Description: Black Beauty the Autobiography of a Horse. By Anna Sewell. Twentieth edition, seventy-fourth thousand, c1882. Green cloth boards with gilt & black details to front & spine, 238pp + 2, pattern epps. 19 x 13 x 2 cm. Frontis & 1 other full page illustration signed C. Hewitt, SC, so the engraver; & possibly the artist, found only in early editions. Also title vignette, 2 'Bearing Reign', in text, headers, initial letters & few footers. Inscribed to half-title verso, William ????, to Master Willy Blagny?, Jan. 3 1888. Some smudges & stains to boards, light scuffs to rear & tail corner peeling, some frays & scuffs to edges, bumped corners, bare tips.Tanned spine strip, damp stained tail peeled, tears & chips to rubbed edges & worn top/tail, hinges cracked, some light inside, narrow webbing exposed, boards pulling a little, all holding & block overall solid.All pages, & 2 plates, present: contents mostly clean bar pencil to Contents page & few lines seen, some smudges, couple heavy, & spots. (A13) Please contact me with any questions. Books packed in bubble-bag & padded envelope for posting. Free UK mainland P&P.
Price: 495 GBP
Location: Milton Keynes
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Non-Fiction Subject: Children's & Young Adults
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Fiction Subject: Novels
Binding: Hardback
Weight: 345g before packing
Illustrator: C. Hewitt & others
Author: Anna Sewell
Language: English
Publisher: Jarrold & Sons
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: Illustrated
