Anna Sewell
Black Beauty
Hardcover
(The Easton Press Aug. 16, 1940)
, 1st edition
A reprint copy of the much-loved tale of a very special horse: Black Beauty. Anna Sewell (1820-1878) first published this work in 1877, and lived to see it become one of the most popular children's books ever created. With a color frontis illustration by Robert L. Dickey. (No other illustrations appear in this version.) --- In full green cloth-covered boards with titling and Black Beauty images to cover and spine in black.