babyboomerbooks

......stories that endure......

Barrett, Helen (aka Elizabeth Whitbread)


Waminda: D'Artagnan Publishing Adelaide 1982 lge pb GD/--, creased at top of front cover, cream pages, tight binding. Set on a farm out of Burra South Australia in the summer holidays. pony003 $15

Berrisford, Judith M. illus. by Geoffrey Whittam
Jackie Won a Pony: Knight 1992 pb GD/--. Jackie wins a competition in Horseshoe magazine. pony090 $4
Jackie and the Missing Showjumper: Armada 1982 pb GD/--, name and creases on cover $4

Edwards, Monica: illus. Anne Bullen

Romney Marsh series - Tamzin and brother Diccon, Rissa, Meryon and Roger

Wish for a Pony: Children's Press 1969 laminated boards without dj VG/--. No names, clean cream pages. One of the best "want a pony/get a pony" books ever. pony007 $8
Wish for a Pony: Children's Press 1960s hb with dj GD/GD. No names, clean tanned pages. One of the best "want a pony/get a pony" books ever. pony008 $6
Wish for a Pony: Armada 1963 pb FAIR/--. Name, clean cream pagesc reased cover. One of the best "want a pony/get a pony" books ever. pony009 $4

illus. by Geoffrey Whittam

Dolphin Summer: Children's Book Club 1963 hb wirh dj GD/GD, name on fep, unclipped dj. pony012 $100

Punchbowl Farm series - Lindsey, Dion, Peter, Andrea Thornton

No Mistaking Corker: Collins Seagull 1962 hb with dj GD/GD, tanned pages, slight chipping spine ends. Before the Thorntons buy Punchbowl Farm they have a holiday in a horse-drawn caravan. Illus. by Anne Bullen.
pony013 $10
Fire in the Punchbowl: Collins Evergreen 1969 hb with dj VG/GD, inscription plate on fep, 2cm tear top of clipped dj. A Punchbowl Farm meets Romney Marsh story. pony015 $15
Frenchman's Secret: Collins 2nd imp 1959 hb with dj ex-lib FAIR/FAIR. It has been much-read but is all there, tape ghosts on end-papers, last page taped in, beige pages, unclipped dj has edgewear. Winter holidays at Punchbowl Farm and Lindsey finds an old map showing treasure under the dam - perhaps a small charge of dynamite?? pony014 $20

Ferguson, Ruby: illus. by Caney
Each decade saw different covers illustrating the paperbacks - with Jill's hair going from brown plaits to a yellow bob to the 80s when they wore helmets.

#2 A Stable For Jill: Black Knight 1982 pb GD/--, cream pages with darker edges, some foxing. Jill and the vicarage family set up a hacking stable. pony018 $6
#4 Jill Enjoys Her Ponies: Hodder & Stoughton 1955 (2nd ed), hb with dj GD/GD, inscription, clipped dj has foxing on the reverse which shows through in the white bits. Jill helps Dinah Dean who is obsessed with horses. pony020 $80
#4 Jill Enjoys Her Ponies: Armada 1968 pb GD/-- pony021 $8
#5 Rosettes for Jill: Armada 1964 pb GD/--, water-stains on cover pony 022 $6
#7 Jill and the Perfect Pony: Knight 1985 pb GD/--, ex-library, 1980s' photographic cover. pony026 $6

Grey, Peter

Kit Hunter, Show Jumper in Rival Riders #3: World Distributors UK 1960s hb with dj VG/GD, dj has a 4cm chunk missing bottom of front, chipping at spine ends. pony033 $8
Kit Hunter, Show Jumper in Bush Adventure #4: World Distributors UK 1960s hb without dj GD/-- clean pink boards with burgundy horses stamped on. pony036 $6
Kit Hunter, Show Jumper in Fiesta For Wild One #7: World Distributors UK 1960 hb with dj VG/GD, pencil inscription on fep, djhas a 2cm tear bottom of front spine, very slight edgewear. pony034 $8
Kit Hunter, Show Jumper in The Phantom Horse #8: World Distributors UK 1960 hb with dj VG/VG, dj has tape ghosts on inside flaps.
pony035 $16
Kit Hunter, Show Jumper in Little Outlaw #9: World Distributors UK 1961 hb with dj GD/GD, no names, foxing on fep and closed page edges, dj has slight edgewear. pony100. $6

Mitchell, Elyne
drawings by Ralph Thompson
#1 The Silver Brumby: Hutchinson of London 1961 (6th imp.) hb with dj VG/GD, presentation plate on fep, b&w photo frontispiece and 4-page centre spread, tight binding and clean red boards. Clipped dust jacket in new non-adhesive plastic has chipping at edges. Thowra, the great wild stallion,rules the Australian Alps. pony045 $15
#1 The Silver Brumby: Harper Collins 1992 pb GD/-- VG except for corner crease front top, photo cover. pony046 $5

illus. by Annette Macarthur-Onslow
#3 Silver Brumbies of the South: Dragon 1975 VG/--, beige pages,
pony049 $6
#4 Silver Brumby Kingdom: Dragon 1975 pb GD/--, name on first page, pony050 $6

The Man From Snowy River - a novel based on the Australian film starring Tom Burlinson and Sigrid Thornton: Pinnacle 1982 pb GD/--. name. pony053 $4

Peyton, K.M. illus. by Victor Ambrus
The Flambards trilogy: suitable for older readers, set around WW1 and featuring Christina who inherits a forune when she comes of age.
#1 Flambards features horses more than the others, but you tend to get hooked...

#2 The Edge of the Cloud: Puffin 1977 pb GD/--, few water-marks on front cover. Christina is in love with her cousin Will - who loves to fly the dangerous new flying machines. pony057 $4

Pullein-Thompson, Christine
illustrated by Glen Steward
Adventure Stories from Black Pony Inn a 3 in 1 comprising Stranger Riders at Black Pony Inn, Mystery at Black Pony Inn, Secrets at Black Pony Inn: Award Publications UK 1998 fat hb with dj VG/VG, inscription on fep, no other marks. To solve their financial problems the Pemberton family open their homes to paying guests and their horses and call it Black Pony Inn. pony063 $12

illus. by Sheila Rose
Stolen Ponies: Collins 1957 (1st ed.) hb with dj VG/VG, name on fep, rubbing on back of dj, all in all a lovely copy. pony058 $30
A Day to Go Hunting: Collins 1956 (1st ed.) hb with dj GD/GD, slight edgewear on pretty dust jacket. pony062 $20

illus. by Mil Brown
We Rode to the Sea: : Collins 1948 1st ed. hb dj GD/GD, slight edgewear on dj. Five children on horses in Scotland, riding from Kirkness (Inverness?) to Fort Frederick (Fort William?). pony061 $50

various or no illustrations
We Hunted Hounds: Collins Pony Library 1973 hb with dec. bds, no dj as published GD/--. Clean crisp tanned pages, b&w drawings. pony059 $8
Riders From Afar: Collins Pony Library 1972 GD/--, few spots of foxing, title page detached at top. pony064 $6
Phantom Horse: Collins Seagull 1962 hb with dj GD/GD, inscription on fep, very tanned pages. Jean and Angus move to Washington and encounter the wild palomino. pony065 $8
Phantom Horse: Armada Pony photo cover fep removed so no date, pb GD/-- pony066 $3
Phantom Horse Goes to Scotland: Armada 1981 pb GD/--, photo cover, name in box. pony067 $4
Phantom Horse Comes Home: Armada 1970 pb GD/--, few spots of foxing, drawing cover. pony068 $4
The Impossible Horse: Dragon 1974 pb FAIR/--, no names, clean covers, water-stain first page pony072 $3
The Pony-Dopers: Dragon 1968 pb GD/-- no illustrations. Long name and address on fep, clean cream pages, tight binding clean covers pony069 $3
Ponies in the Blizzard: Beaver 1984 pb GD/--, name, 2cm tear front top spine. pony070 $3

Smythe, Pat: illus.by J.E. McConnell

#1 Jacqueline Rides for a Fall: Cassell UK 1957 (1st ed.) hb with dj GD/VG, name on fep and inscr. on fly-leaf, tape ghosts on end-papers. Dj has teeny tear top of front spine. pony106 $25
#3 Three Jays on Holiday: Cassell UK 1958 1st ed. hb with dj GD/VG, inscription back of frontispiece, few tape ghosts from protective plastic now removed, lovely wrap-around dj. A holiday in the South of France and a meeting in the Camargue — that wild marshy country of Provence where the wild horses live. pony082 $25
#5 Three Jays Over the Border: Cassell UK 1960 1st ed. hb with dj GD/VG, ink dot covering an old price on fep, lovely wrap-around dj. The Three Jays have an adventure in Ireland culminating in a dramatic point-to-point race at Ballymulligan. pony083 $25
A Spanish Adventure: Dragon 1977 pb GD/-- pony107 $4

non-fiction
Jump For Joy - autobiography: Companion Book Club, no date hb with dj GD/FAIR, bottom 2/3rds of spine missing. B&w photos. pony085 $8
One Jump Ahead - autobiography continued: Cassell & Co London 1956 2nd ed. hb with dj GD/FAIR, no names, clean cream pages, tight binding, clean green boards, unclipped dust jacket now in new plastic sleeve has creasing at top front, chips missing from bottom, a chunk missing from top spine and top third of back. B&w photos. Pat Smythe's own story of her experiences around the world as a show-jumper. pony084 $15