FIRST EDITION OF MARGUERITE HENRY'S STORMY, MISTY’S FOAL

HENRY, Marguerite. Stormy, Misty's Foal. Chicago: Rand McNally, (1963). Quarto, original light blue paper boards, original dust jacket. $250.

First edition of the exciting sequel to Misty of Chincoteague, beautifully illustrated by Wesley Dennis.

As a storm lashes Assateague and Chincoteague islands on Ash Wednesday, 1962, Stormy gives birth to her foal, Misty, a symbol of hope amid the devastation. Stormy was the first of two sequels to Henry's beloved 1947 classic, Misty of Chincoteague; the story would continue in Misty's Twilight (1992). With in-text map of the eastern shore of Virginia. First edition, with "A" on copyright page.

Book fine; faint dampstaining to spine end, mild darkening to spine and back panel of price-clipped near-fine dust jacket.