£100
Enid Bagnold: 'National Velvet', London, William Heinemann, 1935, 1st edition, b/w ills. by Laurian Jones, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (some part losses, 7/6 price intact to inside front flap). The author's best known novel, the story of a 14-year-old girl named Velvet Brown, who trains and rides her horse, named The Piebald, to victory in the Grand National steeplechase. Adapted into a highly successful 1944 film of the same name starring a young Elizabeth Taylor. Scarce
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