Piper's Pony The Story of Patchwork

Brown, Paul

Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935

Beschreibung

True 1st Ed with Scribner's letter A on copyright page. Illust green background boards with green cloth spine. Rubbing and age-toning at extremities, text clean, no marks, coloring, dog eared pages. Not exlib. Hinges tight, 6 closed lower page edge tears measuring 1/2 in to 1in. No loss, not taped. Book now in clear mylar wrap and displays well. Landscape format book is 8 3/4 in tall by 11 1/4 in long by about one inch thick. Unpaginated text. 78 pp. Born to a coal mining pony and sold at a horse fair when he was a weanling to some gypsies. Over the years Patchwork was sold or traded many times. At last, after he had walked over most of England, he fell into the kind hands of the gypsy king. The king had a traveling troupe of trained bears, dogs, goats, pigs and ponies. He taught Patchwork many tricks so he could earn his keep and amuse the crowds at the race courses where the gypsies gave most of their shows. On day, at a great race meeting, an American saw the pony and decided that Patchwork was the perfect pony for his son Piper Perkins, and Mr. Perkins can use him in his own circus act, so he bought the shaggy pony from the gypsy king and shipped him across the ocean. His trip across the pond was an adventure in itself, upon landing he was so happy to find himself once more on dry land he bucked and kicked for joy. Mr. Perkins led Patchwork to his car. The pony was so small that he could easily stand in the back part of the automobile. It was fine to ride in this way, a lot faster and not so much work as tramping over the countryside behind a wagon. After a long ride, they came to Three Ring Farm where he met his new stablemates, Oscar the donkey and Crazy Quilt the circus pony, Mick a Scottish Deerhound and Mac a Scottish Terrier barked a welcome. Patchwork's exploits with young Piper Perkins include fox hunting, pulling children on a frozen pond, circus acts, tricks and so much more. This title is one of Paul Brown's most sought books and is loaded with his fabulous b/w line art throughout. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 44312

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Piper's Pony The Story of Patchwork

Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons

Erscheinungsdatum: 1935

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.