HORSE STORIES

Trotman, Felicity (editor) (Elizabeth Lindsay; Lewis Carroll; C. Northcote Parkinson; Jonathan Swift; Josephine Pullein-Thompson; Donald Lightwood; James Herriot; Sandy Ransford; Patricia Wrightson; Florian; Monica Edwards; Joyce Stranger)

ISBN 10: 1854877054 / ISBN 13: 9781854877055

Published by Robinson Publishing, London, 1996

About this Item

(viii) 406 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine and some rubbing on the front cover; clipped on the upper right corner of the front endpaper; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings by Victor Ambrus; cover art by John Butler. This story collection contains: One of Those Funny Little Mishaps by Elizabeth Lindsay; The White Knight by Lewis Carroll; The Pony Club Camp by C. Northcote Parkinson; Gulliver Meets the Houyhnhnms by Jonathan Swift; Munchausen's Mounts by Rudolf Erich Raspe; For Cow Read Horse by Donald Lightwood; Bonny's Big Day by James Herriot; Show Time by Sandy Ransford; The Splendid Reality by Patricia Wrightson; The Horse and the Colt by Florian; Zeus and the Horse by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing; The Wild White Horses by Joyce Stranger; The White Horse of Zennor by Michael Morpurgo; The Chimera by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Bone of Contention by Josephine Pullein-Thompson; Across the Deserts of Peru by A. F. Tschiffely; Fire by Anna Sewell; Winding-Up Time by Jean Ingelow; The Magician's Horse - retold by Andrew Lang; Dapplegrim - retold by G. W. Dasent; Black Shadows of Palms by Elyne Mitchell; The Fall of Troy - retold by James Reeves; The Tale of the Ebony Horse - retold by Geraldine McCaughrean; Jane Betsy and Blanche by Theophile Gautier; A Wayside Adventure by C. S. Lewis; A Horse Called Terror - retold by Felicity Trotman; The Ghost Horse by Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance; Taming the Colt by Louisa M. Alcott; The Seven Foals - retold by G. W. Dasent; Sure Magic by Monica Edwards; The Perfect Partnership by CAroline Plaisted; The Valiant Chattee-Maker - retold by M. Frere; and Beach Ponies by Linda Jennings. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 228404

Bibliographic Details

Title: HORSE STORIES

Publisher: Robinson Publishing, London

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Soft cover

Illustrator: Victor Ambrus; John Butler;

Condition: Very Good-

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis:

This collection of 30 stories about horses, riders and riding includes writing by Anna Sewell, James Herriot, Enid Bagnold, C.S. Lewis, Andrew Lang and Christine Pullein Thompson.

About the Author:

Focusing on horses and ponies, Christine Pullein-Thompson wrote children's books for more than 40 years. Her writing continues to be enjoyed by a new generation of children.