland,1948. Col. and black and white illustrations. Very informative work by a foremost expert, and this was my ...

Old Sporting, Characters and Occasions from Sporting & Road History by Hugh McCausland, 1948. Includes chapters on The Selby Run 1888 and Lord Lon...

Coaching Days and Coaching Ways by Tristram, W. Outram, 1894 edition of the 1888 work. Illustrated by Herbert Railton and Hugh Thomson. Ex Libris ...

A Century and a Half of Amateur Driving, Parts I & II by Major A.B Shone, 1955 limited edition of 500. A very interesting work by a keen whip, e...

The Horseman's Year by Lt.-Col. W.E Lyon, 1954. A profusely illustrated book covering many equestrian subjects, the most interesting being a 19-pa...

Driving as I Found It; What to Drive, How to Drive, Frank Swales, 1891. A very informative and interesting work, dedicated to Colonel DeLancey Kan...

An Old Stager"": Old Coaching Days by Stanley Harris, 1882 (Dedicated by permission to the Road Club) with superb illustrations by John Sturgess. ...

Brighton and Its Coaches - A History of the London and Brighton Road by William Blew, 1894. With twenty lovely illustrations from original water-c...

The Sportsman (ed.) British Sports and Sportsmen - Polo and Coaching; No. 334 in a limited edition of 1000. Avery large (Imperial quarto) volume o...

A Manual of Coaching by Fairman Rogers, 1900. The original limited edition of this comprehensive reference book for four-in-hand whips, and the de...

The Road and the Ring by Tom Ryder; 1975, being the memories of her coaching days by Sylvia Brocklebank, with additional notes by the editor. Very...

Lorch, Walter: Snow Travel and Transport; 1977. Profusely illustrated and very well researched by the author (a friend & client of mine), includin...

Armstrong, Virginia Winmill: "Gone Away" with the Winmills, The story of an American family from 1884 to 1975; limited edition 1977. Well illustra...

Burgess, James W.: A Practical Treatise on Coach-Building, Historical and Descriptive; a very high quality facsimile of the 1881 pocket book. "Ful...

Philipson, John: The Technicalities of The Art of Coach-Body-Making, "Being a Paper read before Members of the Institute of British Carriage Manuf...

Haworth, Capt. M.E: Road Scrapings, Coaches and Coaching; 1882, professionally rebound. A delightful and informative book with amusing incidents a...

Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian (Ed.): The Book of the Horse; 1947. Well illustrated and with many coaching references, including the death of Jim Selby a...

Maudslay, Athol: Highways and Horses; printed by Charles Dickens & Evans 1888. Packed with information of interest for coaching enthusiasts (see ...

Selway, N.C: The Regency Road, The Coaching Prints of James Pollard; 1957. 16-page introduction "The Great Age of Coaching". 66 colour plates, mai...

Richards, Edwin & Sons: Illustrated Catalogue of Axles, Springs, Carriage Hardware; 1892. A superb hardcover 104-page catalogue; an excellent refe...

Bliss & Co: Illustrated Catalogue of Saddlery, Harness, Horse Clothing ; 1910. A comprehensive reference work with 51 pages of illustrations ......

Adams, William: Illustrated List of Coach Ironwork, No. 9; undated. ""Manufacturer of coach bolts and nuts, carriage, cart, van and motor car iron...

Underhill, Francis T: Driving Horse-Drawn Carriages for Pleasure, The Classic Guide to Coaching, Harnessing Stabling, etc; 1989 reproduction by th...

Felton, William: A Treatise on Carriages, (Vols. I & II bound together, c1996 reprint of the 1794- 1796 work. A very comprehensive tome providing ...

Damase, Jaques: Carriages; 1968, translated by William Mitchell. Another profusely illustrated book with an international coverage, including many...

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