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Price: $3.00
Publisher: Willowisp Press: 1987
Edition: Second Printing
Seller Id: 23214
ISBN: 0874062071
Condition: Good
2nd printing paperback with light surface wear at tips from storage. Name and number on fep, else 94 pp text crisp and unmarked. Can Garnet tame this wild Arabian? Suddenly the Arabian's body filled with wildfire. His dark eyes haunted her. If Garnet could afford the horse, could she turn it into a winner? View more info
By: Barton, Frank Townend, M.R.C.V.S.
Price: $48.00
Publisher: NY, Macmillan: 1912
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 28632
Condition: Good +
An exhaustive 1st edition compendium, much pertaining to horse health and ailments. A rare volume in green pictorial cloth boards bumped and rubbed at tips. Book is approx 6" x 8.5" x 3" thick. Titles worn on cover, appears as if something has spilled at one time taking some of the layers of white letting with it but it is still legible (see pic). Inner hinges fine, page block sound and tight but occasionally wavy from past moisture but there is no musty smell. Contents include: The Shire and the Cart Horse, The Clydesdale Horse, The Suffolk, Remarks on Van and Cross-Bred Horses... View more info
By: Borden, Spencer
Price: $175.00
Publisher: MA, J. H. Franklin Co.: 1912
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 43980
Condition: Very Good
First edition, first printing 1912. Green cloth boards with spotting on upper board tip and color loss at fairly sharp tips and bumped spine ends. No title on backstrip. Frt board has a complete b/w photo framed in gilt of an arab looking horse complete with fancy arab decorative bridle, tassels and long shanked dbl bridle. Bright gilt title on frt board, tidy name and sticker pull abrasion on tip of age toned fep. Tissue guarded glossy frontis shows light foxing as does title page which also has a smaller b/w photo of a man mounted on an Arabian type horse, and is imprinted with "Many i... View more info
Price: $7.00
Publisher: CT, Stabenfeldt, Inc: 2005
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: 45951
ISBN: 1933343117
Condition: Near Fine
Crisp unmarked realistic style horse comic book style story based on a real-life tale. Negligible surface wear from storage. 24 pp. For almost any other girl, a week's riding camp would be a dream come true - but for Lucy Jones, its a nightmare. Sure, she loves horses, but a bad accident has left her terrified of riding and her tormentor is going to be there! But when Lucy overhears two mystery men plotting to kidnap a beautiful Arabian horse, she leaps into action with the help of the mysterious girl, Angelica, with hair of gold and strange powers they follow the kidnappers on a trail fi... View more info
By: Crowell, Pers
Price: $12.00
Publisher: NY, Garden City Books: 1951
Edition: Second Printing
Seller Id: 34645
Condition: Very Good +
Green cloth boards look fab despite lightly bumped spine ends and very lightly bumped tips. DJ shows small chips at extremities and light watermarks on white background flaps but displays well in new mylar jacket. 311 pp without names or tears. Faint watermark on foot of page block does not detract. Rare, early Garden City Second Printing. A treasure trove of information about every recognized breed of light horse popular in America today. Pers begins with the story of prehistoric men and horses, traces the history of horses in the great civilizations of the past and in the more recent culture... View more info
By: Crowell, Pers
Price: $15.00
Publisher: NY, Bonanza Books: 1951
Edition: First Printing
Seller Id: 33619
Condition: Very Good +
VG 1st printing hardcover in vg dust wrapper. Grey paper covered boards with light grey cloth spine look fab despite bumped spine ends and very light rub to foot of front board fore-edge. DJ shows small chips at extrems but displays very well in new mylar jacket. 311 pp. Tidy gift dedication on fep. A treasure trove of information about every recognized breed of light horse popular in America today. Pers begins with the story of prehistoric men and horses, traces the history of horses in the great civilizations of the past and in the more recent cultures of Great Britain and Western Europe. Th... View more info
By: Davenport, Homer
Price: $28.00
Publisher: CO, Best Publishing Company:
Edition: Reprint
Seller Id: 44651
Condition: Good
Early hard cover reprint edition of this classic book. Water damage (lifting) on rear panel of original brown cloth. Tips sharp, spine ends bumped (not rubbed). Nice pictorial illustration on the cover by Karen Leitzmanl depicting an Arab man in classic dress on horseback. Gift dedication on frt pastedn dated 1967. Photo frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Rippled rear pages but none stuck, no damage to text, soil to outer edge of page block on last 1/3 of book. Solid working copy. 276 pp. View more info
By: Farley, Walter
Price: $18.00
Publisher: NY, Random House: 1949
Edition: 17th Printing
Seller Id: 44304
Condition: Very Good +
Brilliant 17th printing hardcover in rust cloth boards with black illustration of The Black Stallion on the front cover. Professionally reproduced unclipped dj in new mylar shows very light wear at tips, displays well. 208 pp. A race between the Black and Satan is inevitable, but unexpected events put the horses in the path of a raging forest fire. Suddenly, they are racing for their lives. View more info
By: Farley, Walter
Price: $5.00
Publisher: NY, Random House: 1981
Edition: Reprint
Seller Id: 23330
ISBN: 0394836138
Condition: Very Good
Reprint paperback with light surface soil and color loss at tips. 263 p. text is browning but not brittle, has no names, soil or tears. The tall stallion broke out of his paddock, hurled forth his screaming challenge, and attacked Satan, in an adjoining paddock. Only Henry Dailey's alertness and Alec Ramsay's loving domination of the Black saved Satan from a savage death that night. Later the old trainer told Alec, "His attack on Satan took a lot of time and planning. It was the methodical, premeditated scheme of a murderer. Get smart before he kiss all of us! View more info
By: Farley, Walter
Price: $8.00
Publisher: NY, Random House: 1951
Edition: Eighth Printing
Seller Id: 21470
Condition: Good
8th printing exlib hardcover re-bound library boards with surface worn but visible image of rearing red horse on cover. Professionally reproduced dj in new mylar has a chip at head of ft panel but displays well in new mylar. 243 p. text tight with some fingerprints and a stray pen doodle on blank fep. All pages and pocket present. Steve Duncan and his friend Pitch had discovered a lost world behind the high barrier walls of Azul Island in the Carribean Sea. They alone knew of the existence of Blue Valley and the pure-blooded horses which lived there. For Pitch it meant an unrivaled opportuni... View more info
By: Goodenow, Earle Illustrator
Price: $28.00
Publisher: NY, Grosset & Dunlap: 1946
Seller Id: 41884
Condition: Very Good
Pictorial boards lightly soiled, still fairly sharp, negligible finger soil on endpps, no other marks, binding tight. The classic Arabian Nights stories, in a version for children (an Illustrated Junior Library edition), with lovely illustrations by Earle Goodenow. 327 pp. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: NY, Rand McNally: 1951
Seller Id: 45637
Condition: Very Good
Second printing of the first edition hardcover in straight, sharp burgundy cloth boards. Un-clipped professionally reproduced dj has small chips at spine ends, and a scratch of color loss near center of dj front panel, still displays well in new mylar. 113 pp text is tight and bright with one closed taped tear on last page. This majestic collection of horses from Newbery Medalist Marguerite Henry is strikingly illustrated and makes a great gift for horse lovers of all ages. How did the Morgan horse get its name? What are the differences between a Belgian and a Clydesdale? Why are the Bye... View more info
By: Hinton, Phyllis
Price: $15.00
Publisher: NY, A. S. Barnes & Co.: 1966
Edition: Reprint
Seller Id: 39958
Condition: Fine
Brilliant reprint hardcover with glossy dj showing a few tiny closed tears. 356 pp. Gift dedication on fep. This book is from the sporting library of William Lay, MD, former MFH of the Oakbrook Hounds IL. Comprehensive volume covers everything for the active rider or the rail side fan of horses. View more info
Price: $36.00
Publisher: NY, Dodd, Mead & Company: 1949
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: R46442
Condition: Very Good
First edition hardcover in bright orange paper covered boards with color loss at bumped tips and spine ends. Tidy name on frt pastedown and a smidge of white-out at head of fep. 214 pp text is crisp and unmarked. Unclipped original dj has wrap around art with a black line drawing of a man and a boy riding a camel, leading a really pretty white mare along the sands of the desert, in the background we see (you guessed it!): black tents and a palm tree. A small illustration on the backstrip shows a man holding a camel at a distance, and another palm tree. DJ has a few micro chips at tips, upp... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: NY, Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.: 1944
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 44122
Condition: Very Good
Tight bright 1st edition in blue cloth boards with bright gilt illustration and titles on frt board. Lower fore edge of both boards faded, bit of discoloration on pastedns and endpps in same area, text unaffected. Tips and spine ends sharp. NOT exlib. Tiny, obscure vintage bookstore sticker on foot of fep. 114 pg well illustrated text is crisp and unmarked. Unclipped professionally reproduced dj in new mylar somewhat tatty along top edge w/small closed tears and few small chips, still displays well. This is the story of the American Horse. Beginning with the Mustang, the narrative progresses... View more info
Price: $18.00
Publisher: NY, Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.: 1944
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 32767
Condition: Very Good +
Tight bright 1st edition in blue cloth boards with bright gilt illustration and titles on frt board. Tips lightly bumped but not rubbed. NOT exlib. Bit of color loss at tips. Tasteful engraving on former owner's bookplate on fep. 114 pg well illustrated text is crisp and unmarked. Unclipped professionally reproduced dj in new mylar somewhat tatty along top edge w/small closed tears and few small chips, still displays well. This is the story of the American Horse. Beginning with the Mustang, the narrative progresses to our own day (1944) and the part the horse is playing in the American war ef... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, Hutchinson's Books For Young People: 1940
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: R46444
Condition: Very Good
Gift quality undated (circa 1940) wartime compliant hardcover in green cloth covered boards with bumped spine ends but tips remain sharp. 128 pp text is crisp and unmarked save for negligible foxing dot on endpapers. Price-clipped, original dust jacket has a 1" closed tear on rear panel and a micro 1/8" chip at head of rear gutter. Green background dj with black line drawing and titles on frt panel and backstrip show a bit of age-toning at periphery of both panels, still displays well in new mylar. Stormy was born during a hurricane. His mother was a white Arabian and his father ... View more info
Price: $100.00
Publisher: NY, Derrydale: 2000
Edition: First Limited Edition
Inscription: Patrons' Edition
Seller Id: 31573
ISBN: 1586670409
Condition: Very Good
Lovely copy with negligible light spot on head of spine. Front board slightly sprung, tips sharp, internally as new. One of only 62 copies of the The "Patron's Edition" with a tipped-in vellum sheet presenting this volume to Mr & Mrs. Charles C. Abeles. Not signed by Alex but probably written by him. 193 pp, Illustrated with paintings, prints and photographs of the breeders, stallions and mares who shaped the thoroughbred lines from the 1500's to the twentieth century. Foreword by John T. von Stade. Publisher's letter to the patron laid-in: "the Patron's Edition was offered onl... View more info
By: Nichols, Catherine; Based on book By Marguerite Henry
Price: $5.00
Publisher: NY, Checkerboard Press: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 37075
Condition: Very Good +
Tight bright 1st edition in illust paperback covers with color loss from storage on burgundy background wrappers. No names, tears or soil. Almost every Thoroughbred alive today traces its ancestery to one special horse, the Godolphin Arabian. To Agba, the Godolphin was his own beloved Sham, the horse he'd tended since birth. Although Sham sired champion sons and daughters, he himself had never raced. At the Newmarket Races Agba wonders - shouldn't Sham be given his chance to run, his chance to prove that he's truly King of the Wind? View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: NY, Howell Book House: 1991
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: 43797
ISBN: 0876058942
Condition: Fine
1st edition, 1st printing hardcover with crisp and unmarked 208 pp text. Unclipped dj displays beautifully in new mylar. Well illustrated guide to choosing and training your own Arab pleasure mount. View more info
