Horse Books from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

New York: Whittlesey House, 1948 184 pgs. Red cloth pictorially stamped and titled in black ink, gift inscription to endpaper, else fine; color pictorial dust jacket unevenly darkened, wear and small losses, original price intact ($2.00). The second book about the horse, Windy Foot. Scarce.. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Lee Townsend. 8vo.

New York: Viking Press, 1951 143 pgs. Green & yellow cloth boards pictorially stamped in green light soil, a few spots at edge of text block; color pictorial dust jacket with light wear and edge tears, original price intact ($2.50). Stories about the animals of Summerfield Farm as passed down through the family. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis throughout. The author… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947 (1947, but later). 203 pgs. Grey-green faux-cloth covers a bit faded, color pictorial dust jacket with light wear and a few small chips, original price intact (125125). The arrival of a magnificent horses inspires a family to renovate their lapidated farm. Set in post-Civil War Georgia. Illustrated in b&w.. Reprint.… Read more about this item

New York: Whittlesey House, 1947 153 pgs. Green cloth pictorially stamped and titled in yellow ink, minor bumping to extremities, gift inscription else clean. The first book about the horse, Windy Foot. Very scarce, even without the dust jacket.. Stated First Printing. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Lee Townsend. 8vo.

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1963 Hard cover with damp stain to boards along edges and base of spine (pages are not damp stained), shelf wear, slight spine lean, previous owner's name and bookplate; color pictorial dust jacket is worn and has insect damage, original price intact ($3.95). Story set on Chincoteague Island, a follow-up to Misty of… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1966 Pictorial boards, foxing to edge of text block, else fine; dust jacket with light edge wear, price clipped. Based on the true story of "Wild Horse Annie," who launched a campaign to save the wild mustangs of Nevada.. Stated First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Robert Lougheed. Large 8vo.

New York: Dial Books, 1987 Blue boards with cloth spine, some foxing to cloth; color pictorial dust jacket with foxing, heavier to verso, Redbook Children's Picturebook Award sticker affixed to front panel, price clipped. A poem about the night time goings-on at a farm. Lovely color artwork by Susan Jeffers.. First Printing. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

New York: E P Dutton, 1943 281 pgs. Red cloth pictorially stamped in navy ink, 3 pages with corner creases, slight spine lean, gift inscription; color pictorial dust jacket a bit darkened, wear to folds, chipping to spine ends, original price intact ($2.00). A young girl goes to visit her friend who lives on an Army base. … Read more about this item

London: Ballantyne and Co, LTD, 1913 [1913] per British Library. TEG. 422 pgs. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, wear and fraying to spine ends and corners, light wear to cloth, previous owner's book plate. An exploration of the evolution of hunting, shooting, falconry and fishing through European art from the 15th through the 18th centuries. 243 reproductions… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1922 Green cloth pictorially stamped in mustard and black, slight bumping to extremities, foxing to first few pages including frontis & title. A collection of animal stories, including first hand accounts. Illustrated in b&w.. Early Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Ernest Thompson Seton. 8vo.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1945 321 pgs. Red cloth titled in black ink, light shelf wear, gift inscription to endpaper; color pictorial dust jacket is worn, with small losses and one significant loss from top of spine and rear panel, old tape repair to verso. The adventures of a woman and her horse, Wildfire.. Reprint. Cloth Hard… Read more about this item

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: 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: 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… Read more about this item