National Velvet -
Enid Bagnold, Laurian Jones (illustrator)
1935 - William Morrow and Company, New York - First American Edition [Same Year as the English Edition]
Illustrated throughout with pretty line drawings by Laurian Jones.
The classic story of a teenage girl who rides her horse to victory in the Grand National.
The 1944 film version featured the first starring role of Elizabeth Taylor, then only twelve years old. First American Edition published the same year as the English Edition
Large octavo (binding size 21.5x15.8cm), pp. [8] 303 [1] [1 (Author’s Note)] [3]. Finely bound in later half burgundy-brown morocco, over matching marbled boards, spine with raised bands lettered ruled and decorated in gilt, top edge with publisher’s pale red tint, other edges untrimmed, original illustrated endpapers to the front. Condition: Slight toning to page edges, else fine, in fine binding. Ref: 112674 Price: HK$ 4,000
The classic story of a teenage girl who rides her horse to victory in the Grand National.
The 1944 film version featured the first starring role of Elizabeth Taylor, then only twelve years old. First American Edition published the same year as the English Edition
Large octavo (binding size 21.5x15.8cm), pp. [8] 303 [1] [1 (Author’s Note)] [3]. Finely bound in later half burgundy-brown morocco, over matching marbled boards, spine with raised bands lettered ruled and decorated in gilt, top edge with publisher’s pale red tint, other edges untrimmed, original illustrated endpapers to the front. Condition: Slight toning to page edges, else fine, in fine binding. Ref: 112674 Price: HK$ 4,000