National Velvet by Bagnold, Enid - 1963

New York, New York, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co., 1963. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good-. Winslow, Earle B.; Seaton, Walter. Classic tale of young Velvet Brown & her Piebald horse as they dare to enter the Grand National steeplechase race! The book became even more popular after it was made into a movie starring young Elizabeth Taylor in 1944. Orig. published in 1935, this is a Book Club Edition of the 1963 reprint, with a lovely full-color frontispiece by Walter Seaton & internal pen-and-ink illustrations by Earle B. Winslow. In 288 pages, with Author's Note in rear.Hardcover book has pumpkin-colored cloth over boards & is in VG+ condition: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages slightly off-white, NO foxing. NO writing, underlining, or highlighting; NOT ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to Good- (minus) due to heavy rubbing to extremities & edgewear all around, a few small chipped areas. Looks lovely protected in new mylar cover. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.