Powder The Story of a Colt, A Duchess and the Circus

Averill, Esther and Lila Stanley

Published by Random House, Inc., 1937

About this Item

Gift quality first printing of the second edition 1937. Straight, sharp hardcover in well illustrated green background paper covered boards with yellow cloth backstrip. Frt board shows Powder the colt, an owl, a dog, a circus tent and a circus wagon. The rear red background panel shows Powder dressed up in his circus outfit with tassels, feathers and plumes with his hoof on a play ball, one single cavaletto in fore-front and nearby, a hula hoop ring and a cone. Book fitted into a clear polyester removable wrapper. There are no names, tears or soil in the crisp, profusely illustrated 32 pp text. Hinges are fine, page block as new. Some light shelf wear (bits of color & paper loss), along board feet and faint color loss at still sharp tips. Cute story of an albino colt who runs away to join the Circus so the fat Duchess wouldn't use him as her riding horse in order to lose weight. Seller Inventory # 46973

Bibliographic Details

Title: Powder The Story of a Colt, A Duchess and ...

Publisher: Random House, Inc.

Publication Date: 1937

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 2nd Edition.