Search Results: Horse Books from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

New York: Dial Books, 1975 Pictorial boards, light shelf wear; matching dust jacket with one small closed tear, original price intact ($4.95). When Gilda gives birth to a funny looking camel, her owner, Feisal is releived when it gets lost in a sandstorm. Gilda, however, won't give up on her son. Illustrated in color throughout.. Stated First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Rosemary Wells. 16mo.

Garden City: Garden City Books / Artists and Writers Guild, 1951 Pictorial boards with some rubbing to spine ends and corners, one page with a vertical crease. A selection of stories and poems which originally appeared in Story Parade Magazine. A few stories were published as separate books, but most only appeared in the magazine and here. The book was meant to be a gift to magazine subscribers and was inexpensively produced, for this reason not many collectible copies have survived. The stories & poems included: Boy Who Owned and Elephant, Tracks in the Sand, Fairy Kittens, Stowaway the Squirrel, Tails, Long Half Mile, Oscar Takes a Job, Enchanted Rabbit, Invaders, Twin Fauns, Rabbit Reasons, Jimmy Had a Heifer, Mice Poems, Donkey Business, & Fox and the Pig. Included with the book is a shipping box from Weekly Reader which the previous owner had stored the book in, which also contains an ad for Weekly Reader and other educational publications--none of which originally belonged to the… Read More

London: Thomas Nelson [1920]. Cream cloth stamped in brown with a circular color pastedown, image repeated as frontis; cover soil, corner wear, small scratch to frontis Illustrated with 13 color plates and 40 b&w drawings. This was Blampied first sizable book commission and he, and the publisher, were so pleased with his work that he signed his full name rather than his familiar "Blam." The book saw three later editions, none of which contain all of the artwork that appears in the first edition. (See "Edmund Blampied's Illustrations for Thomas Nelson Books" from Bulletin for the Societe Jersiaise, 1964). . First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.

Rochester, NY: Stecher Litho Co., 1927 Color printed die-cut card covers, light spine wear, else fine. Verses about baby animals and their mothers. Six pages printed in full color plus front and rear covers (repeat the same image), the balance in navy and red.. Near Fine. Illus. by Uncredited. Narrow 4to..

Philadelphia: J B Lippincott Co, 1942 Blue cloth with light soil, prev. owner's name on endpaper; dust jacket with light wear and soil. The real story of a horse named Bibi, set in Provence. Illustrated with four full page color plates and 36 b&w drawings. First editions are scarce.. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Catherine M. Richter. 8vo.

New York: Dial Books, 1998 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with price intact ($16.99). Based on the true storry of Bob Lemmons, a former slave whose extraordinary tracking ability led him become a cowboy in Texas. Astounding color artwork by Jerry Pinkney.. First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Large Square 4to.

New York: William Morrow & Co (1971). Blue paper over boards, light corner rubbing else fine; color illustrated dust jacket with light wear, age-toned, price clipped. Set in post-Civil War Texas comes the story of a family seeking their fortune in Texas, but when trouble befalls the man of the house they must rely on a half-black, half-Apache man to help with their horses. Illustrated in b&w.. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Don Bolognese. 8vo.

New York: G P Putnam & Sons, 1961 Pink cloth titled in black ink, previous owner's name on FFEP; dust jacket age-toned with foxing at fore edge, a few edge tears, original price intact ($3.00). The story of a burro in the mountains of Ecuador. Illustrated in color and b&w throughout.. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955 (Hanrahan A18). Illustrated boards with cloth spine in a matching dust jacket with some offsetting on verso from spine cloth, original price intact ($2.00). A very lovely story of a little girl and her white horse, Milky Way. Dreamy color artwork by Sendak on every page. Sendak's first book in full color. Hanrahan A18.. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Maurice Sendak. 12mo.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945 Pictorial boards with light soil and foxing, some cracking along spine edges, clean text and images; matching dust jacket with edge wear, soil, small tears and small losses, original price intact ($2.50). The first book about Cocolo, a little Italian donkey who lives on a small island. Marvelous and inspiring color and b&w artwork on every page. Scarce, particularly in nice condition. Correct price and blurbs, see German Children's and Youth Literature in Exile pgs 31-32.. First American Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Bettina. Folio.

Garden City: Doubleday (1979). Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with slight age-toning and foxing. A naughty colt's misbehavior ends up working in his favor. Illustrated in color throughout. Review slip laid in.. Stated First Edition. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Sandy Rabinowitz. Oblong 8vo.

Philadelphia: J B Lippincott Co, 1938 Orange cloth titled in white ink, boards marked with shelf wear, slight spine lean. The biography of a racehorse illustrated with a color frontis and photograph of the horse's gravestone, plus line art by J Louis Lundean. This copy is inscribed by the author. Laid into the book is a copy of a transcript of a radio address given on Hambletonian Day on August 9th 1939, written by Frank Durland (whose son is mentioned in the author's inscription to the previous owner). . Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J Louis Lundean. Tall 8vo.

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 2001 Pictorial boards, top of spine bumped else fine; dust jacket with shallow creasing at top of spine, original price intact ($15.95). A retelling of the familiar Russian fairy tale with gorgeous, detailed artwork in color throughout.. First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Ruth Sanderson. 4to.

New York: Lee & Low, 2008 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, small scrape on rear panel.. Based on their own experiences with the horse races of Mongolia. Amazing color artwork by this husband and wife team who have both received numerous awards and honors. This copy is signed by both.. Signed by Authors. First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

New York: Knopf (1952). Green cloth in photo illustrated dust jacket with wear and small missing pieces.. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Michael J. Phillips (Photographs). Small 4to.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1936 Pictorial boards with cloth spine, a few holes in spine cloth, shelf wear and uneven sunning to boards. Jerry's adventures in the old west, as he works toward his goal of one day riding for the Pony Express. IIllustrated in color and b&w throughout. Contains antiquated depictions of indigenous people.. Stated First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Sanford Tousey. Small Oblong 4to.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904 TEG. 93 pgs. Red cloth pictorially stamped in blue, white, green, black and titled in gilt, wear to extremities and rubbing to covers, triangular stain to rear board, binding slightly shaken, gift inscription else clean text pages. Excerpted from Wister's novel Lin McLean and illustrated by Frederic Remington. . First Separate. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

New York: Harper & Row (1965). Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with rubbing at folds. The story of a boy who fears his love for a horse because of his father's tragic death in the rodeo. Reinforced binding but NOT x-lib.. Stated First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Grenoble: Editions Cheque-Chic / Chocolat Cemoi, 1975 Circa 1975. Blue card stock envelope, text in green ink, light overall wear to envelope, photographs with top right corners slightly bumped, else fine. Text corresponding to each photograph is printed inside the envelope. There are ten color photographs of various animals and their offspring. Includes the order form for other photo sets in this series. . Loose Cards. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Photographs.

Kansas City: Tell Well Press, 1948 Pictorial boards, light shelf wear and small split at top of spine; matching dust jacket worn along folds with chipping to extremities, original price intact ($1.00).. Story of a young cowboy and his horse, a "cowboys and indians" tale. Color illustrations on nearly every page which are very much of the era. This copy is signed by Bill Martin on the dedication page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Bill and Bernard Martin. 4to.