The Velveteen Rabbit; Or How Toys Become Real
by Williams, Margery (Illustrations by Michael Hague.)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Norwalk: Easton Press 1983. (4to) Near fine, no dust jacket. 33pp. Dark blue leather with gilt decoration and lettering. All edges gilt, gold ribbon marker, color illustration on the half-title, color frontispiece, color plates and illustrations. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front free endpaper and a small tear in the gutter at the bottom of p. 1 from the ribbon marker. "There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen. On Christmas morning, when he sat wedged in the top of the Boy's stocking, with a sprig of holly between his paws, the effect was charming" - from the text. Illustrations by Michael Hague. (Juvenile, Children's Books).
Synopsis
The Velveteen Rabbit, or How Toys Become Real, is the story of a toy rabbit who wants to become real through the love of his owner. The stuffed rabbit is overlooked by the boy whom he is given, the boy preferring to play with more mechanical and sophisticated toys than the simple stuffed rabbit. The rabbit holds onto a story told to him by the oldest and wisest toy in the nursery, the skin horse, about how toys can become real through love. Eventually the boy becomes attached to the soft doll, but after developing scarlet fever the doctor orders the boy sent away to recover and all his toys and belonging burnt. The rabbit is so sad over his separation from the boy he begins to cry and sheds a real tear - after which the nursery fairy appears to turn him into a real rabbit. It has been adapted many times into television, film and onto the stage. The National Education Association listed it among the top 100 books for teachers of children in 2007. Author Margery Williams’ first children’s book, The Velveteen Rabbit was published in 1922 by George H. Doran Company in London and has remained in print continuously since, owing to its popularity as a story of the power of enduring love. -
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 149767
- Title
- The Velveteen Rabbit; Or How Toys Become Real
- Author
- Williams, Margery (Illustrations by Michael Hague.)
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk
- Keywords
- Juvenile, Children's Books, Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile;
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About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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- gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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