National Velvet
by Enid Bagnold
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Poor
- Seller
-
Hudson, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Morrow, 1935. First Edition . Cloth. Good+/Poor. Laurian Jones. Wear to edges and corners, slight lean, clean and unmarked. Jacket quite worn at corners and edges, chips to top of spine (affecting title) and bottom of back, not price clipped.
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!!
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Trench Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001677
- Title
- National Velvet
- Author
- Enid Bagnold
- Illustrator
- Laurian Jones
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1935
Terms of Sale
Trench Books
All orders ship promptly; usually within 24 hours.
About the Seller
Trench Books
Biblio member since 2009
Hudson, Maine
About Trench Books
General stock, but specializing in fiction titles through 1970 and early children's series books. Large inventory, being listed as time permits. All listed titles are subject to prior sale.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- 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...