New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition. First printing (with "A" on veso of title page). Oblong octavo. Pictorial cloth hardcover; unpaginated [45pp]; illus. Slight bumps to board corners; tiny bit of rubbing to spine ends, still a tight, handsome copy, the text fresh and unmarked; Very Good or better, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. A late juvenile title by the great Western author and illustrator, with color illustrations facing each leaf of text.

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 81248
Title: My First Horse. Illustrated by the Author
Author: JAMES, Will
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1940
Bookseller catalogs: Illustrators;

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...