New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Illustrated Classics Edition. Hardcover. 263pp. Quarto [24 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and an illustrated paper label mounted to the front board. Illustrated endpapers. Very good. The extremities are gently bumped and rubbed. The spine is rolled, and the covers are very subtly concave. The gilt title on the spine has been partially rubbed away. The illustrated paper label on the front cover is a little scratched. There are 3 small spots on the spine, and there are multiple small light stains on the edges of the text block. There is a contemporary gift inscription on the front pastedown, and there is an old price sticker on the rear pastedown. The pages are yellowed, and have very sporadic small light stains. Illustrated by the Author. Born in Canada, Ernest DuFault left home at the age of 15 and traveled west to seek out his dream. He became the American cowboy, Will James. Beginning at the bottom, he worked and became a top hand. Handling rough horses filled his days and became the basis for many of his books.

Synopsis

Smoky the Cowhorse is a novel by Will James that was the winner of the 1927 Newbery Medal. The story details the life of a horse in the western United States from his birth to his eventual decline. Smoky is born in the wild, but is captured and trained by a cowboy named Clint. Smoky is unusually intelligent, and soon becomes known as the best cowhorse around, and later is known as "The Cougar", the meanest bucking horse on the rodeo circuit.

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Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 31520
Title: Smoky the Cow Horse
Author: James, Will
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Illustrated Classics Edition
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1929
Keywords: Will James; smoky; illustrated ; hardcover; Illustrated classics edition

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Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Rolled: rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...