![]() Bindings "A" and "B" are noted mainly on copies that were inscribed by Anna Sewell or by her mother (after the author's death), so it is possible that they were special presentation bindings however there is also at least one known copy in this binding "C" that is inscribed by the author. This copy is Carter's binding "C", which is the most frequently-seen binding - with the front-cover gilt medallion of a horse's head looking left. Anna Sewell received just twenty pounds from the publisher, for all rights to the book the book did not sell very well at first, but after it received positive reviews from anti-cruelty groups, sales took off. She died a few months after its publication, too early to realise the extent of its phenomenal success. had been crippled by a leg-injury since she was fourteen years of age, and by the time she came to write BLACK BEAUTY, her one and only book, she was bedridden. The tale has been filmed numerous times, beginning in 1910 and continuing in 1946, 19. ![]() He encounters masters both kind and cruel, and as a result the book came to be seen as the UNCLE TOM'S CABIN for animals' rights - in fact, the first American edition, which came out thirteen years later, was published by the American Humane Society. ![]() ![]() First Edition of this classic tale, told in the first person by Black Beauty himself. Original green cloth decorated in black and gilt. ![]()
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