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Black Beauty : the autobiography of a horse / by Anna Sewell ; with introduction by Alma B. Caldwell ; illustrated by Edwin John Prittie.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating Youth Sewell Black
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sewell, Anna, 1820-1878.
- Series:
- Winston clear-type popular classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horses--England--19th century--Fiction.
- Horses.
- Black Beauty (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
- Black Beauty.
- Horses--Fiction.
- Black Beauty (Fictitious character).
- England.
- Genre:
- Signed bindings (Binding) -- 1927.
- Endpapers
- Fiction.
- Juvenile literature.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 297 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : John C. Winston Co., ©1927.
- Summary:
- A horse in nineteenth century England tells his life story from his early home through many masters and experiences, both good and bad.
- Contents:
- My Early Home
- The Hunt
- My Breaking In
- Birtwick Park
- A Fair Start
- Liberty
- Ginger
- Ginger's Story Continued
- Merrylegs
- A Talk in the Orchard
- Plain Speaking
- A Stormy Day
- The Devil's Trade Mark
- James Howard
- The Old Hostler
- The Fire
- John Manly's Talk
- Going for the Doctor
- Only Ignorance
- Joe Green
- The Parting
- Earlshall
- A Strike for Liberty
- The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse
- Reuben Smith
- How it Ended
- Ruined and Going Downhill
- A Job Horse and His Drivers
- Cockneys
- A Thief
- A Humbug
- A Horse Fair
- A London Cab Horse
- An Old War Horse
- Jerry Barker
- The Sunday Cab
- The Golden Rule
- Dolly and a Real Gentleman
- Seedy Sam
- Poor Ginger
- The Butcher
- The Election
- A Friend in Need
- Old Captain and His Successor
- Jerry's New Year
- Jakes and the Lady
- Hard Times
- Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie
- My Last Home.
- Notes:
- Color illustrated frontispiece.
- Illustrated lining papers.
- Illustrated front cover.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Chromolithograph mounted on green publisher's cloth, signed Edwin John Prittie.
- Athenaeum's copy bears inscription on upper flyleaf: "To Dexter Harden from Aunt Marcia and Uncle Weldon."
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Nina Tafel.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sewell, Anna, 1820-1878. Black Beauty.
- OCLC:
- 3267142
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