Gladeye the War Horse

1939, first edition, the story of a horse from birth and surviving the Great War

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Printing Details

First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 21.5 × 15.5cm, 107pp.

The story of Gladeye from his birth in Ireland, being taught to jump, prize-winning at Olympia and Richmond, meeting Princess Elizabeth (this is pictured on the dustwrapper, and she sent him a box of sugar), and then war service in Macedonia and Flanders, and finally home to hunting, polo, and ploughing. Illustrated with drawings by Anne Bullen.

Condition

The book itself is in good condition, some fading to the cloth boards' edges, and light tanning to the endpapers but the main body of text in good clean condition. The wrapper is fair, it is complete but with some pencil indentations to the front panel.