![The Field the Fox Hunt and the Farm [1880s]. Anonymous, Laura Valentine](/pictures/thumb/14144.jpg?v=1539198007)
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
![All for a Horse [1st ed. in d.j.]. Kay Avery](/images/noimage.png)
1955. Avery, Kay. All for a Horse. NY: Crowell 1955. Stated first printing. 165p, line ills. by Aldren A. Watson. Good hardcover in good unclipped d.j. (short tears along edges). Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one page margin. ** Young Tom works to earn the horse of..... 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
1950. Brown, Eleanor F. A Horse for Peter. NY: Julian Messner 1950. 128p, many ills. by Pers Crowell. Good paperbound (skewed from poor storage) in fair d.j., which is attached to the covers, as issued. ** Injured boy learns how to ride, with the help of a Tennessee Walking Horse..... 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
Bruce, Mary Grant. Norah of Billabong. London: Ward, Lock, n.d. [ca. 1940s; 1st pub. 1913]. 224p + 1 pl. Basically very good hardcover (small spots on cover, a few marginal stains) in good color d.j. ** Children's/teen story of ranching and other adventures of Norah and her friends in the..... More
1956. 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..... More
1958. Caffrey, Nancy. Scene from the Saddle. NY: Dutton 1958. 88p, many photos by A.L. "Budd" Waintrob. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (chipped, soiled). Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and one page margin. ** Young Johnny learns about horsemnship while preparing to take his pinto pony to..... 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
1958. Cannam, Peggy. She Wanted a Pony. London: Andrew Dakers (The Viscount Series), n.d. [ca. 1958]. 145p + 1 color pl. Good hardcover (front endpaper removed); no d.j. ** Misadventures and successes with ponies, including a scary opening scene about a pony arriving at a clueless family. Can be sent..... More
Colville, Mary. Plain Jane: The Story of a Shetland Island Pony. London: Collins 1938. 158p + 20 pls. by the author. Good clean hardcover (fore-edges foxed) in good unclipped d.j. (soiled). ** The author was 13 years old, and this is quite an accomplished story for that age (with a...... More
Cookson, Catherine. Go Tell It to Mrs. Golightly. NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1977. 192p. Very good hardcover (slight staining) in fair unclipped d.j. (back panel torn). ** Blind English girl sent to the country stumbles upon a kidnapping; horses are treated in passing. First U.S. edition of one of..... More
1940. Cumming, Primrose. The Chestnut Filly. NY: M.S. Mill, n.d. [1940 or later]. 190p + 25 pls. by Stanley Lloyd. Fair hardcover (skewed from reading, covers spotted), but very sturdy. No d.j. ** Boy trains a wild chestnut filly to be tractable enough to star in films--and there's a surprise..... More
![Follyfoot; Dora at Follyfoot [2 books]. Monica Dickens](/pictures/thumb/16941.jpg?v=1592492780)
1971. Dickens, Monica. Follyfoot; Dora at Follyfoot. Both London: Heinemann, 1971 and 1972. 140 and 136p, no ills. Very good hardcovers in very good jackets (light shelf soil, chipping). Owner's large ink name on front endpaper of both. Follyfoot is the second printing; Dora at Follyfoot is the first edition..... More
Dillon, Jane M. Form over Fences: A Pictorial Critique of Jumping for Junior Riders. Princeton: Van Nostrand 1961. Stated 1st ed. 132p, 115 photos, several line ills. Very good hardcover (fore-edges lightly foxed) in good d.j. (stained, chipped). ** Photos and commentary of good, bad, and indifferent riders and mounts..... More
Downey, Fairfax. Dogs of Destiny. NY: Scribner 1949. 186p, many ills. by Paul Brown. Good hardcover; no d.j. ** "Stories of legendary and real dogs throughout history" (Biscotti). Includes Argus (the hound of Ulysses), Greyfriar's Bobby, Handsome Dan the Yale bulldog, Rin Tin Tin, Buddy the seeing eye dog, and..... More
1951. Eames, Genevieve Torrey. Ghost Town Cowboy. NY: Julian Messner 1951. 176p, several ills. and endpapers by Paul Brown. Very good hardcover; no d.j. ** Middle-grade mystery story centered around an old mining ghost town. The true first edition: yellow covers and no Junior Literary Guild imprint. Can be sent..... More
Eames, Genevieve Torrey. Ghost Town Cowboy. NY: Messner 1956. 3rd ptg. (1st pub. 1951). 176p with half-page ills. by Paul Brown. Good hardcover (ex-lib. in original tan cloth, with usual marks; no d.j.). ** Children's mystery story, set in the West at an old mining ghost town. Can be sent..... More
1946. Eames, Genevieve Torrey. Pat Rides the Trail. NY: Julian Messner 1946. 146p, line ills. by Dan Noonan. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (chipped, top and bottom of spine torn away). Upper corner of front endpaper torn away (ca. 1/2 x 1 inch). ** Well-loved children's story about a...... More
Faulkner-Horne, Shirley. Riding with the Kindles. London: Witherby 1941. 164p, several line ills. by Peter Biegel. Good hardcover (opening pages and upper margins foxed). Presentation copy from the author, probably near the time of publication. ** A girl and her brother, who are spending their summer holidays in the country..... More
Gard, Robert E. Midnight: Rodeo Champion. NY: Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1962. 6th ptg. (1st pub. 1951). 157p, several ills. by C.W. Anderson. Very good hardcover in good d.j. ** Children's novel about the champion bucking horse. One of the handful of book that Anderson illustrated for other authors... More
Genestoux, Magdeleine du. M. Terrible a la Chasse. [Paris] Hachette, n.d. [1920s-30s]. 20p, many small ills., 8 color pochoir pls., and color cover by Harry Eliott. Sewn card covers. Light cover soil, dampstain to top of front cover, small snag to base of spine. Pages age browned. Overall a very..... More
1941. Golden Gorse, pseud. [Muriel C. Wace]. Moorland Mousie. London: Country Life 1941 (1st pub. 1929). 106p, pls. by Lionel Edwards. Very good hardcover (no d.j.) Owner's ink name. ** Long-beloved tale of an Exmoor pony, though revealing some class prejudices of the day... More
Gray, Patsey. The Flag Is Up. NY: Thomas Nelson 1970. Stated 1st ed. 159p, no ills. Good hardcover in good unclipped d.j. Owner's neat ink stamp on front endpaper and occasional bottom margin. Top of jacket and a few pages show old stains. Priced accordingly. ** Set at a southern..... More
Hall, Lynn. Ride a Wild Dream. Chicago: Follett 1969. 3rd ptg. 160p, ills. by George Roth. Very good hardcover in poor d.j. (smudged; big piece torn out of back, not affecting illustration). ** Boy's dream Palomino becomes a dangerous nightmare. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the..... More
