[Rarebooks] From the Delano family

[Edward Ripley-Duggan]

The volumes that follow come from the Delano family library, Roosevelt's 
predecessors. They pertain to the Arabian horse and Arabian travels. Warren 
Delano experimented in breeding Arabian with Norwegian (?) horses, and one 
volume bears his extensive notes. The five volumes (four titles) are 
uniformly bound and, despite light wear as noted, form an attractive set. 
Because of the provenance, it would be our preference to keep these 
together. Please note that the price is nett to all, and has been 
substantially discounted. If not sold as a group, we would countenance 
breaking the set--contact me if your interest lies in only one volume.

(TRAVEL). Upton, D. B. Gleanings from the Heart of Arabia. London, C. Kegan 
Paul & Co., 1881. First edition. This copy comes from the library of Warren 
Delano, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's grandfather, and bears his name and the 
date 1893. 19 cm., red three-quarters levant with marbled sides by 
Stikeman. viii, 399 pp. Light wear, but an attractive copy, bound without 
ads. Short tear to edge of final blank.
An interesting account of Arabian travels, a rather scarce posthumous work, 
unrecorded in the standard equestrian literature. Pages 269 to end pertain 
to Arab horses, of which Delano was an enthusiastic breeder. An interesting 
association copy.

(TRAVEL). Upton, Roger D. Newmarket and Arabia. An examination of the 
Descent of Racers and Coursers. London, Henry S. King, 1873. First edition. 
This copy comes from the library of Warren Delano, Franklin Delano 
Roosevelt's grandfather, and bears his name with date, inscribed the year 
of publication. In addition, it bears his interesting notes, largely in 
pencil. 20 cm., red three-quarters levant with marbled sides by Stikeman. 
xi, 211 pp., 32 pp. ads, with a colored wood-engraved frontispiece of 'Arab 
Horses' by Upton after A. Dedreux, and 4 folding lithographed plates of 
pedigrees at rear. Some light wear to the binding.
A rare work, comparing English and American thorouhbreds, with an 
interesting and appealing provenance, given Delano's extensive breeding of 
Arab horses. Huth 212.

(TRAVEL). Blunt, Lady Anne. A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab 
Race... Murray, London, 1881. Second edition, same year as first. Two 
volumes, bound as those above (an appealing binding, with Arts & Crafts 
touches), 19.5 cm. Some light wear to binding, one spine with two small 
scars, not especially noticeable. With Warren Delano's dated inscription.

(TRAVEL). Blunt, Lady Anne. The Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates. Harper, 
New York, 1879. First American edition. 21.5 cm, bound as above. Some light 
wear to binding. With Warren Delano's dated inscription.

$2250 nett


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