National Velvet (Large Type Edition)

A Keith Jennison Book / Franklin Watts Inc. Publishers, New York. 1966. Hardcover. Large Type Edition. Retired small town library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps on the front endpapers. Book Condition: Good+; bar code on the front pastedown; pocket and checkout slip on front endpapers; splash stains to bottom corners; tape residue on boards, wear and sunfading to board edges. DJ: Very Good; Price Clipped; index label on spine; wear and missing small pieces at head, tail, and tips. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 303 pp 4to. 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. Richly atmospheric of rural life in England between the World Wars, National Velvet has enchanted generations of readers since its 1935 debut. The heroine's grit and determination, backed by the support of her eccentric and loving family, offer an inspiring example of the struggles and rewards of following a dream. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket in a very hard to find book.…