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Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Hardcover. very good/no jacket as issued . NOT an ex library book. Name on front endpaper.

Grosset and Dunlap, 1940. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Grosset and Dunlap, 1940. 275 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Children Fiction Modern::Animal Stories 6875 6875

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; ownership statement on the front endpaper; otherwise in Very Good condition.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Cover art by Percy Leason. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Jacob Bates Abbott. Midnight was no ordinary horse. Born to a beautiful black mare, Lady Ebony, and sired by a chestnut stallion, the leader of a wild band, he was born to the freedom of the high country. From his mother he learned the ways of the wild and survival. When they were attacked by a wolf pack, he learned the greatest lesson of all -- that a wild mother will sacrifice herself for her own young. When Lady Ebony ran away to join the wild herd, her owner accused Sam, an old squatter who had admired the mare, of stealing her. This is the story of how Midnight survives the wolf attack, and matures to claim his own band of mares, and -- without ever knowing of it -- exonerates old Sam of the horse-thief… Read More

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark colored 'tweed' binding with series device on the front cover; the top edge tint is also dark a Good book, with a Fair dust jacket. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art by Percy Leason. Illustrated with drawings by Jacob Bates Abbott. Midnight was no ordinary horse. Born to a beautiful black mare, Lady Ebony, and sired by a chestnut stallion, the leader of a wild band, he was born to the freedom of the high country. From his mother he learned the ways of the wild and survival. When they were attacked by a wolf pack, he learned the greatest lesson of all -- that a wild mother will sacrifice herself for her own young. When Lady Ebony ran away to join the wild herd, her owner accused Sam, an old squatter who had admired the mare, of stealing her. This is the story of how Midnight survives the wolf attack, and matures to claim his own band of mares, and -- without ever knowing of it --… Read More

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap (1940) 276 pp. Original gray tweed covers, very bright and clean. Spine ends a bit bumped. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and several short tears to edges. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+. Illus. by Jacob Bates Abbott. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light green cloth with series device on the cover; top edge stain is dark; a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art by Percy Leason. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Jacob Bates Abbott. Midnight was no ordinary horse. Born to a beautiful black mare, Lady Ebony, and sired by a chestnut stallion, the leader of a wild band, he was born to the freedom of the high country. From his mother he learned the ways of the wild and survival. When they were attacked by a wolf pack, he learned the greatest lesson of all -- that a wild mother will sacrifice herself for her own young. When Lady Ebony ran away to join the wild herd, her owner accused Sam, an old squatter who had admired the mare, of stealing her. This is the story of how Midnight survives the wolf attack, and matures to claim his own band of mares, and -- without ever knowing of it --… Read More

Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1940. Hardcover. Excellent. 7x5x1. Jacob Bates Abbott. Vintage Pictorial Hardback Book is in Very Good Plus to Excellent condition with a tight binding and clean crisp pages. Inside text appears to be UNREAD AND UNUSED! No writing or markings in the book. 1940 Copyright is the only one showing, but appears to have come from the 1960's. Outside Pictorial covers are very nice with some minor corner wear. A Dust Jacket did not come with the pictorial cover edition.