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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
by Robert Browning
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[DUVOISIN, Roger]. The Pied Piper of Hamelin. By Robert Browning. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. NY: Grosset and Dunlap [1936]. 4to, [40]pp. Violet cloth spine with color pictorial boards. Color pictorial endpapers; illustrated on altering spreads in full color and black-and-white. Edges lightly rubbed, pages slightly aged at edges, else a clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (a bit worn at edges with a few tiny chips, rare panel a bit creased along top inch).
First edition. This classic tale is brought to new life in Caldecott Medalist Roger Duvoisin's expressive illustrations that evoke the flavor and costumes of the Middle Ages.
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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- Books of Wonder
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049809
- Title
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Author
- Robert Browning
- Illustrator
- Roger Duvoisin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1936
- Pages
- [40]pp.
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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