Black & White (Signed, With Original Drawing) Brown, Paul Children's Reading Books (Age 6-12)

Wide octavo, 8.7 in. x 11.2 in. Unpaginated. Wide octavo, 9 in. x 11.3 in. Unpaginated. First edition with "A" to copyright page. Inscribed to "David, Best of Luck" and signed and dated (1948) by the author on front flyleaf next to an ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING of a horse's head (3.5 in x 4 in). Richly illustrated in black and white with horse and other drawings by the author. Pictorial paper covers and spine. Rubbing to extremities; upper corners nudged and showing. Illustrated endpapers. Includes rarely found two pages of basic cut-out figures on cardpaper at rear endpapers. LIght creasing to front free endpaper and upper right corner of pages. $1.50 to dustjacket flap. Rubbing, chips and creases to dustjacket; large closed tear to front of dustjacket professionally repaired. Protected in mylar. Paul Brown (1893-1958) was an American author and illustrator, best known for his lovely illustrations of many equine books stories, but he did also write and illustrate some pony stories of his own. He was born in Minnesota and began sketching from an early age. He was one of America's premier illustrators of books about horses and equine sports. He did not ride or own a horse but he spent innumerable hours studying them and was a big fan of racing, polo and horseshows. As well as the many non-fiction equestrian books he illustrated, there were also lots of children's stories. In the 1930s he began to write his own pony stories illustrated with his own work. These were mainly books for younger readers/picture books. He also provided illustrations for numerous magazines and worked as a commercial artist for Brooks Brothers. (from Pony Mad Booklovers).