RENNIE GOES RIDING


First Published 1956 by Bodley Head

first edition dustwrapper.
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Bodley Head first edition
courtesy of Julia Manteghi

The second of two books by Monica Edwards for a series of about thirty 'Career' novels for girls, written by a variety of authors.

Rennie Jordan is seventeen, and has not fully recovered from an horrific car accident in which her mother died.
She loves horses and wishes only to be with horses. This is the story of her trials to break away from her father's and aunt's suffocating care and her own disabilities to make a career in the riding world.
It does not paint a rosy picture, all the disadvantages of this life are apparent, but it's a great story, and one which will have you riveted. It is, I'm sure, as relevant today as when it was written first.

First edition:
Mid green boards with dark green lettering on spine; 130x190mm; 189pp; no illustrations; [Dustwrapper illustration courtesy of Julia Monteghi]

Reprinted:

1961: green boards, black blocking; 125x190mm; 189pp; no illustrations.
Dustwrapper by Cynthia Abbott; labelled second impression on front flap; cover price of 8s 6d has publisher's sticker over it for 9s 6d.

1961 edition dustwrapper.  Click to enlarge (File size=28KB)
1961 edition dustwrapper
by Cynthia abbott

Other Editions:

Knight paperback 1958
Reprinted 1961

Knight paperback 1968
Green Knight 1968
paperback edition
Knight Books, revised edition 1968:
Paperback edition by Brockhampton Press; title page vignette but no illustrations; 126pp; colour photographic cover; cover price 2/6; SBN 340-040-11-4
Reprinted 1970;

Knight 1973: third impression of the 1968 revised edition; 128pp; front page vignette as first edition, no illustrations; attractive cover artwork of leaping horse and rider unfortunately not credited; ISBN 340-040-11-4; cover price £0.25
Knight cover 1973. Click to enlarge
1973 impression cover
artist unknown

Knight paperback 1979.  Click to enlarge (File size=26KB)
Knight 1979 reprint
fourth impression 1979:
Cover price 60p; same ISBN; 126pp; title page vignette retained; full colour photograph of girl on standing pony on cover.

Purnell 1968 in The Horse Lover's Leisure Book. An extract entitled A False Impression.

B. Wahlströms Bokförlag 1969: Hardback; as Fin start, Bibi !.

Hopeaori 1985: Hardback; as Uhkarohkea yritys.


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Last updated July 2003