The Story of Beautiful Jim Key: Over 200,000 Copies Sold, "As Interesting as Black Beauty" [caption title]

ROGERS, Albert R.

Published by A.R. Rogers, New York, 1905

About this Item

Eleventh edition, 1905. Small 8vo. 31, (1) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. The story of the smartest horse in the world and his teacher, African-American Tennessee veterinarian William Key. Cover title: "The Story of Beautiful Jim Key, the Arabian Hambletonian Educated Horse, Valued at $1,000,000: How He Was Taught; The Most Wonderful Horse in the World, the Equine King, He Reads, Writes, Spells, Counts, Figures, Changes Money, He Tells Time, Uses a National Cash Register, etc., etc. OCLC locates only this edition, in five copies (Illinois State, Missouri Historical Society, Ohio State Library, Virginia, Wisconsin Historical Society) and the 1901 first edition, in a single copy. Very good. Original illustrated light green wrappers (rubbed), stapled. (#6827).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Story of Beautiful Jim Key: Over 200,000 Copies Sold, "As Interesting as Black Beauty" [caption title]
• Publisher: A.R. Rogers, New York
• Publication Date: 1905
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana