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National Velvet
by BAGNOLD, Enid
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Aiken, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Co, 1935. First Edition. Original publisher's red and black cloth binding, illustrated endpapers, in the original dust jacket. Basis for the beloved Elizabeth Taylor film. Book in good condition with some fading to red cloth portion, spine gently rolled, pages toned. Dust jacket with heavy chipping and loss along rear spine edge into spine, corners chipped, chipping and splitting along flap edges, closed tears to edges, toning to rear panel, light sunning to spine.
Synopsis
First published in 1935 "National Velvet" is the story of a 14-year-old girl named Velvet Brown, a teenager in the late 1920s, living in a small coastal village in Sussex, England. Velvet is a shy child who trains and rides her horse, named The Piebald, to victory in the Grand National steeplechase. National Velvet was made into a very successful film in 1944 starring a twelve-year old Elizabeth Taylor as Velvet. -
Reviews
On Aug 6 2012, HORSELOVER said:
National Velvet is one of the best books I read as a child and many years later,as an adult!!! One of my favorite movies is National Velvet with Elizabeth Taylor as Velvet Brown,the young rider, and Mickey Rooney as a retired jockey,who became The Piebald's (Pie)trainer!!This is a wonderful story about a young girl's impossible dream and her determination to make it come true!!!Also, the reader gets a glimpse of life in the English countryside during the 1930's!I am so happy that the copy I purchased from Bibli.com was published in 1935 and is in great condition!!!P.S.The drawings in the book were drawn by the author's (Enid Bagnold)own daughter,Laurian,who was 13!!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Caroliniana
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9886
- Title
- National Velvet
- Author
- BAGNOLD, Enid
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
Terms of Sale
Caroliniana
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About the Seller
Caroliniana
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Aiken, South Carolina
About Caroliniana
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
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