![]() Wesley Dennis illustrated it with four full page color illustrations and black & white illustrations at the start of each chapter. This 1946 edition of “Black Beauty” is a Rainbow Classic published by the World Publishing Company. Sewell passed away just five months after its publication but lived long enough to see her only novel become a success. ![]() Black Beauty was not written as a novel for children but rather “to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses”. ![]() Due to an accident when she was very young Sewell was unable to walk or stand for any length of time thus spent much of her life dependent on horse-drawn transportation that fostered her respect for horses. ![]() Written by English author Anna Sewell (1820 – 1878) the book broke literary ground by describing the world through the eyes of a horse. Since 1877 the story of “Black Beauty” has been a hallmark in horse stories both with hundreds of publications and in the re-telling in film. Upper spine – 1946 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell – The World Publishing Company Beautiful illustrations full page colour illustrations and in black and white by Wesley Dennis. First published by The World Publishing Company in 1946, this copy is a first printing of this first edition. Description Black Beauty The Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell. ![]()
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