Series of eight equestrian auction catalogues, properties of Leland and Charles Stanford
San Francisco & Schenectady: 1879-86. Leland Stanford (1824-93) was California Governor, U.S. Senator and with his wife founder of Stanford University. His brother Charles was a New York State Senator. Stanford was also interested in horses and owned the Gridley tract of 17,800 acres in Butte County, and in Santa Clara County, he founded his Palo Alto Stock Farm. He bred standard-bred horses to be raced as trotters, and thoroughbreds for flat racing. 1882. Trotting stock at Palo Alto, property of Leland Stanford, Mayfield, Santa Clara County, San Francisco: H. S. Crocker & Co., 1882, pp. 74; original printed yellow front wrapper; 1883. Catalogue of trotting stock the property of Leland Stanford, at Palo Alto, San Francisco: H. S. Crocker & Co., 1883, pp. 89, [1]; original printed gray front wrapper; 1884. Catalogue of trotting stock the property of Leland Stanford, at Palo Alto, San Francisco: H. S. Crocker & Co., 1884, pp. 123, [1]; original glazed printed green front wrapper; 1885. Catalogue of trotting and thoroughbred stock the property of Leland Stanford, at Palo Alto, San Francisco: Le Count Bros., n.d. [1885], pp. 223, [1]; annotated (but not priced) in blue pencil up to p. 181; original glazed printed purple front wrapper; 1879. Trotting stock, Locust Grove Farm, Schenectady County, New York ... Charles Stanford... Schenectady: Daily Union Stream Printing House, 1879, pp. 84; original printed green front wrapper; 1883. Trotting stock, Locust Grove Farm, Schenectady County, New York... Schenectady: Daily Union Stream Printing House, 1883, pp. 85, [3]; occasional annotations in pencil; original printed tan front wrapper; 1884. Trotting stock, Locust Grove Farm, Schenectady County, New York... Schenectady: Daily Union Stream Printing House, 1883, pp. 80; original printed blue front wrapper; 1886. Trotting stock, Locust Grove Farm, Schenectady County, New York... Schenectady: Daily Union Stream Printing House, 1885, pp. 79, [1]; original printed yellow front wrapper. Contemporary scruffy half brown morocco lettered in gilt (S.T.A.) on the spine; sound, but possibly a remboitage binding. Manuscript index on front pastedown. Item #53749
Price: $750.00
