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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
by Robert Browning
- Used
- Condition
- Minor damage to the covers due to rubbing. Age toning.
- Seller
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Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: Ernest Nister and E. P. Dutton & Co, 1906. Minor damage to the covers due to rubbing. Age toning.. Tells the classic story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, based off of Robert Brownings famous poem. The book is illustrated by T. Butler-Stoney and features black and white illustrations besides the text and twelve (12) full color plates. On the front interior cover is a bookplate that states "Woman's Education Association. Traveling Library Extra A 27." The WEA was a organization founded in 1871 in Boston, MA to help promote better education for women. It was dissolved in 1935. Additionally, there is a library card pocket for the WEA on the back interior cover. Printed on both on the front cover and title page is "No. 1506". This refers to the publishers book number and using the catalogue raisonne of the publisher Ernest Nister, the publishing date of the book, c1906, was found. 26 pp. Measures 10 3/4" 8 1/4
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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- Bookseller
- Eclectibles
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29015725
- Title
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Author
- Robert Browning
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor damage to the covers due to rubbing. Age toning.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ernest Nister and E. P. Dutton & Co
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- folklore, fairy tale, Woman's Education Association, WEA, rat, poetry
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Eclectibles
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Tolland, Connecticut
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