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One of the most respected saddleries in the American West, Visalia outfitted working ranchers, vaqueros, and stockmen throughout California and beyond, carrying on the deep tradition of Spanish and California-style horsemanship equipment. This catalog showcases the company's full line of stock saddles, bridles, spurs, chaps, and related cowboy gear, complete with original illustrations and period pricing that reflect the craft and commerce of the early 20th-century ranching trade. An essential reference for Western Americana collectors, antique tack enthusiasts, equestrian historians, and researchers of California ranching heritage, this reprint preserves a rare and significant piece of American saddlery history in its entirety.\u003cp\u003e8.5\" x 11\". Color. 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Featuring detailed illustrations and descriptions of Yale's full line of locks, keys, and hardware of the period, the catalog serves as both a practical reference for antique hardware collectors and restoration specialists, and a fascinating primary source for historians and researchers studying 19th-century American manufacturing, industrial design, and commerce. 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Porter's offerings, including saddles, pack saddles, and English and polo goods; Justin boots, Stetson hats, Pendleton shirts and blankets, and leather coats and jackets; chaps, belts, gloves, holsters, and saddlebags; sterling silver buckles, ornaments, headstalls, bridles, and tie pins; bits and spurs by Kelly and Crockett; ropes, hair ropes, cinchas, stirrups, hobbles, and breast collars; hackamores, martingales, reins, and bridles; Spanish leather purses, team harnesses, traveling goods, and a substantial selection of Western books.\u003cp\u003e8.5\" x 11\". 234 pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSatisfaction guaranteed or you can send it back!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ExileBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49872364601499,"sku":"Publishing 2026 \/ 358370271143","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/7705\/6411\/files\/s-l1600_1ca30f73-bea3-434c-84be-12dad9f12702.jpg?v=1792531613"},{"product_id":"1915-hamley-saddles-catalog-no-10","title":"1915 Hamley Saddles Catalog No. 10","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a facsimile reprint of the original catalog published in 1915 by Hamley \u0026amp; Co. This is Catalog No. 10 in the company's landmark series of saddlery trade catalogs. Hamley \u0026amp; Co. had established itself as one of the premier Western saddlery and equipment makers in the American West, known for exceptional craftsmanship in leather and silverwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catalog series was launched in 1909, when Lester Hamley persuaded his father J.J. Hamley to produce the first edition — a venture that proved an immediate success, drawing orders from customers across the United States and around the world. By the time Catalog No. 10 was issued in 1915, the series had become a cornerstone of Hamley's national reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catalog reflects the work of the skilled craftsmen employed by Hamley during this period, including leatherworkers and silversmiths such as Mike Morales, whose artistry contributed to the quality and variety of goods on offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 x 9\". 164 pages. 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Founded in 1883, Hamley built a national reputation for crafting exceptional saddles, tack, and cowboy equipment that outfitted working ranchers, rodeo competitors, and horsemen from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Plains. This catalog, published at the close of a transformative decade for the American ranching industry, represents the company at the height of its craft and commercial reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis facsimile reprint faithfully reproduces the original catalog in its entirety, preserving the detailed illustrations, product descriptions, and period pricing that made Hamley catalogs essential references for stockmen and cowboys of the era. Today these catalogs are prized by Western Americana collectors, antique tack and saddlery enthusiasts, rodeo historians, and researchers of Oregon and Pacific Northwest heritage. 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This interim catalog showcases the company's principal saddle models including the Warren Roper, the Troy Fort Championship Roping Saddle — named for the 1949 Grand National Calf Roping Champion — the Cutting Horse, the Bantam, the Nevada, and the silver-mounted El Caballero, along with detailed pricing schedules for stamping, rigging, and custom specifications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond saddles, the catalog offers a remarkable window into the full outfitter experience that made Visalia a destination for horsemen across the West, featuring sterling silver headstalls, breast collars, and martingales; Visalia Humane Bits; custom spurs including the Toots Mansfield Roping Spur; Justin and Hyer boots; Stetson western hats; H\u0026amp;C frontier clothing; Levi's western wear; Navajo saddle blankets; rawhide reatas; bosals and hackamores; and fine buckskin jackets and accessories. 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Founded in 1870 by Dave Walker and continued under his nephew Edmund Walker Weeks, Visalia had by 1935 built an unrivaled reputation spanning 64 years for custom-made saddles and riding equipment crafted from oak-bark tanned California leather on handmade D.E. Walker trees. The catalog opens with a foreword by noted California author Peter B. Kyne, a lifelong Visalia customer, and presents an extensive line of saddle models including the Walkeroper roping saddles, the Sure-Grip bronc saddle, Association rodeo saddles endorsed by the California Rodeo and the Livermore Stockmen's Rodeo, trick saddles, dude ranch saddles, boys' saddles, pack saddles, and a full range of fine silver-mounted and flower-stamped show saddles — each with detailed specifications and pricing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond saddles, the catalog offers a remarkable window into the complete outfitter experience that made Visalia a destination for horsemen across the West, featuring Walkeroper and flat-plate cinch riggings, tapaderos in multiple patterns, hand-made cinchas, saddle trees, chaps in leather and Angora fur including the company's own spotted chap designs originated in 1911, sterling silver headstalls and martingales, Visalia Humane Bits and polo bits, hand-forged silver-inlaid spurs, Justin and Starnes boots including the exclusive Visalia Special boot, John B. 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Founded by Samuel Dale \"Tio Sam\" Myres in Sweetwater, Texas in 1898 and relocated to El Paso in 1920, by the mid-1930s Myres had partnered with his son William and nephew Dace Myres to expand into volume production of high-quality holsters and gun belts that became as celebrated as the firm's saddles. By the time this catalog was issued, Myres had designed and produced the first belt holster for the FBI, and his leather goods were standard issue for Texas Rangers, sheriffs, police officers, and federal agents across the country. 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Miller of the 101 Ranch Wild West Show and embellished with fifteen pounds of silver and gold and more than 300 precious stones — and by the late 1930s the firm had expanded under his son William and nephew Dace Myres to volume production of high-quality holsters and gun belts that became as celebrated as the saddles themselves. This 1938 catalog captures the firm at the height of its mid-century output.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummary of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catalog opens with introductory text describing the construction of a fine saddle and instructions for its proper care and maintenance, followed by extensively illustrated entries — most accompanied by photographs or line drawings — listing items for sale with detailed descriptions and prices. Coverage includes custom and stock saddles in a wide range of trees and styles; decorative hand-tooled \"art leather\" goods including gun holsters, cartridge belts, dress belts, briefcases, billfolds, and knife sheaths; metal hardware components including spurs, bits, and ornamental belt buckles; and a variety of related goods for ranching, hunting, and law enforcement use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essential reference for collectors of vintage Western leather goods and Myres-marked saddles and holsters, historians of twentieth-century Texas saddlery and the cowboy West, leatherworkers studying mid-century hand-tooling traditions, and researchers of the Western film and rodeo industries that the firm helped outfit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSatisfaction guaranteed or you can send it back!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ExileBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49872388882587,"sku":"Publishing 2026 \/ 358553387493","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/7705\/6411\/files\/s-l1600_a5f2d15b-1545-45ab-87b3-cf24190ab8c7.jpg?v=1792531836"},{"product_id":"s-d-myres-saddle-company-catalog-riders-supplies-1947","title":"S. 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This catalog captures the postwar resurgence of the firm just three years before its final move to Alameda Street, where the shop would become known as \"Cowboy Headquarters of the Southwest.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummary of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catalog presents an individual photographed entry for each saddle, with catalog number, price, and detailed description covering tree, rigging, skirt pattern, swell, cantle height, horn style, stirrups, and tooling options. Saddles range from working stock and ranch saddles to ornate parade and show saddles in the firm's signature hand-tooled \"art leather\" tradition, featuring the Myres oak-leaf design and Western imagery patterned after the work of Charles Russell. The catalog also covers a full line of riders' accessories including bridles, headstalls, breast collars, cinches, latigos, saddlebags, chaps, spurs, and bits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essential reference for collectors of vintage Myres-marked saddles and Western tack, historians of twentieth-century Texas saddlery and the postwar cowboy West, leatherworkers studying mid-century hand-tooling traditions, and researchers of the rodeo and Western film industries the firm helped outfit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSatisfaction guaranteed or you can send it back!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ExileBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49872388948123,"sku":"Publishing 2026 \/ 358553387494","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/7705\/6411\/files\/s-l1600_d0a864a4-8d73-4a39-81cc-0b8f15ac9788.jpg?v=1792531837"},{"product_id":"the-hermann-h-heiser-saddlery-co-catalog-no-14","title":"The Hermann H. 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Heiser first reached Denver in December 1863, wintered there, and in April 1864 opened a shop in Black Hawk, Colorado with a partner, adding a Central City branch the following year. In 1874 he relocated permanently to Denver, purchasing the saddlery business of William Merchant and establishing what would become the Hermann H. Heiser Saddlery Company. His Triple H trademark, registered with the State of Colorado in 1878, was the ninth trademark registered in the state. After his three sons took over in 1904, Ewald Heiser eventually consolidated ownership and ran the firm until its 1945 sale to the Denver Dry Goods Company. 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Harpham Brothers operated as an exclusively wholesale saddlery and leather-goods house from 1884, and this catalog documents the breadth of hardware, tools, and findings the company supplied to the harness and saddlery trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catalog covers an extensive line of saddlery accessories, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaddle and tack hardware — saddle blankets, cinchas and girths, stirrups, spurs, rigging dees and plates, conchas, bits, and bridle rosettes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarness hardware — hames and hame fittings, buckles, snaps, rings, trace hardware, collar fasteners, and pad hooks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeather and raw materials — harness leather, skirting leather, sole leather, lace leather, webbing, canvas, and duck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTools and shop supplies — awls, knives, punches, rivet and eyelet sets, hammers, edgers, creasers, and stitching tools\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRope, cordage, and ranch goods — lariats, rope halters, hobbles, quirts, whips, and spinning rope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFindings and notions — buckles, snaps, rivets, spots, thread, needles, dressings, and leather-care preparations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStable and livestock goods — fly nets, horse and cow covers, sweat pads, collar pads, dog harness, and remedies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis reprint is reproduced in black-and-white from a digitized public-domain original. 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