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The Velveteen Rabbit, or How Toys Become Real
by Williams, Margery
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0380002558
- ISBN 13
- 9780380002559
- Seller
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Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Avon Camelot, 1975. First Thus 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Nicholson. 44 pp. First printing thus. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. The binding is tight and the text is clean.
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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On Mar 4 2022, a reader said:
wonderful children's book
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Details
- Bookseller
- Persephone's Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 077202
- Title
- The Velveteen Rabbit, or How Toys Become Real
- Author
- Williams, Margery
- Illustrator
- William Nicholson
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0380002558
- ISBN 13
- 9780380002559
- Publisher
- Avon Camelot
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Pages
- 44
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction - Children's Rabbits
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