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Condition: Good. 1949. Reprinted. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by G. Sifton. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Inscriptions to front endpapers. Some pencil marginalia and underlining. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Condition: Fair. 1948. First Edition. 128 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth. Illustrated by G. Sifton. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Pen and pencil inscription to free endpapers. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Clean hardback, binding pulled at title page with a name on the front endpaper. Boards worn at spine ends and some foxing to page edges. 128 pages, colour frontispiece and illustrations in the text by G Sifton.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Covers & Spine: both front and back boards showing bumping at bottom corners but otherwise undamaged with minor wear at the edges, spine is intact and solid with bumping at bottom and light fraying at top. Binding: firm throughout although weave is sneaking through at back hinge. Pages & Markings: small spotting, light tanning and handling marks, especially at first & last pages, rest of book quite clean. Dust Jacket is missing. PLEASE NOTE: Due to this item weighing less than 500g, postage cost for international orders (i.e. not Australian) will be less than what is shown here. Please email me if you require an exact quote. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. G Sifton (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. Mild wear in general to green boards with horse head illustration, though there is some soiling on the top of the rear board, perhaps a water stain. School certificate on pastedown, frontis colour illustration, pages clean, binding tight, light wear only to colourful clipped DJ, mainly some edge wear, rubbing to spine ends, small closed tears. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Printing. Gift quality second printing hardcover in green cloth covered boards showing sharp tips and bumped spine ends. No names, tears or soil in the tight, crisp 128pp text. Has a colored frontispiece and b/w line drawn chapter heading images and a few full page plates within. Original un-clipped dust wrapper is complete with vibrant colors on frt panel and backstrip, light even soil on rear cream background panel and displays beautifully in new mylar. This is the tale of Anne Gaylord and her intelligent pony, Satin and Silk. When she first found the pony, he was in shocking condition in miserable surroundings. She begged her mother to buy him for her because she knew instinctively that he was the pony for her. After the purchase, Anne patiently cared for him and built up his heath until he was thoroughly fit and ready for anything. The complete understanding between girl and pony made them great friends and they enjoyed many happy times together - exciting rides, picnics, gymkhanas and a wonderful seaside holiday. Then, one day, Satin mysteriously disappeared, but after a long search he was finally found under most thrilling circumstances. The climax was reached when Satin proved his worth in the hunting field.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Sifton, G. (illustrator). Second impression. 8vo. Pp 128. Colour frontis and black & white illustrations. Original cloth. Unclipped d/w. A very nice copy. Inscribed and signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. G.Sifton (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed first edition presentation copy with protective plastic dust jacket. Atual dust jacket has an drawing of a girl and a horse and red and green lettering. There is some damage and the bottom of the book near the spine, presumed to be mice or wear but overall a great copy. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Very light wear otherwise a near fine copy in a lightly marked, faded and edge-chipped, unclipped, very good indeed dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1948, First Edition, Small Green cloth Hard Cover with Horses Head on Front Titled on Spine. Book Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition:GOOD-, AS-IS. Book is clean and tight , Wrapper is worn around the edges with some areas of loss & on front Bottom DJ small triangular Chip out Affects Illustrator Name, Cover light Rub, Wear, Interior Nice tight clean light FOX, Wear,Small chip Bottom spine DJ, 128 pgs, . Story describes exciting adventures of anne Gaylord & her Intelligent Pony, who mysteriously Disappeared,