2 works by J. S. Rarey: The Modern Art of Taming Wild Horses & The Arabian Art of Taming ... Wild and Vicious Horses

[RAREY, JOHN SOLOMON] 

THE MODERN ART OF TAMING WILD HORSES; BY G. G. BLACK, S. T. WIDNER & F. HARDRICK. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO: DAILY NONPAREIL PRINT, 1856

16mo (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.; 188 x 115 mm) Some foxing and staining. Original green wrappers; some staining and creasing, minor tears with loss. Henderson, Bookmen’s Holiday 219, 229; Early American Sport (1953), 148-149 [With:] The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses, By Hutchison & McKeown. Cambridge, Ohio: Printed for the Publishers, Times Print, 1857. 16mo (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.; 188 x 115 mm). Pages 37-43 duplicated, foxing and toning. Original printed wrappers; some foxing and soiling, spine perished, tear to final leaf and rear wrapper with loss, some creasing and overall wear. Not in Henderson; only one copy recorded in WorldCat

Two scarce pirated titles related to horse training

Rarey, whose name was once a household word, was an Ohio farm boy and horse whisperer, whose horse taming took America and Europe by storm, turning him into an international hero; he was even mentioned for Presidency. The authors' names on the title pages are probably fictitious, as is generally the case with piracies.