The Velveteen Rabbit; or, How Toys Become Real

Overview:

  • Title: The Velveteen Rabbit; or, How Toys Become Real
  • Author: Margery Williams
  • Year: 1970
  • ISBN-10: 043497255X
  • Publisher: Heinemann
  • Price: 25/-
  • Pages: 37
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: The Velveteen Rabbit; or, How Toys Become Real
  • Notes:
    • WorldCat says of this edition -- "Originally published 1922" -- title fashioned without punctuation
    • The WorldCat record for the 1922 edition ({{OCLC|223071326}}) says 35pp, but the wording "Re-issue" and "new impression" (below) suggest that pagination is identical to the 1st ed.
    • Publication date and price from publisher advert The Guardian 1970-11-12 p11; this one "November 30   25s" -- "A re-issue of this famous children's classic ..."
    • Cover image from Amazon UK 2017-05-17 as "New impression edition".
    • Although a "re-issue" with the original interior illustrations by Nicholson, the front cover illustration (relying on Amazon) is "Spring Time", originally published as a plate facing p16.
    • Price 25s. from brief review by Naomi Lewis The Observer 1970-11-29 p31; this one "a forgotten collector's piece from 1922"