Wesley Dennis Lyons (28 results)

Pictorial Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. Dennis, Wesley (illustrator). Unmarked, Clean And Solid Copy. Minor Shelf Wear. Horse Looking At Man Up On A Hill On Horse Back.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Dennis, Wesley (illustrator). Part of the Famous Horse Stories series. Moderate wear and discoloring, name inside; a good solid book. No jacket. Illustrator: Dennis, Wesley. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Juvenile; Inventory No: 231832.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Wesley Dennis (illustrator). 1st Edition. STATED FIRST EDITION. NOT a library discard; privately owned hardback book. MISSING THE DUST JACKET. The book has some edgewear and many white spots. The book is clean and neat inside with penciled price and price sticker residue.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Fine. Dennis, Wesley (Illustrator) Blickenstaff, Wayne (Painting) (illustrator). Young adult fiction paperback book, 2nd printing, Condition is very fine, has light edge wear, no reading creases but has a ripple on the upper third of spine and upper corner of back cover creased. No writing or stamps, aging to the inside, cover bright and glossy, a beautiful looking .WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK.We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books, please contact us for more iinformation**. SUMMARY - (from back cover)Connie, I don't want you to go near him. I'm afraid he's turning killer," warns her father. Connie stares at her beautiful golden palomino and feels her world falling to pieces. No Shamrock Stables. . .no college. . . no sale for her beautiful palomino colts, with a killer horse as sire!.What is turning Golden Sovereign into a mean horse? Connie and Peter must work against a frightening deadline to solve the problem. . . and to save their future!

Condition: VERY GOOD. Reprint. A title in the 'Famous Horse Stories' series. After their parents' deaths, two sisters are determined to fulfill their father's dream of turning their farm into a well-known name in the Saddlebred world. Gail Carter's lovely chestnut filly looks like a world beater, yet when she enters the ring never places. Judy's gelding, Harlequin Hullabaloo, is perfect in Judy's eyes, yet no judge can see past his colorful pinto markings. A great story horse story for older children or young adults. Illustrated with drawings by Wesley Dennis. 264 pp. Very good in a good dust jacket (bookplate, bright and attractive yellow front cover to dj, tape repair to inside of bottom edge of back cover).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages; 1951 Harcourt, Brace & Company. HC 1st edition. Soundly bound but worn in original quarter yellow cloth backed spine and green paper covered boards; spine lettered in green. Covers rubbed at edges; cloth at spine dulled and a little toned. Boards lightly shelf bumped at corners. Gift inscription Christmas 1951 penned to front endpage; prior owner small ink name and address stamps in duplicate to front and rear endpages. Scattered light finger soiling to a few pages. Illustrated from b&w drawings by Wesley Dennis. Good only.

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Wesley Dennis (illustrator). Early Printing. Like new in turquoise boards, covered in a jacket with some barely visible tiny bumps on the right corner, else about fine, with $2.95 price. A horse story for juveniles.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Wesley Dennis (illustrator). Hardcover, no jacket, in Very Good condition, previous owners name inside the cover, there are no other marks or writing, covers and spine look nice,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st printing. 8x5.5", 264 pp, b&w illus. VG, clean & solid, no dj.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Looks unread with just a touch of shelf wear in yellow pictorial boards, no jacket as issued. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dennis, Wesley (illustrator). Brown hardcover cloth binding square and tight - a bit of soiling front cover. Faint remains of a name ffep. Clean and tight interior with some foxing. Dustjacket has a few chips, price clipped - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. List of 11 Stories for Girls on back of jacket includes description of three other Lyons titles: Midnight Moon, Silver Birch, and Golden Sovereign. 232 pages. A continuation of the story Golden Sovereign by the same author. In this one, Connemara McGuire of Shamrock Stables rescues a thoroughbred with a broken leg, nurses him back to soundness, and with the help of her friends Tom and Di, gets Copper Khan to the races. Scarce title in DJ - 1950 on copyright page but no edition stated - not a first but early printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dennis, Wesley (illustrator). Early printing. $3.50 on dj flap. Green hardcover cloth binding with yellow spine is cocked, bumped and a little wear at corners, but clean and tight interior 244 pages. DJ has wrinkles, large piece missing bottom of spine some closed tears but protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. Horse loving girl, crippled by polio, is initially uninspired by her family's move to an Arizona ranch. Overcoming her fears, she tries riding a horse again and discovers a wild buckskin mare trapped in a canyon. She is determined to tame and ride the mare, and it is low slow process. When an endurance ride offers her a chance at a scholarship, her courage overcomes her handicap. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Dennis, Wesley (illustrator). 1st Edition. Brown hardcover cloth binding clean, square and tight. Name inked out fep. Clean and tight interior with some foxing. Dustjacket missing a couple large chips on spine, quite wrinkled, not price-clipped - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. List of 11 Stories for Girls on back of jacket includes description of three other Lyons titles: Midnight Moon, Silver Birch, and Golden Sovereign. 232 pages. A continuation of the story Golden Sovereign by the same author. In this one, Connemara McGuire of Shamrock Stables rescues a thoroughbred with a broken leg, nurses him back to soundness, and with the help of her friends Tom and Di, gets Copper Khan to the races. Scarce title in DJ. Stated first edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. Dennis, Wesley (illustrator). 1st. Green hardcover cloth binding square and tight. Bumped corners, light soiling, a bit of wear bottom of spine. Name inside front cover of previous owner. Otherwise clean interior with good hinges. First edition designation of "I" on copyright page. 262 pages. Swiftly moving story of a girl who trains polo ponies and plays an excellent game as well. She has trained her favorite, Red Embers, from the time he was a colt, and now she gains a coveted position on the All-American women's team. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1st Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dennis, Wesley (illustrator). First Edition. A very good copy in an edge worn dust jacket of the first edition of this hard to find title. Dust jacket is not price clipped. Stated first edition. Covers are spotted. This is not an ex-library copy. The image by our description is not a stock image but instead a photograph of the book you will be receiving. Please view photo(s) to determine exact condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Wesley Dennis (illustrator). First Edition. Name on front free endpaper. $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Tears to edges of the dust jacket, pieces missing from the edges of the dust jacket, in a protective cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dennis, Wesley (jacket only) and Taylor, John Austin - Interior Drawings. (illustrator). Blue/gray hardcover cloth binding has water damage bottom quadrant of book along spine which causes some waviness to a portion of the pages. Sounds worse than it looks. 308 pages. DJ not price-clipped - $2.00 on front flap. signs of water stain same area as on binding, otherwise minor shelfwear. Now protected from further damage in clean Brodart. Twelve book titles on back of dustjacket starting with Midnight Moon and includes Silver Birch, but NOT Golden Sovereign, and other non-horse titles ending with The Railroad to Freedom. . Back dj flap describes Midnight Moon, sequel to this title (with Golden Sovereign following that one). Originally published in 1939, this has a number line of [d.8.43] Connie is a young girl in Michigan who tames the wild white mare Silver Birch who has roamed the countryside, Together, the girl and mare join a mounted patrol of Girl Scouts.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Wesley Dennis (illustrator). First Edition. Gift inscription on front free end paper. Stated First Edition. Small tears and tiny chips missing from the edges of the dust jacket, in a protective cover, $2.50 on the front flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dennis, Wesley (illustrator). 1st Edition. Reddish hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. Rubbed spot top of front cover. Interior clean and bright. Corner-clipped dj but $2.50 price intact on front flap. Some yellowed tape marks and a few closed tears but protected from further damage in clean plastic jacket. 264 pages. To everyone else but Judy, her gaudy pinto with his loud spots seemed clownish as compared to the state's finest Saddlebreds. Even after a famous trainer agrees he might have a chance to win the Grand Championship, neither Judy's sister or the horse show judges seem to able to see past his coloring. An unexpected emergency finally gives her the chance to prove Harlequin's caliber. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Wesley Dennis (illustrator). Early. Early printing with original price of $2.50 on the dj flap. This hardback book with DUST JACKET is NOT ex-library! DJ has a little edgewear/chipping and some light water stains on the back. It rates Very Good Minus. The book is CRISP and CLEAN with NO WRITING and NO TEARS! A few water stains on the cover but a solid copy which is seldom seen in this condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dennis, Wesley (illustrator). Dark orange hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight - no writing tears or marks. Originally published 1953, this has the notation C-10-58 on copyright page. DJ price-clipped although there is an inked price of $3.25 on flap. Otherwise clean and crisp. 244 pages. An old man with a bad heart who is not good at paying his bill is Andy's first boarder, but his Quarter Horse stallion Blue Smoke is worth it. When he dies with the promise that Blue Smoke is hers, she is thrilled to own the horse but concerned because she is not really sure of his true ownership. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 3rd Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dennis, Wesley (illustrator). 1st Edition. The boards have quite heavy fading to the spine and along narrow strips along the top of the front and rear panels. The rear panel also has a little fading along the right hand side. The page edges are a little browned with some light spotting. Previous owner's name in ink to top of front free endpaper. The endpapers have some scattered brown spotting but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. No jacket. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. First printing of the first UK edition. Originally published in the US by Harcourt Brace in 1950.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wesley Dennis (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Blue cloth red titles Octavo hardback, 238 pp, Illustrated including colour frontispiece Very Good condition Good unclipped dust jacket (lacks bottom inch of material on spine area, tiny nibbles at corners) No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN Hardback. No Dustjacket, bound in green cloth. Early reprint edition in the same size and format as the First Edition. Some spine fading, otherwise a Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illus. by Wesley Dennis, 8 x 5.5", green pict cloth, 262pp, covers a little rubbed, extremities lightly bumped and fraying, pp toned, but still a good copy in a rubbed, chipped, creased but mostly intact dustjacket. FIRST EDITION ("I"), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, DOROTHY LYONS. SCARCE signature!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dennis, Wesley (jacket and frontispiece only) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Orange hardcover cloth binding is clean square and tight. Price-clipped dj has chips, closed tears on edges and some wrinkles, slight soiling to back of jacket with descriptions of 6 of Lyons' other titles - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. 222 pages - interior clean bright and tight. After saving a stranger and his gray horse from a near fatal accident, Ginny Atkins finds herself the new owner of the gray horse Smoke Rings. Coached by a former Olympic rider, Ginny devotes all her energies to being able to try out for the US Equestrian Team. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Dennis, Wesley (jacket and frontispiece only) (illustrator). Light blue hadcover binidng is clean, square and tight with minimal wear. DJ has chips and tears along edges but displays nicely in clean Brodart jacket. Interior clean and tight - no writing, tears or marks. Pages are yellowing. 190 pages. Meredith and her family arrive tot the Big Sur region along the California coast - and she is delighted to find a band of Appaloosa horses running wild. She is determined to gentle one of them. Originally published 1958, this is a 2nd printing 1960. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 2nd Printing.