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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
by Browning, Robert; illustrated by James McCracken
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Albert Whitman Co, 1931. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good -. Hardcover in blue cloth boards with color illustration pasted onto front board. Gilt title is faded. Second printing of first edition. No dust jacket. Book is crisp and generally clean, with tight binding. Heavy wear at all corners. Striking color illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers. 8vo. Unpaginated.
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
- Warwick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95497
- Title
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Author
- Browning, Robert; illustrated by James McCracken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second printing
- Publisher
- Albert Whitman Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Children's books; fairy tales
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Crisp
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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