The Velveteen Rabbit; or, How Toys Become Real

Overview:

  • Title: The Velveteen Rabbit; or, How Toys Become Real
  • Author: Margery Williams
  • Year: 1922
  • Publisher: George H. Doran
  • Price: $2.00
  • Pages: 33
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: The Velveteen Rabbit; or, How Toys Become Real
  • Notes:
      1st US ed. (simultaneous or nearly so)
    • Published for the 1922 Christmas season
    • OCLC: "33 pages color plates (part double)"
    • Price from advertisement by local seller A.C. McClurg & Co. Chi. Tribune 1922-11-02 p8 "Give Books"; "... books of all publishers", evidently not a discount dealer
    • Brief reviews in Chicago, Atlanta newspapers 1922-11-12, 13 (no price) Otherwise not found 2017-05-15 in US newspapers 1922
    • Cover artist is interior illustrator Nicholson, as expected, from image provided by one dealer at ABEbooks (bi=20196796694) --that is, images shows illustration and design identical to the 1st ed. Title page shows footer (three lines, centered): -- New York: George H. Doran Company -- Heinemann -- London [left, and right] 1922