Anonymous [Laura Valentine]. The Field the Fox Hunt and the Farm. London: Frederick Warne, n.d. [early 1880s]. N.p., many color ills. on 36 pls. Pict. cloth, gilt stamped. Rebacked; overall fair (condition details on request). Torn blank leaf within the last poem, but this is a binding error; nothing is..... More
1985. Bagnold, Enid. "National Velvet." Morrow Junior Books 1985 (1st pub. 1935). Golden Anniversary Edition. 258p, several pls. + color d.j. by Ted Lewin. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (back panel chipped, soiled). ** Forget the movie--discover the superb original novel about young Velvet, who in one year "become... More
Ball, Richard. Broncho. London: Country Life 1939 (1st pub. 1930). Reduced-format popular edition. Spine reads: Junior Country Life Library. ix, 134p, many pls. by G.D. Armour. Fair hardcover: covers and some margins soiled. Bookplate. No d.j. Reading copy. ** Fictionalized life of a horse who served in World War I.... More
Barne, Kitty. Rosina and Son. London: Evans Brothers 1959 (1st pub. 1956). 216p, several ills. by Marcia Lane Foster. Good hardcover in good color jacket (creased, soiled). Front endpaper removed. Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one page margin. ** Rosina Copper was a real polo pony and... More
Baxter, Gillian. Horses and Heather. London: Warne 1956. 178p, many ills. + 1 color pl. by Sheila Rose. Very good hardcover in good color d.j. (price clipped, two short edge tears, faint dampstain to top of back panel). Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one page margin. **... More
1947. Bechdolt, Jack. Trusty: The Story of a Police Horse. NY: Dutton 1947. 191p, line ills. by Decie Merwin at the head of each chapter. Good hardcover; no d.j. Bookplate. Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one bottom page margin. ** Young adult story of the training and... More
Blue, Wallace. The Mouse-Gray Stallion. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1957. 142p, several line ills. by William Moyers. Good hardcover in good color d.j. (front rubbed, back wrinkled). ** Novel for ages 8 to 12--"a story of Montana in the last days of the wild horses." Can be sent outside the U.S. for... More
1977. Bolognese, Don. Drawing Horses & Foals. NY: Franklin Watts 1977. 68p, many line ills. by the author. Very good hardcover (small mend to top of spine); no d.j., probably as issued. ** In the publisher's How To Draw series. Lots of useful tips for beginning artists, including how to... More
Bontemps, Arna, and Jack Conroy. Sam Patch: The High, Wide & Handsome Jumper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1951. [1st ed.] 39p, many ills. by Paul Brown, some in color. Good hardcover (light shelf soil; one page soiled); lacks d.j. Yellow cloth printed in black. ** Bontemps was the noted Harlem Renaissance... More
Brown, Eleanor F. Wendy Wanted a Pony. NY: Julian Messner 1951. 144p, several ills. + color d.j. by Pers Crowell. Very good hardcover (edges lightly sunned) in good d.j. (chipped, back soiled). ** "The story of a little girl who did something she knew was wrong to get what she... More
1950. Brown, Paul. Crazy Quilt: Circus Pony. NY: Scribner, n.d. [ca. early 1950s]. 88p, many line ills. by the author. Good hardcover (red cloth): short split at top of front hinge, paperclip stain to rear endpaper. Fair original unclipped d.j. (chipped, stained). Original price $2.00. ** A redesigned reprint of... More
1934. Brown, Paul. Crazy Quilt: The Story of a Piebald Pony. NY: Scribner 1934 (early but not 1st ptg.). [88]p, many line ills. by Brown. Very good hardcover (cover edges shelf-rubbed) in fair d.j. (torn, stained). The jacket is unclipped; the book's original price was $2.00. ** In the original... More
Brown, Paul. Fire! The Mascot. NY: Scribner 1939. Early but not 1st ed. [96]p, many lively large brush-and-ink ills. by Brown, printed on tinted backgrounds. Very good hardcover (endpapers browned from binding glue; owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one bottom page margin). No jacket. ** Children's story... More
1937. Brown, Paul. Mick and Mac: The Perkins' Pups. NY: Scribner 1937. [96]p, many ills. by Brown. Very good hardcover (edge wear) in fair unclipped d.j. (tears, bottom of backstrip torn away). ** Story of the Perkins family's two dogs--Mac the runaway Scottie and Mick the Irish Wolfhound. There are... More
Brown, Paul. Puff Ball. NY: Scribner 1942. No edition statement or device, as described by Biscotti, but presumably the first. [32]p, many color ills. by Brown. Good hardcover (blue cloth; cover shelfwear, a few pages foxed). Lacks d.j. Ink presentation, Christmas 1942. ** How Sparkie has to learn his pony... More
Brown, Paul. Silver Heels. NY: Scribner 1951. 1st ed. N.p., many ills. + color jacket by Brown. Very good hardcover in fair unclipped d.j. (pencil name on front flap, chipped, rubbed). ** Children's story about a part-Welsh pony, a natural jumper, and their adventures. More
Caffrey, Nancy. Hanover's Wishing Star. Dutton 1956. 1st ed. 124p, many photos. Very good hardcover (light cover smudging); lacks d.j. Foreword by Paul Brown. Author and subject's presentation on half-title page: "For John B. Clark--with very best wishes--Nancy Caffrey and Karen Ann McGuire". ** True story of the young girl... More
Caffrey, Nancy. Horse Haven. NY: Dutton 1955. 1st ed. 93p, many ills. by Paul Brown. Good hardcover (covers soiled, rubbed spot on title page); lacks d.j. Light blue cloth. Signed on half-title page: "Best wishes Nancy Caffrey." ** Children's story about the twins Jan and Jay, following Somebody's Pony and... More
Caffrey, Nancy. Pony Duet. NY: Dutton 1957. 1st ed. 92p, many ills. by Ronnie Mutch. Fair sturdy hardcover: ex-library, with usual marks. Rebound in library buckram. Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one page margin. Occasional smudges, otherwise the pages are nice and clean. ** Children's story: skewbald... More
1954. Caffrey, Nancy. Show Pony. NY: Dutton 1954. 88p, many ills. by Paul Brown. Very good hardcover (ca. 2 inches of front cover bottom edge is rubbed) in very good price-clipped color d.j. (smudged). ** In this sequel to Somebody's Pony, Jan and Jay wrestle with the problem filly Coquette... More
Calvert, Patricia. The Snowbird. London: Macmillan 1980. 146p. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** "Following the murder of her parents Willanna faces an uncertain future as she and her younger brother move from Tennessee in 1883 to the Dakota Territory where she trains her first horse." Children's novel. More
Cannam, Peggie. Musical Ride. London: Lutterworth 1958. 151p + 1 color pl. Very good hardcover in fair color d.j. (torn, soiled). Unrelated gift inscription. Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one bottom page margin. ** British pony novel and school story: Carole copes with running the Gatehouse Cavalry... More
Cannam, Peggy. Corn and Carrot Tops: The Autobiography of a Pony. London: Epworth Press 1960. 146p, many ills. by Nina Scott Langley, one in color. Good hardcover (would be very good except outer endpapers are torn out, front and back). Small stain and owner's neat ink stamp on front endpapers... More
Cannan, Joanna. Gaze at the Moon. London: Collins 1961 (1st pub. 1957). 159p, a few ills. by Sheila Rose. Good hardcover in fair d.j. (creased, edges torn). Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one page margin; two other ink stamps also on front endpaper. ** British pony novel... More
1948. Chaffee, Allen. Wandy the Wild Pony. London: John Murray 1948 (1st pub.1933). 144p, line ills. by D.L. Mays. Good hardcover in fair d.j. (chipped, back panel foxed). ** English children's story about the adventures of a young Dartmoor pony. Followed by Wandy Wins! Can be sent outside the U.S.... More
![The Field the Fox Hunt and the Farm [1880s]. Anonymous, Laura Valentine.](/pictures/thumb/14144.jpg?v=1539198007)
!["National Velvet" [Golden Anniversary Edition]. Enid Bagnold.](/images/noimage.png)
![Puff Ball [1942]. Paul Brown.](/pictures/thumb/14594.jpg?v=1540495691)
![Silver Heels [very good first edition in d.j.]. Paul Brown.](/pictures/thumb/14596.jpg?v=1539198011)
![Musical Ride [in d.j.]. Peggie Cannam.](/pictures/thumb/15879.jpg?v=1539198029)
