BAGNOLD, Enid (1889-1981). National Velvet. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935.
8o. Illustrations by Laurian Jones. Original black and red cloth; pictorial dust jacket.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. The story of 14-year Velvet Brown, who rides her horse to victory in the Grand National Steeplechase, was made into a film in 1944 starring a 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney and a young Angela Lansbury. The film was selected as one of the ten best sporting films ever released in the 2008 poll by the American Film Institute.
BAGNOLD, Enid (1889-1981). National Velvet. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935.
8o. Illustrations by Laurian Jones. Original black and red cloth; pictorial dust jacket.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. The story of 14-year Velvet Brown, who rides her horse to victory in the Grand National Steeplechase, was made into a film in 1944 starring a 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney and a young Angela Lansbury. The film was selected as one of the ten best sporting films ever released in the 2008 poll by the American Film Institute.
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