Solid ex-library hardcover in faded illustrated buckram rebound boards with clear tape over backstrip. Tips and spine ends rubbed, pocket and all pages present. All there but not pretty. Ben and Dixie couldn't believe their favorite stallion was not with his wild mares so they and Gaucho, the Argentine trainer who had a way with horses set out on a pack trip up into the wild country of Twin Buttes. When they finally found King, their task had just begun: now they must try to restore King's will to live. The magnificent horse had been defeated in a terrible fight and his spirit was bruised e... View More...
Brand new undated reprint paperback in illustrated sage green background card covers with brown title cover/spine. Crisp and unread, opened only to photograph. 179pp text is crisp and unread but we did notice a sloppy printing typo which we've shown (email for assistance). Publisher on title page is Crowell, this is a modern reproduction without the full page plates of the Crowell edition, only a small drawing as each chapter heading. Vince Darby knew their knowledge of the Twin Buttes wild horses could be relied on. In his own youth he had run wild horses for profit, and he didn't want the f... View More...
Gift quality hardcover signed by author on fep in taupe cloth covered boards with burgundy titles cover and spine w/horse drawing on frt cov. Author wrote (to nobody in particular) 'Little Fellow can't travel as fast as Johnny Weaver, but I hope you like him. Trude Burke'. No names, tears or soil and is not a former library copy. 129pp text crisp and tight. Unclipped red/yellow illustrated dust wrapper is a professional reproduction that shows rubs and color loss at tips and spine ends. It is 95% there and displays well in new mylar. Author's 1st book about a family that moves cross country ... View More...
Author signed first edition hardcover in red cloth covered boards showing bumped spine ends and sharp tips. Two short lines of white-out on fep, rest of 246pp text is tight, crisp and unmarked save for author's gift dedication on half title page 'Signed for Anne Batterson by Lavinia R. Davis'. Original un-clipped ($2.50) dust jacket has a water mark at foot of spine and rear panel, chips at spine ends and tips, displays ok in new mylar. A sure-fire combination of outdoor activities, horseback riding, horse shows and 4H enthusiasts. View More...
Very nice 1948 hardcover in green cloth covered boards showing bumped tips and spine ends, small soil mark on rear board and a small 'ding' on the foot of the front cover. No names, tears or soil in the tight, crisp 256pp text, only some light foxing on the edge of page block. Not ex-library. Professionally reproduced dust jacket is complete and shows wrap-around art to the spine edge. DJ art by Peter Biegel, no other illustrations within. This is the exciting story of Scatts Gascoyne, who felt that the war had cheated him out of his birthright of sport and enjoyment. He dashed almost litera... View More...
Gift quality 1st edition hardcover in rust cloth covered boards with sharp tips and bumped spine ends. Not exlibrary. Former owner's bookplate on foxed fep, 221pp text tight and crisp. Unclipped color illustrated dust jacket is a professional reproduction showing color loss and small repairs at spine ends, now in new mylar and looks great. Ted Holiday was rounding up cattle the first time he saw the beautiful spotted colt the older cowhands called a "Palousey." When the colt escaped, Ted gave chase only to find that the horse was even fleeter than the antelope he ran with. A wild horse so extr... View More...
Very good red paper covered boards showing bumped tips and spine ends. Fep removed, book opens to half title. No names, tears or soil. No illustrations. Australian edition measures 7" tall x 4.5" wide. No date of publication listed. Circa 1920. Color illustrated dust jacket is a professional reproduction that is complete & displays well. View More...
9th printing 1954 (originally published 1936), a fine condition hardcover in rust paper covered boards showing sharp tips and spine ends. No names, tears or soil in the 214pp text. Hinges fine, Illustrated with chapter heading vignettes throughout. Unclipped dust wrapper is complete and a professional reproduction that displays well in new mylar, although spine is sunned, title remains 'just' legible. Brenda Coleman goes to spend a vacation at her uncle's ranch in northern Colorado. Though a tenderfoot from the city, she soon learns to love Sugar Loaf Butte and to manage a horse with a master... View More...
Solid 1953 hardcover in illustrated green cloth covered boards showing bumped tips and spine ends. Light finger soil in a margin or two, not exlib, no tears. Un-clipped full color dust jacket has wrap-around art on the whole book. It is a professional reproduction that is complete and displays well in new mylar. Former owner's bookplate on fep, 128 pp text has light soil on edge of page block. Well illustrated with line drawings. Vern Corbin loved the green-eyed stallion, yet in his heart he knew that he was afraid of the magnificent brown stallion that had been branded 'a killer.' Possibly it... View More...
Gift quality first edition hardcover in taupe cloth covered boards with sharp tips and spine ends. No names, tears or soil in the 249pp text. Beutifully illustrated with over 100 of Dan Muller's charcoal drawings. Fitted with a professionally reproduced Un-clipped dust jacket that shows a little color loss and a few scratches in the black background, but displays very well in new mylar. The true story of a stunning golden Palomino who was admired by everyone who saw him. Contentions are raised when disputes over cattle between the Cross Up outfit and the Lazy Me ranch. A rodeo in Chicago in w... View More...
4th Printing glossy hardcover in purple paper covered boards with nice Victor Ambrus rearing grey horse art on frt cover. Tips and spine ends bumped, edge of page block lightly foxed. No names, tears or soil in the 160pp text. Was it a ghost, the grey shape galloping in the mist that Ken first caught sight of one evening at sunset on the mountains of Vermont? But the horse was real enough, only a badly frightened animal which had run away to the hills to escape ill-treatment. Slowly and patiently Ken began to train him, gradually coaxing him back from his wildness. Once feared as dangerous, ... View More...
