Holiday 2020 Catalogue

L i t e r a t u r e 14 “Wishing You Good Reading And Love And Joy Always!”: Very Rare First Edition Of The Black Stallion , With Delightful Autograph Presentation Letter Signed By Walter Farley “And The Black Stallion” 11. FARLEY, Walter. The Black Stallion. New York, 1941. Octavo, original gray cloth, dust jacket, custom cloth clamshell box. WITH: Single leaf of unlined stationery, measuring 8-1/2 by 11 inches, custom full morocco clamshell box. $22,000. Extremely rare first edition of the first novel in Farley’s beloved “Black Stallion” series, accompanied by an autograph presentation letter on Black Stallion stationery signed by the author: “For all our good friends attending the Special Education School in [Corpus] Christi [?], Texas—wishing you good reading and love and joy always! Walter Farley and The Black Stallion.” “Whether fans are introduced to Walter Farley’s Black Stallion in the original novel form… or on the screen in the highly successful film version [1979], they are meeting one of the most enduring and popular animal characters ever created… The Black Stallion … remains Farley’s greatest creation, and devoted horse fans will continue to cheer as the Black and Alec thunder down the homestretch for many years to come” (Silvey, 237-38). With ten black-and-white illustrations by Keith Ward. Owner signature. Book about-fine, bright dust jacket with minor chipping to spine ends, tape repairs to verso. An attractive near-fine copy with a wonderful autograph letter.