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1. HORSE DRAWN FARM IMPLEMENTS, Edward Hart 2003.
Varied illustrations, many in colour, on its 160 large pages. Ploughs, harrows, rollers, carts, waggons, reapers and binders, manure distributors and much more. £19.95.
2. SHOWING THE HEAVY HORSE, Edward Hart 2004. 352 large pages, many photos, Choice of breeds, feeding, harness, vehicles and driving, judges' and stewards' roles, in-hand and turnout classes and much more. £35.00.
3. In a Long Day. Kindred/Smith 1999. Half the 200 plates show working horses and horsemen 1925/35. Descriptive captions. A very pleasing book. £9.95.
4. The Shire Horse. Keith Chivers 1976. Very clean copy in dust jacket of this 834 page volume. Irreplaceable for any serious heavy horse enthusiast. Famous stallions, grooms and breeders, harness and vehicles. Entertainingly written book of massive scholarship. £30.00
5. Genetics of the Horse. William E Jones, 1971. The science of horse genetics explained. Fertilisation and foaling. Inheritance, including colours and selection. 360 pages. £15.00
6. Victorian and Edwardian Horse Cabs. Trevor May. Shire Publications 32 pages. Well illus. Great reading for any horsey person. Details of the men and the horses. £2.95
7. Working Oxen. Martin Watts. Shire Publicatons 1999. Excellent account of history and working techniques. Many photographs include 14-ox team. .£2.95.
8. The Year Round. Edward Hart 1994. Story of five Yorkshire farms featured regularly in Yorkshire Post for 30 years, all in one volume. Excellent present. £5.00.
10. All in a Lifetime. Tom Midgley's book by Edward Hart contains 60 pages on working horses and Suffolk sheep. Brilliant photographs, some in colour, on horses in a variety of jobs, and horse breaking and harvesting early last century. £7.00.
11. The Four Oaks. Keith Chivers. This highly regarded author's fascinating account of the Forshaw family, who owned 101 Shire stallions in 1939. Filled with anecdotes. Really the story of the Shire during the Forshaws' long involvement. £19.50.
12. Light Horses. Various authors. Breeds and management. 1894. 240 pages. 32 full page illustrations. A classic at its time. £30.00
13. Livestock on the Farm. c 1910. 6 vols. Cattle, sheep, horses and ponies, pigs, Vol IV covers Asses and Mules. 200 large pages, well illus. Set £42. Some single vols £10.00.
14. Large selection AG Street novels from £5. Please ask for details.
15. The Forester. Ian Niall. 1972. A dedicated forester's interesting career. 148 pages. £5.00
16. An Artist’s Life. Autobiography of Sir Alfred Munnings. 264 pages. 1955. Life of this remarkable horse artist. Abridged from 3 volumes. £8.00
17. The High Stepper. Tom Ryder's authoritative work on the Hackney horse today and yesterday. 1961. Absorbing details with a wealth of history. £10.00.
18. Saddlery and Harness Making. Hasluck 1962 160 small pages. Standard work, well illustrated. £8.00
19. The Horse in Husbandry. Jonathan Brown 1991. A lovely copy of this large format 128 pages hardback. Photographs of jobs on the farm. £20.00.
20. Old Farm Implements. Philip Wright. Hardback. Very authentic. 1963, 96 pages £12.00.
21. Salute the Carthorse. Philip Wright. One of the best books of the 'revival period'. 1971, 80 pages. Slight damp marking, hence price reduced to £6.00.
22. Roscoe Howells. A rural miscellany by this entertaining author. Farming, natural history and people, mainly Welsh. 2006 £6.90.
23. Four volumes Livestock in Health and Disease. J Prince-Sheldon. No date, but c 1901. £60. Vol 5 (veterinary) missing.
24. The Poetry of Horses. Olwen Way. 1994. A superb collection, beautifully presented and a wonderful Christmas present. Every aspect of horsemanship, heavies included. £16.
25. The Modern Mule. Hutchins. 1981. Breeds and types, pack and work mules, the mule in harness and training. 140 pages. Illustrated. £7.00.
26. To Be a Farmer’s Boy. G K Nelson. 180 pages. 14 chapters covering the whole country. Accounts by various farmers and farm workers. Ideal present. £15.00.
27. The Farm and the Village. G Ewart Evans 1974. 182 pages. All aspects of village life as it was, with much on heavy horses. Paperback. £8. 50.
28. The Village Blacksmith. Ronald Webber 1971. 160 pages well illustrated. Clean jacket. A popular book among farriers. £10. 00.
29. Bred to Jump. Pat Smythe 1st edn 1965 of one of Pat's less common books. 184 pages, photos old and new. A great gift for a keen rider. £7.50
30. Jump for Joy. Pat Smythe, 1955 or earlier. 255 pages. her autobiography in which she describes with enthusiasm how she first succeeded at show jumping. Rather shabby dust jacket. £2.00.
31. A History of Horsemanship. C C Trench 1970. The war horse, sporting horse, women riders, and worship of the horse. 320 large pp, 10 x 8 ins. 180 black and white illustrations and 64 in colour. From the Roman Empire through the War Horse to Women Riders and modern times. £8.00.
32. Farm Animal Portraits. Beautifully produced volume of 304 large pages 11 x 9 ins. 400 illustrations, 325 in full colour. 19th century studies. £40.00 post paid.
33. Agricultural Transport in Wales. J Geraint Jenkins, 1962. Many photographs. Carts, waggons, pack and draught animals, and the wheelwright’s craft. Authoratitive. New. £25.00.
34. Shepherds' Crooks & Walking Sticks. David Grant & Edward Hart. Dalesman. 48 pages on all aspects of the craft. £4.00.
35. Victorian and Edwardian Horses from Historic Photographs. 120 large pages, 120 illustrations. 1984. £12.50.
36. Great Horses of Britain. Lee Weatherley 1978. Very clean copy of a manificent book, now becoming scarce. 270 large pages with many excellent photographs, some colour. Canal horses, farriery, the breeds, training and many other aspects. £30.00.
37. The Horse in Husbandry. Jonathan Brown.1st edn 1991.114 large pages Many photographs. Technically accurate, interestingly written. A delightful book £20.00.
38. SHIRE, SUFFOLK AND CLYDESDALE STUD BOOKS.
Their collection makes a fascinating hobby. Most have drawings
or photographs of leading horses from the 1880s onwards. Prices from £7 per volume upwards, depending on year. Big savings on longer runs.
39. Wood engravings of leading Shires of the 1880s and 1890s. Top quality hand made paper, mounted. 11 x 9 inches approx. These beautiful engravings lend atmosphere to any room. £4.00 per print.
40. The Womens’ Land Army. Powell, 1997, 130 pages, very well-illustrated history. £6.00.
41. The Shooting Weekend Book. Eric Parker c 1950. Clean dust cover. Another classic. £6.00
42. Pride of the Shires. Story of the Whitbread Horses by John Oaksey, photographs by Snowdon. Lovely action pictures, all colour, large pages £8.00.
43. Individual numbers of Heavy Horse Magazine and Heavy Horse World from £3.00 upwards.
44. The Hunter and the Hunted. A rural view of country sports by Robin Page. Book club edition, clean copy in dust jacket. 243 pages, 1977. £4.00.
45. Market Town. Describes the activity of a market town for children, in The Story of the Countryside series. Entertainingly told by John R. Allan with interesting illustrations by Lionel Edwards, R.I. 80 pages, 1943. Good value at £4.50.
46. The Whitbread Book of Horses. Interesting chapters on various aspects of the horse, by well-known authors. Nice copy, b/w photos, 128 pages, 1962. £5.00.
47. The Hackney. Clive Richardson. Allen Breed series, 1995, 120 well-illustrated pages. This excellent book is now out of print. Well researched £15.00.
48. The English Farm Wagon: Origins and Structure. J. Geraint Jenkins. 1981, 248 pages. In clean dust jacket, 1972 book club edition, very slightly marked, £22.00.
49. The Wheelwright's Shop. George Sturt. 1930. Classic book written by skilled craftsman. 116 pages. Stained cover, interior clean, £10.00
50. The Wheelwright’s Shop. Sturt. Attractive laminated cover with 236 pages £10.00.
51. Horse Breeding for Farmers. Alfred Pease. Ex-library copy. Full of practical advice on agricultural horses and other breeds. 1894, 136 pages. £15.00.
52. Practical Animal Husbandry. William C. Miller & E D S Robertson. 1952. 608 pages. Revised and enlarged sixth edition. Includes horses, harness, casting animals, dentition and ageing. Slight discolouring on corner of front board. £10.00
53. Jesse and his Friends. Fred Kitchen. 1945. 214 pages. Fascinating short stories of animals and farming. Slightly worn dust jacket. £6.00.
54. Brother to the Ox. Fred Kitchen 1940. Autobiography of a farm worker between the Wars, and now highly regarded. 242 pages £10.00
55. As above, smaller format without photos. War Economy Standard £5.00
56. The Countryman Book of Rescuing the Past. Ann Cripps. 1973. 206 pages. Life on the land, field work, rural trades and industries. £7.50
57. The Village Blacksmith. Ronald Webber. 1971. 160 pages. Different shoes, tools. Tales from the smithy. Book club edition. £10.00
58. Robert Bakewell and the Longhorn Breed of Cattle. Pat Stanley. 1995. 158 pages. Laminated colour cover. very nice copy. £10.00.
59. The Wheelwright's Shop. George Sturt. 1930. 116 pages. Chapters on timber, wheels, waggons, b/w photographs. £10.00
60. The Pattern under the Plough. George Ewart Evans. 1966. 268 pages. Aspects of the folk-life of East Anglia. £10.00
61. The Horse in the Furrow. G Ewart Evans. 292 pages. Paperback £10.00
62. The Horseman's Year 1959. Dorian Williams. 160 pages. An anthology of the sporting year. I loose page. £5.00
63. The Way the Wind Blows. An autobiography by Lord Home. 1976. 320 pages. The life of a true countryman at home and abroad. £3.00.
64. If Only They Could Talk. James Herriot. 1976. 378 pages. Another set of stories appealing to the country person's sense of humour. Large Print. £2.00.
65. NEW Managing Grass for Horses. Elizabeth O’Beirne Ranelegh 2005. JA Allen. A treasure trove of information. £25.00
66. To Speed the Plough. Ian Niall. 1977. 232 pages. Mechanisation comes to the farm. The country life it replaced. Book club edition. Clean copy. £8.00.
67. The Hackney. Clive Richardson. 1995. 120 pages. Well illustrated book in the Allen Breed Series, now out of print. £15.00
Any heavy horse person would love two woodcuts offered. Late Victorian winning Shires. £5.00 each.
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68. NEW Hefting in Practice: The Ancient Craft of Grazing the Open Hills. Edward Hart 2004. 56 well illustrated pages. Follows a tour of hefted flocks restocking after foot-and-mouth. History and value of hefting. Well reviewed. £5.50
69. A History of British Livestock Husbandry to 1700. R Trow-Smith 1st edn 1957. 288 pages. Well researched, 20 illustrations. Formation of the breeds. £30.00
70. As above, 1700 - 1900. A wealth of information. 24 plates, 5 text figures. A classic and thoroughly researched history. £30.00
71. Life from the Land. Growth of Farming in Western Europe. R Trow-Smith. 1st edn 1967. 240 pp in clean bright green d/w. Earliest times to modern. £10.00
72. Good Neighbours. Walter Rose. 138 pages hardback, line drawings. Good country book £4.00
73. The Year Round. Edward Hart. Well reviewed story of five Yorkshire farms featured weekly in Yorkshire Post for 30 years. Includes a Pennine sheep farm. £5.00
74. Day Son & Hewitt's Half Crown Key to Everyday Farriery. 9th edn 18. Old remedies for all livestock, including foot-and-mouth in sheep. 160 pages beautifully bound in green cloth with gilt emblem and lettering. A real collector's piece from N Wales College. £22.50
75. Profitable Sheep Farming. M. McG. Cooper, R J Thomas 1989 198 pages in clean covers; mint. Wide ranging and practical. £6.50
76. The English Year. From diaries and letters compiled by Geoffrey Grigsosn 1967. 1880 pages in green d/w. Pleasant read. £5.00
77. Australian Cattle Dogs. Narelle Robertson. 160 pages, many colour pics. £10.00
78. Market Town. John R Allan, No 2 in YFC series. Card covers and damaged spine, but this book is brought alive by Lionel Edwards' sketches. £4.00.
79. One Man and His Dog. Phil Drabble 1989. Lovely volume on the story of the BBC 2 trials. 'Thousands of acres of good hill country could not be farmer without good dogs' reads one caption. Value at £10.00
80. FARM ANIMAL PORTRAITS Antique Collectors' Club 1996. 304 very large pages containing over 400 illustrations, mostly full colour, some of sheep. £40.00
81. All in a Lifetime. Edward Hart's biography of Tom Midgley, Wolds breeder and exhibitor of Suffolk sheep. Much on country life from a real character. £7.95
82. Reflections on the Changing Years. Ruth Beckett 2002. More of Tom Midgley's farming and sheep stories. £10.00.
83. Calf Rearing. Bill Thickett 1986. Practical hardback 140 pages £3.00
84. Milk My Ewes and Weep. Joyce Fussey. 1978. 131 pages. Hilarious, £5.00.
85. British Agriculture on the First World War. P E Dewey 1989. 262 pp. Nice copy in d/w. Comprehensive account. £8.00
86. A Shepherd's Life. WH Hudson. 1981. Pleasing copy of this classic on sheep, chapter on dogs. Beautiful colour illustrations, sheep dog on cover. 224 large pages £12.50
87. Red Sky at Night. John Barrington. 1984. Beautifully written account of shepherding near Loch Katrine, Perthshire. Illustrations. 208 pages. £10.00.
88. Cattle in Livestock of the Farm,various authors, early 1900s. 264 pages. £8.00.
89. Where the Pole Star Shone. Langley 1972. 178 pp on early explorations. £6.00
90. I Went A'Shepherding. Richard Perry. 1945. 164 pages. Delightfully written account of shepherding in the West Highlands and islands. Torn dust jacket. £10.00.
91. A Shepherd's Life. W. H Hudson. A sheepdog's life; the shepherd as naturalist; the shepherd's life of the downs. 224 large pages, maps, many photos £12.50.
92. Paperback version of above. Good reading copy. £5.00.
93. Understanding Border Collies. Barbara Sykes. 1999. 158 pages. £10.00.
94. Border Collies. Iris Combe. 196 pages. Nice copy £12.50.
95. A Dog’s Life in the Dales. Katy Cropper’s hilarious account of Border Collies and dog people. Her own line drawings. Hardback 206 pages.Ex-library £10.00
96. The Farmer’s Dog. John Holmes. Revised 1963, when sheep dog books were scarce. Recommended for any collector’s library. £12.50. Paperback £8.00.
97. Shepherds' Crooks and Walking Sticks. David Grant & Edward Hart. 48 pages. Detailed instructions and illustrations on stick dressing. A fascinating hobby. £4.00.
98. The Hill Shepherd. Edward Hart 1977. Life of Ray Dent, Co Durham shepherd. 128 pages. Well illustrated. Stains on one blank page, reduced to £12.50.
99. The Sheepdog: Its Work and Training. Edward Hart 1978. A straightforward basic guide. Has helped many novice trainers. 124 pages. £15.00.
100. Sheep: A Guide to Management. Edward Hart 1985. Hardback 124 pages. Breeds, lambing, feeding, dipping, showing. £10.00.
101. Sheepkeeping on a Small Scale. Edward Hart 1979. Clear guide, 96 pages. £7.00
102. Sheep Breeds and Management. John Wrightson. 236 pages. 1905. Classic collector's piece with old breed photographs. £30.00.
103. Cattle: Breeds and Management. William Housman. 270 pages. 1905. Another classic collector's piece with old breed photographs. £15.00.
104. A Guide to Sheepdog Trials in Britain & Ireland. Farming Press 1994. 476 pp. Still a useful list of venues £5.00.
105. Sheepdog Trials. Eric Halsall 1982 224 large pages. 0ne of Eric's best. £15.00.
106. TV VET SHEEP BOOK by the TV VET 1982. Over 300 action pictures. Recognition and treatment of common sheep ailments. 180 large pages. £10.00.
107. I Bought a Mountain. Firbank 1940. One of the best ever sheep farming stories. 256 pp. Life on a Welsh mountain farm. Various editions. Colourful jacket £10.00.
108. The Highlands and Islands. Fraser Darling/J Boyd.1972. Paperback, 408 pp. Masses of information on flora, fauna, old pine forests, coastline. Loose page. £3.00.
109. Mountains and Moorlands. A Darlington. Same series 416 pp. Reading copy. £5.00.
110. NEW. Managing Grass for Horses. Elizabeth O'Beirne-Ranelagh. J A Allen. 398 pages. A treasure trove of information on this vital subject. £25.00
111. NEW. Jim Cropper: The Dog Man, Edward Hart 2005. 96 large colour pages. Training the Border Collie. Jim and his wife Shirley. Outstanding reviews. £15.95.
112. SHEEPDOGS My Faithful Friends. Eric Halsall 1980. 224 large pages.One of Eric’s best. Many excellent photos of dogs and characters. £20.00 .
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Other Titles by Edward Hart.
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Most of these are out of print, but Edward will do his best to obtain them.
Book of the Heavy Horse
The Coloured Horse and Pony
Care and Showing of the Heavy Horse
The Dry Stone Wall Handbook
The Golden Guinea Book of Heavy Horses, Past and Present Heavy Horses.
Heavy Horses: an Anthology
The Heavy Horse
The Harness Horse (with Audrey Hart)
Hedge Laying and Fencing: the Countryman’s Art Explained
The Hill Shepherd
Northcountry Farm Animals
Scottish Farm Animals
Pony Trekking
Shepherds’ Crooks and Walking Sticks (with David Grant)
Walking Sticks (with Len Parkin)
Your Sheepdog and its Training (with Tim Longton)
The Sheep Dog: its Work and Training (with Tim Longton)
Sheep: a Guide to Management.
Shire Horses.
Showing Livestock
Sheepkeeping on a Small Scale
Victorian and Edwardian Farming from Old Photographs.
Working Dogs (with Audrey Hart)
The Year Round
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