Riders of the Hills

Bannisdale, V E

Riders of the Hills deals with the adventures of a group of children who belong to a West of England pony club.

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Printing history
Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1939, illus Lionel Edwards

“Riders of the Hills deals with the adventures of a group of children who belong to a West of England pony club. There are all sorts of children, a couple of boys in the dreamy adolescent stage: the poor little rich girl who has to eat her lunch in the car with a plate and a fork, instead of on the grass out of a paper bag: the hard-riding Irish family trying to make both ends meet, the farmer’s son who likes to put on airs : and there are all sorts of adventures – riding in shows, running away to London to go on the stage, circumventing unpopular neighbours, and all the usual (and some unusual) adventures of country life.”

For reasons of copyright, I do not show  illustrations by Lionel Edwards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V E Bannisdale

Bannisdale, V E

Vane Erskine Bannisdale was the pseudonym of Vane Erskine Portal. She (he?) wrote two pony books, both of which were illustrated by Lionel Edwards.

Finding the books
Both titles can be expensive because they were illustrated by Lionel Edwards, but reasonably priced copies do still come on to the market.