Super nice 1st edition hardcover in rust paper covered boards with sharp tips and bumped spine ends. Uncirculated x-library book without any call tags or sunning spots on spine, all pages and unused pocket present. Unclipped original dj in new mylar displays beautifully. 156 pp. Things are hard for twelve-year-old Jan and her mother, after her father's death. And when it turns out that her beloved horse needs an operation Jan reluctantly gets the money from an elderly woman she has befriended. View More...
Illustrated 1st edition orange cloth hardcover with bumped corners and expected ex-lib imperfections. No dj, 126 pp text is tight and bright. While Yakima Indian, Jim, is investigating the disappearance of cattle from the Hanging Rock Ranch with Hap and Kathie, he also tries to tame a wild horse. View More...
Lovely 1st edition hardcover, 26 pp. #1 Pony In My Pocket series. Sheriff would much rather practice his jumps than help clean up the yard. However, things don't go to plan when he finds himself on a mystery tour. View More...
Gift quality, tight, clean, crisp first edition hardcover in yellow slick paper covered boards with sharp tips and bumped spine ends. Not exlib, no names, tears or soil in the 160pp text. Red background dust jacket is a professional reproduction that pops with action and color as George jumps off a bank into a stream as a guy holding a long gun looks on in the background. Jacket shows some color loss spine ends displays very well in its new mylar sleeve. From the DJ: "Bill is an ugly horse who travels. Sometimes called a 'cayuse' he was born in the West, raised on the plains, he is ship... View More...
First Edition hardcover in red cloth boards with bright green title on spine. No names, marks or soil within, is not an exlib. Unclipped DJ in new mylar is chipped and sunned with most of the title on the spine, sunning around upper left corner of frt panel, rear panel 85% complete. Displays well in new mylar. 164 pp. A charming story of Bill who is an ugly horse who travels. Born in the West, raised on the plains, he is shipped East to be sold at auction. How a small boy buys him, learns to ride, and finally wins a hurdle race, after having setbacks and adventures, is the subject of this ... View More...
Attractive Fifth Printing 1966 Hardcover In Illustrated Buckram Cloth Covered Boards With Bright White Title And Fresh Illustration On Frt Cover. Light Soil On Boards Does Not Detract. An Exlib With Markings Including White Call Letters On Foot Of Spine. Front Free Endpaper Neatly Excised, One Marked Out School Stamp At The Foot Of One Plate And One On The Dedication Page. Corners Show Color Loss But No Frayed Tips Or Spine Ends. 56 Pp Text Is Tight With A Few Light Fingerprints On Page Edges From Turning But No Tears. Displays Well On The Shelf From The Front. The Little Colt Was Ver... View More...
Gift quality 4th printing of the Weekly Reader 1981 edition, Originally published by Macmillan, NY in 1954. Much sought, collectible story written and illustrated by C.W. Anderson. 40 pp text is browned, there is a small mark on the inside rear cover and the bottom tip of last three pages are chipped. No names, not exlib. The little colt was very small, and his little legs were so wobbly and weak that every time he tried to stand up, he would fall down. He saw the other colts on the farm running and playing, and he was very sad. No one paid much attention to the crooked little colt excep... View More...
Second UK printing hardcover in medium green paper covered boards with bright white titles. First ever was published by Macmillan USA in 1956. First UK was published in 1958, this is the second UK printing of one year later, 1959. Book is slightly cocked and boards somewhat sprung but it is not noticeable unless the jacket is off and it is put flat on a table. There is no evidence of moisture anywhere and no musty smells. It is not a former library copy, there are no names, tears or soil in the tight, bright, crisp 107 pp text. Unclipped professionally reproduced dj from the Macmillan U... View More...
Med brown cloth hardcover has surface wear, some indentations and a small break in cloth on rear board. Boards shaken. Gift dedication on lightly soiled end papers: Happy Birthday to Scotty, Jimmy Baker 1954. Page block shaken, hinges wobbly but all pages holding fine. One repaired closed tear on one page does not affect reading the story. Rear hinge cracked w/webbing showing. All in all, a decent first edition copy with stunning b/w pencil art throughout. Unclipped professionally reproduced color illustrated dj has chips missing from head & foot of spine, lower tip has a 1 1/2" open tear, lo... View More...
1st printing paperback with light color loss along spine edge and tips. Crack in spine paper from a sideways bend. 96 pp text tight and browned but not brittle, inside of covers also. A Haunted Clubhouse A Mysterious Fire A Devilish Plan Somewhere there is a solution...and the solution is Blaze, a magnificent stallion who comes from Beyond to seek revenge. View More...
Gift quality book, Author's presentation copy signed on fep to Aunt 'somebody?' from Jocelyn Arundel. Not exlib. Beautiful rust cloth covered boards with sharp tips & bumped spine ends. Un-clipped dust jacket is a professional reproduction that is complete and displays beautifully in new mylar. 140pp appears unread. Well illustrated in b/w by Dennis. Tim Sawyer and his best friend Jenny, spy a wild chestnut mare roaming with a herd of others and decide to make it their own, but find out shortly that they aren't the only ones with designs on the pretty little horse. View More...
Lovely, straight square, tight and crisp hardcover in original price-clipped dj. Small chip at head of rear dj panel (1" x .5"), spine sunned but all legible and displays well in new mylar. Very kitsch solid green moire looking boards with yellow jumping horse and spine title. Sturdily bound book has the best looking wrapper art of any of the various editions and publications of this title. Green background with a brown/white/black line drawn steeplechase image showing a grey and bay horse landing over a brush jump as a riderless horse leads on in the distance. After being teased that riding... View More...
Gift quality first printing of the second edition 1937. Straight, sharp hardcover in well illustrated green background paper covered boards with yellow cloth backstrip. Frt board shows Powder the colt, an owl, a dog, a circus tent and a circus wagon. The rear red background panel shows Powder dressed up in his circus outfit with tassels, feathers and plumes with his hoof on a play ball, one single cavaletto in fore-front and nearby, a hula hoop ring and a cone. Book fitted into a clear polyester removable wrapper. There are no names, tears or soil in the crisp, profusely illustrated 32 pp... View More...
1963 Book Club hardcover in rust faux leather boards with sharp tips and bumped spine ends. 288 untrimmed pages. No names, tears or soil, hinges fine. Charming illustrated color art on professionally reproduced unclipped dj matches color frontis by Walter Seton. Nice text line illustrations by Earle B. Winslow. Dj shows Velvet sailing over a stone wall in the country on the big piebald horse while a trainer looks on in the distance. Small chip and water mark at head of dust jacket backstrip, moderate surface & handling soil on cream background of dj but still displays well on the shelf. View More...
First Edition Exlibrary Hardcover In Rust Colored Cloth Boards With Black Spine Title. Spine Ends Bumped, Tips Fairly Sharp, No Call Tags On Foot Of Spine On Book Or Jacket. Pocket And All Pages Present. Unclipped (Unpriced) Dj Is A Professional Reproduction Illustrated In Color By Joseph Cellini. No Chips Or Tears, Just Some Age-Toning On White Background Spine Area. Brad's Cousin Billie Is Visiting The Family Ranch For The Summer, And He Is Dismayed When She Wants To Ride Captain Jack, A Horse Even He Has Trouble Riding. View More...
First edition, first printing 1895 hardcover in taupe buckram covered boards illustrated with black and russet colored horses including a toy horse on wheels and a ring of seahorses around an oval design on cover. Book is not an exlib. Tips and spine ends bumped and rubbed but not unsightly. Former owner's small address stamp on upper tip of fep, vintage bookstore sticker at foot of rep. Hinges good, pages tight with only an occasional light fingerprint. 418 pp illustrated with art reproductions and etchings in black and white. A fantasy involving horses in different settings throughou... View More...
Gift quality first edition in yellow cloth covered boards showing sharp tips and bumped spine ends. Bit of age-toning on endpapers, no names, tears or soil on endpapers or within the 149pp text. Unclipped original dust wrapper in new mylar displays well with a touch of loss at lower front flap fold, and some roughness at panel edges. The adventures of a group of children who belong to a West of England pony club including riding in shows, running away to London to go on the stage, circumventing unpopular neighbors and many more. View More...
First edition, first printing non-exlib hardcover in medium blue cloth covered boards with a blue horse head sketch on the front cover. Book has bumped spine ends and fairly sharp tips. Author's ink gift presentation on clean front endpaper "Many Best Wishes for Anne Hyde, from Cathrine Barr". Hinges and 32 page block are fine, tight and going nowhere, there is an occasional light spot on some page margins, all in all, very presentable. Price clipped original dust wrapper is soiled, there is a little bit of red marker on the rear panel 1" x 1/2" wrap around chip at the head of the dj spine... View More...
Near fine reprint paperback. 195 pp. Emma has always longed for a pony like Freckles. He's young and spirited, and Emma hopes to train him herself. Perhaps they'll make a champion horse-and-rider team ! But Freckles soon proves much more of a handful than Emma had bargained for. View More...
Gift quality first, 1st edition hardcover in baby blue textured paper covered boards with bright gilt title on spine in a cool Oriental style font. Head of spine and uppermost edges of boards a bit sunned from chips in dj (View image or please ask for it if not shown). Tips still fairly sharp, foot of spine lightly bumped. Bit of age-toning on blank endpapers where dj panels weren't touching. Not exlib, no names, tears or soil within the 105 pp text. Unclipped, original, color illustrated dust jacket has several chips: 1" x 1/2" chip at head of darkened backstrip, 1 1/4" x 5/8" triangular... View More...
