Miller Messenger (2 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 378pp. Navy blue cloth hardback, tear along lower spine edge that is repaired, no DJ, inscribed and signed by Messenger Miller on front end page, a romance of the Northwest. Roland Schweinsburg (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Red pictorial hardcover binding shows wear along spine and rubbed edges. Front cover has b/w photo of a mare and foal. Illustrated endpapers. Interior clean, bright and tight. Foreword is by Marshall Saunders, author of the beloved dog book Beautiful Joe. Includes preface by the author. This abridged version for young children from the original book White-Saddle published in 1934 includes a cut-out of White Saddle on stiff paper. White Saddle was a real pony from the Shetland Islands. Born in 1903, she came to America from the Shetland Island. Ethel, her husband Messenger, and daughter Jane had a log cabin on a plot of land in Ohio. The pony won several awards at the Ohio State Fair. She died in 1940. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing. Anderson, Virginia (illustrator).…