![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
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
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
1977. Cannan, Joanna. I Wrote a Pony Book. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1977. 2nd ed. (1st pub. 1950). 151p, frontispiece and color d.j. by Richard Kennedy. Very good hardcover (fore-edges lightly foxed) in good unclipped d.j. (lightly chipped). Owner's neat ink name on front endpaper. ** "Alison decides to write..... 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
1949. McMeekin, McLennan [Isabel McLennan McMeekin]. The First Book of Horses. NY: Watts 1949. 45p, many small ills. by Pers Crowell, some in color. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (edge wear). Signed by the author on the front endpaper. ** Still a good introduction for young to middle readers..... More
Paget, J. Otho, et al. Horses, Guns and Dogs. NY: Longmans, Green 1903. xii, 254p, several line ills. + 4 color pls. Pictorial cloth, gilt stamped, with illustration signed "GAF" (George A. Fotheringill). Light marginal wear; overall a nice bright copy. ** Lively advice for boys on riding and driving..... More
![Ryzhii Poni [Soviet edition of The Red Pony]. John Steinbeck](/pictures/thumb/14478.jpg?v=1539198010)
Steinbeck, John. Ryzhii Poni. Moscow, 1962. 82p, several line ills. Fair paperbound (outer lower corner of front cover torn away, affecting title). Pages age browned. In English and Russian. ** Soviet high school edition of the complete four stories in The Red Pony, translated by E.I. Khakina. With a glossary..... More
