Black Beauty Told in Short Form and in Pictures by Paul Brown

Sewell, Anna, Illust by Paul Brown

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952

About this Item

First edition with Scribner's A on copyright page. Hardcover in very good, colorful reproduction jacket. Tawny brown colored cloth covered boards with dark brown title and illustration of mare and colt on frt board. Hinge papers fine, binding tight, 100 pp. text clean. Title continues: Told in short form and in pictures by Paul Brown, this is an abridged edition. Boards lightly sprung, tips sharp with cloth rubbed at absolute point, spine ends bumped. Micro abrasion on spine title taking part of the last L in Sewell. No former owner's names, tears or soil. Professionally reproduced, unclipped color dust wrapper is complete with a few very short 1/4" closed tears at panel edges, few small surface rubs but displays very well in new mylar. More photos available for the asking. Anna Sewell was born on March 30, 1820 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. She was raised a Quaker by her father, a bank manager and her mother, a children's novelist. At the age of fourteen, Anna hurt her knee during a fall and the injury never healed properly. Even though she could not walk well, she could still ride horses and drive a horse drawn buggy. It was this form of freedom that sparked in her great concern for the often horrible treatment of horses she witnessed on her day-to-day outings. Her book was not written as a bedtime story for children, Anna intended it for adults who worked daily with horses such as: cab drivers, delivery men, draft & work horse owners moving agriculture products, etc., with the aim being: 'To induce kindness, sympathy, and humane treatment of horses' (Mrs Bayly, 272). Sewell wrote the story from the viewpoint of the horse, in first 'horse' person. In spite of her ill health, she finished her book and sold it to her mother's publisher: Jarrold and Sons of London, for. Seller Inventory # 45130

Bibliographic Details

Title: Black Beauty Told in Short Form and in ...

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons

Publication Date: 1952

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.