Mystic Horse by Goble, Paul - 2003

USA: HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Goble, Paul. Ages 5-8. Stated 1st Edition, 1st printing (Full no. line 1-10).Glossy illustrated covers with matching dust jacket. 34 unpaginated pages. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers of the running spirit horses Fine- appearing panels, only a small corner bump line. Clean with no writing or remainder mark. Spine ends' bumping. Original corner price intact. Dust jacket with rubbing and spine head bumping. Light top corner flap edge wear. Summary: A young Pawnee boy discovers a limping horse. Although he is ridiculed by the tribe, the boy restores the horse's health. To reciprocate the boy for his help, the horse enables the boy to achieve greatness. Later the horse is betrayed by the young Indian. Feeling remorse, the boy seeks the horse's forgiveness. Paul Goble is an award winning Caldecott medalist who wrote The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. He depicts the Indian feeling of a mystical relationship with nature in his books.