Picnic Pony
- SIGNED Hardcover
- New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Inc, 1956
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Inc, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. Signed and inscribed by the author to her sister-in-law: "For Dorothy, with love and appreciation for your unfailing interest and encouragement. Always yours, Vardine. Evansville, Ind. August 19, 1956." First Edition. Vardine Russell Moore (1906 - ) taught Kindergarten in Evansville, Indiana during the late 1920s and served as the director of a private nursery school for the following twenty years. She presented story hours on the radio for the public library, taught a creative writing class, wrote a column for women in the local paper, and published sevearl children's books (Indiana University: Indiana Authors and Their Books). A sweet story about Paddy the Pony who wistfully watches picnickers eat their lunches near his pasture - before deciding to jump his fence to join them and try a sandwich.
Bound in yellow cloth boards with brown title to spine and brown illustration of the pony to front board. Minor wear including light fraying to edges of boards and spine ends. Filled with color illustrations by Kurt Werth. In the original illustrated dust jacket with black spine panel titled in white. Large open tear to front edge of jacket, light soiling and browning, and minor edge wear including a few closed tears to jacket. [34 pages.] CHILD/123124.
Bound in yellow cloth boards with brown title to spine and brown illustration of the pony to front board. Minor wear including light fraying to edges of boards and spine ends. Filled with color illustrations by Kurt Werth. In the original illustrated dust jacket with black spine panel titled in white. Large open tear to front edge of jacket, light soiling and browning, and minor edge wear including a few closed tears to jacket. [34 pages.] CHILD/123124.