National Velvet
Penguin Main Series 231. 1st Edition, published 1939.
A butcher's daughter in a small Sussex town ends her nightly prayers with "Oh, God, give me horses, give me horses! Let me be the best rider in England!" The answer to 14-year-old Velvet Brown's plea materializes in the form of an unwanted piebald, raffled off in a village lottery, who turns out to be adept at jumping fences--exactly the sort of horse that could win the world's most famous steeplechase, the Grand National.
Condition grading: Very Good book in Fair dust jacket. Some damage to spine ends. Very minor creases to bottom right corner of front cover. Dust jacket has damage to rear cover where it joins the spine and bottom of spine. Dust jacket top and bottom edges have wear and creasing. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series 231. 1st Edition, published 1939.
A butcher's daughter in a small Sussex town ends her nightly prayers with "Oh, God, give me horses, give me horses! Let me be the best rider in England!" The answer to 14-year-old Velvet Brown's plea materializes in the form of an unwanted piebald, raffled off in a village lottery, who turns out to be adept at jumping fences--exactly the sort of horse that could win the world's most famous steeplechase, the Grand National.
Condition grading: Very Good book in Fair dust jacket. Some damage to spine ends. Very minor creases to bottom right corner of front cover. Dust jacket has damage to rear cover where it joins the spine and bottom of spine. Dust jacket top and bottom edges have wear and creasing. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series 231. 1st Edition, published 1939.
A butcher's daughter in a small Sussex town ends her nightly prayers with "Oh, God, give me horses, give me horses! Let me be the best rider in England!" The answer to 14-year-old Velvet Brown's plea materializes in the form of an unwanted piebald, raffled off in a village lottery, who turns out to be adept at jumping fences--exactly the sort of horse that could win the world's most famous steeplechase, the Grand National.
Condition grading: Very Good book in Fair dust jacket. Some damage to spine ends. Very minor creases to bottom right corner of front cover. Dust jacket has damage to rear cover where it joins the spine and bottom of spine. Dust jacket top and bottom edges have wear and creasing. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
