In December 1876 she wrote, "I am getting on with my little book 'Black Beauty'." By this time Anna was becoming more and more crippled and spent much of her time on a sofa writing in pencil, with her mother making a copy. She wrote "I am writing the life of a horse, and getting dolls and boxes ready for Christmas".
Anna Sewell lived only a few months after the publication of her book making inscribed copies extremely uncommon.Ĭonfined to the home after a childhood accident, Anna first mentioned that she was writing Black Beauty in her journal on 6th November 1871. Light wear to the spine ends and corners.Ī wonderful family association being a Christmas gift from Anna Sewell to her spinster cousins. A very good copy with the front joint neatly repaired, lacking the front endpaper. Author's presentation copy, inscribed on publication, "Mary and Catherine Sewell from their affectionate cousin, the Author, Christmas 1877."Įngraved frontispiece after C. Original green cloth with decoration embossed in gilt and black, Carter's variant B.
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