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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
by Browning, Robert
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; George G Harrap, 1939., 1939. Softcover. Reprint. Large octavo. 37 pp. Colour frontispiece, vignette to title page and14 black-and-white illustrations in text, of which 4 full-page, all by Arthur Rackham. Book Condition: Very Good. Pictorial card covers; illustrated endpapers. A few nicks & creases to cover edges otherwise a clean bright copy. Complete with original printed envelope (just larger than the book) featuring holly-leaf motif in red and green and printed Christmas card (approx 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches) featuring Father Christmas with a sack of presents over the holly-leaf motif and printed "WITH ALL GOOD WISHES FOR XMAS AND THE NEW YEAR From", with dotted line below for donor to insert their name (left blank). Envelope has several tears and splits and a little light surface soiling; Christmas Card very lightly foxed & toned otherwise near-fine. Rare with card and envelope.
Synopsis
Robert Browning (1812-1889) was born in Camberwell, London, the son of a clerk in the Bank of England. The strongest influence on his education were the books in his father's extensive library, particularly the writings of Byron and Shelley. His dramatic poem Paracelsus , published in 1835, established his reputation and brought him the friendship of the actor-manager William Macready. When Macready's eldest son Willie was ill in bed, Browning wrote for the boy's entertainment the poem of The Pied Piper , a story he remembered from his own childhood. After its appearance in print in 1842, it became a children's classic, attracting new illustrators in every generation. In 1846 Robert Browning married a fellow poet, Elizabeth Barrett, eloping with her to Italy where they lived until Elizabeth's death in 1861. He them returned to England to live with his only sister Sarianna, but later he went back to Italy, where he died at the Rezzonico Palace in Venice.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4079
- Title
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Author
- Browning, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- London; George G Harrap, 1939.
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Children's
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
Biblio member since 2019
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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- Foxed
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- Octavo
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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