(CHILDRENS LITERATURE) SEWELL ANNA Black Beauty His Grooms a

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(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) SEWELL, ANNA. Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions. The Autobiography of a Horse. Wood-engraved frontispiece by C. Hewitt. 8-page publisher's catalogue at the end. 12mo, publisher's green pictorial cloth gilt; recased, head and foot of spine repaired, corners rubbed, few scuffs, area of blistering to rear cover; full green morocco drop-back case. London: Jarrold and Sons, [1877]

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first edition, inscribed (presumably) by the wife of the publisher, "From Mrs. Jarrold. Bracondale." The binding is similar to Carter's variant B in that the horse's head and rustic portions of the frame are in black while the floral decoration, reins and panels are in gilt, but here the title in black (not gilt). Carter, More Binding Variants, p. 37.