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Black Beauty

By Anna Sewell
Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Foreword by Jane Smiley

By Anna Sewell
Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Foreword by Jane Smiley

By Anna Sewell
Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Foreword by Jane Smiley

By Anna Sewell
Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Foreword by Jane Smiley

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Part of Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition

Part of Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition

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Oct 25, 2011 | ISBN 9780143106470

Ebook $10.99

Oct 25, 2011 | ISBN 9781101574980

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    About Black Beauty

    One of the best-loved animal adventures ever written

    This Penguin Threads edition of Anna Sewell’s moving novel Black Beauty includes a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley, cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe French flaps.

    Commissioned by award-winning Penguin art director Paul Buckley, the Penguin Threads series debuts with cover art by Jillian Tamaki for three gift-worthy Penguin Classics. Sketched out in a traditional illustrative manner, then hand stitched using needle and thread, the final covers are sculpt embossed for a tactile, textured, and beautiful book design that will appeal to the Etsy(tm)-loving world of handmade crafts.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About Black Beauty

    As part of the wonderful Collector’s Library Series, Black Beauty is one of the best is one of the best-loved classics of all time. This attractive volume contains the complete and unabridged story with 12 full color illustrations, plus numerous black & white illustrations throughout. The deluxe edition features a full piece cloth case, a four color illustrated onlay on the front cover, foil stamping on front and spine, stained edges on three sides, printed endpapers with book plate, and a satin ribbon marker. This book should have an honored place in any child’s library.

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    About Anna Sewell

    Anna Sewell was born in 1820 in Norfolk, England. Her only book, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, was published in 1877. Sewell died in 1878. 

    About Anna Sewell

    Anna Sewell was born in 1820 in Norfolk, England. Her only book, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, was published in 1877. Sewell died in 1878. 

    Product Details

    Category: Classic Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Oct 25, 2011 | 224 Pages | 5-5/8 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143106470

    Category: Classic Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Oct 25, 2011 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9781101574980
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