Gift quality first printing 1897 hardcover in illustrated cloth covered boards with sharp tips and lightly brushed spine ends. No names, tears or soil. Hinge papers are fine. Cloth is blue, slate grey and off white with circular medallion images of dutch boys, windmills, countryside landscapes, mom carrying in the milk, a boy fishing on a lake. There is a large paper label on the frt cover with a red and black lettered title. Lightly sunned spine cloth shows a small paper spine label with a micro chip and light abrasion from storage, but full title and author's last name and lion rampant... View More...
A very sweet, slim and pretty paperback with a gorgeous color cover illustration of a 17th century girl standing at the head of Black Beauty who is bridled and looking rather more pony-like than a leggy Hansom cab horse. Lower tip of frt cover has a 1/2" diagonal chip along with a like sized cube shaped chip at the foot of spine on cover. 203 pp are age toned but not brittle. Covers lightly soiled with color loss at tips. Cover states: Black Beauty and Country Roads. The title page states: 'Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions by Anna Sewell The 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' of the Horse'. Se... View More...
Very tidy first edition former library copy with pocket removed from rear end paper, call number on spine of dj. 95pp text is crisp and unmarked. Margaret Baker tells how Anna Sewell came to write the story Black Beauty. View More...
Burgundy cloth with blind stamped leaves and ruled outline of a building. Bright gilt title: Hollyhurst on frt cover, no spine title. Tips and spine ends bumped and rubbed. 154pp text is crisp, bright and complete. 12 further pages of Q+A about treating animals with kindness. View More...
Lovely, gift quality oversized 1st edition paperback measures 14.75" tall x 7.5" wide, 8 pages, 6 in full color (including both covers), with black line drawings in between. This is a very early 'shape book' as it is die-cut to follow the shape of Black Beauty's head. Published 1913, this book retains all of its rich colors. Spine ends are rubbed with color loss, cover corners show tiny creases, but the bulk of the book is un-creased and displays beautifully. Small ink number 795 printed (as published) under B.B.'s muzzle. Title letters are orange, cream and red and a bunch of black-eyed ... View More...
Possible first printing illustrated HB boards with green background and close up of blond girl at Black Beauty's bridled head on covers shows light wear at tips, bit of cello tape at head of spine, tiny bit of color loss on the B & L in Black title. 20 pp text has one yellowed tape repair on one closed rip, else clean and no name in space provided. Story list on rear pastedown ends with 756: The Fixit Man. A brief retelling of this classic tale for the very young. View More...
Straight, sharp, gift quality hardcover in teal blue lined cloth, tips and spine ends lightly rubbed. Published anonymously but generally considered Stratton-Porter's first published novel. This is the story of the Shanes, a farm family of Indiana in the late nineteenth century. Farmer Shane and his son Tom viciously mistreat the animals in and around their farm. Horses are whipped and overworked cats and dogs are kicked birds and chickens are shot "for practice" all despite the protests from Mrs. Shane and daughter Edith, the animals' last refuge from the farmers' daily abuse. One day the ... View More...
1st edition paperback with light surface wear, 2 x 1/5" black bleed mark on frt cover from crossed out name on inside cover. 31 pp text tight and crisp. Black Beauty tells of his experiences at the Earl's stable, his stint as a "job horse," and his sale at a horse fair.Troll Associated Book 2 View More...
2nd printing paperback w/name on inside cover, surface wear to rear coverr, micro sticker pull on frt cover. 32 p. Crisp and unmarked text with lovely old-time illustrations. Troll Associates Book 4. Black Beauty relates his experiences with a cruel owner, followed by his sale to three ladies and his subsequent reunion with his stable boy of ten years earlier. View More...
Near fine 14nd printing of the Children's Classics, NJ edition published 1986. A straight sharp hardcover in glossy illustrated paper covered boards with sharp tips and spine ends. Book is backed with a black leather spine with blue title box and bright gilt titles and horse head line drawing on the foot of the backstrip. 226 pp text is flawless save for carefully removed fep. Includes lovely b/w line drawings by Lucy Kemp-Welch throughout. View More...
Attractive hardcover in blue paper covered boards with gilt framed drawing of black beauty rearing in a field of tall grass with white cottage in background. Bright gilt titles on cover and backstrip. Spine ends bumped, tips still sharp, faint soil spot in frt gutter barely noticeable. Former owner's name in space provided on frt pastedown, else no marks, tears, soil (or illustrations) within the 208 pp text. It is a Weekly Reader Classics book with no mention of edition, or ISBN, only states copyright 1983 by Sharon Publications, Inc. This is the dramatic and heartwarming tale of Black Be... View More...
A generic printing without a year published, circa 1955 as there is a gift dedication with that date on fep. No illustrator credited, frontispiece that matches the DJ art, plus four other full page black line drawings in the text. Nice unclipped (unpriced) dust jacket has some light chipping along upper edge, still displays well and is super rare in the dust wrapper. 188 pp text is crisp and clean. Re-affixed frontis makes the first three pages lay weird, all pages secure and holding fine. A truly uncommon edition of this classic story. View More...
Glossy illustrated hardcover boards are bumped at spine ends, tips still sharp. 184 pp text tight, bright, crisp and unmarked. No date listed, appears to be from the 1970s-80s?. It is one of the Dean's Classics that are listed on the back cover. Cover art wraps around to the backstrip and shows a gent riding Beauty in a field during cub hunting season wearing a tweed jacket and brown boots. There is a pretty pink/purple skyline behind them both and the title is written on an unfurled scroll over their heads. View More...
Gift quality first printing hardcover in taupe colored cloth with black spine and cover titles along with a line illustration of a chap galloping on a horse whilst holding onto his hat. Spine ends and one tip bumped but not rubbed. One tidy former owner gift note on fep, else crisp, clean and unmarked. Not a former library copy. 230 pages of quality stock that has a slight sheen, but isn't glossy. Book has a black line drawing frontis by Dorothy Dulin (Illustrator of The Fairy Babies). This is a very rare 1922 edition of Black Beauty in exceptional condition, suitable for any collector's... View More...
Whitman Classics edition, a glossy unabridged edition in illustrated hardcover boards. Black and blue full page plates plus a smaller vignette illustrations and a few color plates. Good condition, front hinge tender but not cracked. Boards have some cellophane peeling. No dj, has cream fleur de lis on sky blue endpapers, no names or tears. Corners & spine ends bumped and lightly rubbed, 284 page block browned and brittle. Black Beauty tells the story of his life in 'first horse person'. View More...
Gift quality first edition, first printing hardcover in glossy illustrated paper covered boards with sharp tips and spine ends. No names, tears or soil in the profusely illustrated 168 pp text. Unclipped (and unpriced) dust jacket by Dinah Dryhurst has no damage and is now in new mylar to stay that way. Small 4to size = 9 14/16" tall x 7 5/8" wide 5/8" thick. Full color illustrated end papers show five horses running in a field. Gifted Aussie illustrator Dinah Dryhurst has re-created mid-Victorian period details in 30 full page watercolors and 23 b/w line drawings. View More...
First Regular Issue Of The First Limited Edition Illustrated By Lucy Kemp Welch Published By J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. Attractive Hardcover In Lightly Soiled Soft Yellow Illustrated Cloth Showing Horses In Gilt Running In A Field On Cover, Gilt Title On Spine, Black Illustration On Rear Cover. Not Exlib, No Names Or Tears, Hinge Papers Are Fine. Some Foxing And Occasional Finger Marks On Some Preliminary Pages. Matching Illustrated Endpapers As The Cover Art. Spine Ends Bumped, Tips Fairly Sharp With Lightly Brushed Lower Frt Board Tip. Title Page Lists Both J. M. Dent London And E. P. Du... View More...
Whitman Classics edition, a glossy unabridged edition in illustrated hardcover boards. Black and blue full page plates plus a smaller vignette illustrations and a few color plates. Good condition, front hinge tender but not cracked. Boards have some cellophane peeling. No dj, Illustrated endpapers, no names or tears. Corners & spine ends bumped and lightly rubbed, 284 page block browned and brittle. Black Beauty tells the story of his life in 'first horse person'. View More...
Beautiful hardcover in illustrated cloth covered boards in shades of blue, olive green and black. Three small tears in fabric at head of spine, else near fine with bumped spine ends and sharp tips that show light color loss, Fep removed, gift ded on half title page. 8 stunning color plates by Wheelwright, 248pp, View More...
