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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
by Robert Browning
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Co Ltd, c1920. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 8.6". Kate Greenaway. A beautifully illustrated children's book written by Robert Browning and illustrated by the celebrated illustrator Kate Greenaway. A later edition.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and full colour vignettes and full page illustrations by the celebrated illustrator Kate Greenaway, and engraved by Edmund Evans. This children's book was written by Robert Browning and tells the story of the legendary character, the 'Pied Piper'. The illustrator for this work is the popular English Victorian artist and children's book illustrator, Kate Greenaway. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with pictorial boards. Undated. Dated by copies held institutionally and the addition of 'Ltd' to the publisher's name, which indicates a post 1917 publishing date as Frederick Warne and Co became a limited company in 1917. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Externally very smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities and slight fading to the front board. Internally firmly bound with clean and generally bright pages. Very Good Indeed
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
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 901Z30
- Title
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Author
- Robert Browning
- Illustrator
- Kate Greenaway
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c1920
- Size
- 10" by 8.6"
- Keywords
- Children's book Kate Greenaway Illustrated Fiction Kate Greenaway
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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