by David Mountfield

Stage and Mail Coaches will appeal to any reader who loves the romance of the road.

32 pages, mono prints & line drawings, soft back

by Russell Ash

Discovering Highwaymen is a highly entertaining study of those colourful characters who were heroes in their lifetime and legends in ours.

88 pages, mono prints & line drawings, soft back

John Henderson

NEW This book now an updated third edition offers a detailed guide from how to buy and use a trailer safely and within the law. Covering all topics a responsible horse owner needs to know in clear and concise terms, supported by photos and diagrams. Also covered is a section on travelling wear for horses and how to handle difficult loaders.

24 pages/ full colour photographs/soft back

Johnny Arden 'Signed copies'

Johnny is one of those special folk who not only has a passion for horses, but has also managed somehow, through thick & thin to make a modest living in the equine world. He is an engaging story teller with a keen sense of fun. His love of the Devon countryside, which is full of drama,joy & passion is all part of this fascinating & very enjoyable read.
Having read this you will feel that you have known Johnny all his life & can count yourself as one of his many worldwide friends.

235 pages/full colour photographs/soft back

Coaching in Queensland by Deborah Tranter

Legendary Cobb & Co is closely identified with the pioneering spirit of Australia. For more than 70 years coaches and horses travelled over milllions of kilometres of unmade outback roads to provide vital links to isolated communities. Nowhere was its influence so widespread as in Queensland where the company operated horse drawn coaches from 1866 until 1924. Museum Director Debroah Tranter's extensive research includes ex employees and passengers providing a highly visual panorama of Queensland's formative years from the perspective of the people who built, drove, serviced and used Cobb & Co coaches.

159 pages/black & white photos/illustrations/maps/soft back

by Clive Richardson

From the much praised Allen Breed Series this book focuses its attention on the most spectacular harness horse in the world. It gives a comprehensive view of the Hackney's history and heritage, the international development of the breed and its place in the modern world.

128 pages/profuse photographs/hard back

by Sallie Walrond

This valuable work has now been completely revised and enlarged and presents information on every aspect of carriage driving for pleasure and competition in an easy reference A-Z format. No detail, however small, is left out of this international and authoritative reference book. Every harness room should have a copy to hand for reference and to settle those little arguments between driving enthusiasts that occur from time to time.

325 pages/line illustrations/hard back

by Sylvia Brocklebank - Being the memories of her coaching days

Complied by Tom Ryder from Miss Brocklebank diaries, this is the story of a lady of singular courage, vision and determination who between 1905 and 1914 had chronicled her coaching activities her diary. Tom Ryder has been able to compile a book from these manuscripts that contains a unique and comprehensive insight into coaching at the turn of the century until the outbreak of the Great War. A fascinating read for the coaching aficionado and anyone interested in the harness horse.

115 pages/112 monophographies/2 colour plates/hardback

by Robert Fountain

Over a period of 4 years the author aged 72 years travelled around Ireland in a four wheel wagonette drawn by a pair of Morgan horses. He tells of the trials and tribulations of the trials and tribulations of doing this. This is a quirky,focused and entertaining view of Ireland.
A very entertaining read and very well illustrated with many original paintings.

150 pages/photos/illustrations/hardback

by Sallie Walrond & Anne Grimshaw - limited edition

Sallie Walrond, the well known author, judge and carriage driving instructor, relates her entertaining life story of driving and riding. The book is packed with valuable information explaining numerous methods of how horses are managed, trained, produced and exhibited throughout the world. It is full of humorous and delightful anecdotes.

327 pages/90 colour and black and white photographs/hard back

Andreas Nemitz

In the 18th Century the Lindau Messenger was a regular service with a messenger setting out from Ilan and another from Lindau each week. Allowing five and a half days each week to complete which included delivery of goods, letters, money and travellers.
This wonderful book is superbly illustrated and tells the true story of the Lindau Messenger right through to modern day times.

Hard back 170 pages, over 300 colour photos

by Tom Ryder

This title by carriage driving authority Tom Ryder is published as a limited edition and tells the fascinating story of how the Coaching Club came into being. The arrival of the railway had driven most of the public coaches off the highway and whips who relished the challenge of driving four horses united to form the Four-in-Hand Driving Club with a membership limit of 30.The sporting gentry took to the idea and there was soon a long waiting list for club membership. To accommodate them, the Coaching Club was formed in 1870. The Four-in-Hand Club closed in 1926 leaving the Coaching Club to face the radically changing times alone.

108 pages/photos/illustrations/hardback

by John Ford

The first book on the fascinating luxury trade and unique social and domestic history of life in Regency England. Philip Godsal was one of the three leading coachmakers of the period 1780-1820, he recorded details of his business and social life as he conducted his trade with members of parliment and the aristocracy of the time, building carriages for customers in England and Europe.

245pages/150 coloured plates/hardback