Misty of Chincoteague (rare first edition with dust jacket)

First edition, First printing (1947). A true first issue with "A" on the copyright page and mention of the Junior Literary Guild. Winner of the 1948 Newbery Honor Award and one of of the most beloved horse stories ever written. A lovely and rare copy. Fine in a very good-plus original dust jacket (very rare in this condition, especially with the jacket intact). Profusely illustrated throughout by artist Wesley Dennis in black and white and a number of beautiful double page spreads. A wonderful collector's copy or gift!

Marguerite Henry's beloved story tells the real-life tale of, Misty, a palomino pinto born to a feral, wild horse from Chincoteague Island, Virginia, and the family and people who cared for her. The book was adapted into a film in 1961, with the real life Misty attending the film's premier! 

Internally fine, clean, bright and unmarred. Binding square and tight. Fine in publisher's original blue cloth binding with yellow pictorial stamping, spine ends slightly bumped. Colorfully illustrated pictorial endpapers of a pony running across the plains. Previous owners bookplate on FFEP. Original unclipped pictorial dust jacket (with $2.50 price shown) in very good-plus condition, with light edgewear, a missing piece in the upper spine, and two short closed tears, one each to the bottom front and rear jacket panels. Octavo. 9.5'' x 6.75''. 174 pp. A fantastic copy of this famous classic!