Walter Farley

A first edition, first printing of The Black Stallion by Walter Farley.

• Walter Farley (American).
• New York: Random House, (1941).
• Illustrated in black and white by Keith Ward.
• x, 275, [1] pages. 
• Original grey cloth, horse head stamped in black on front board, spine stamped in black and red, in original unclipped ($2.00) black and red pictorial dust jacket, with red top stain.

"Then as if by magic, a giant black horse, his mane waving like flame, appeared beside the boy."

Farley's first and most famous book, in which young Alec Ramsay lives out the fulfillment of every child's secret dream: to be shipwrecked on a deserted island with a horse. And not just any horse–a wild stallion who loves him best and hates everyone else in the whole world.