Collecting Anna Sewell rare books
Anna Sewell created the Black Beauty stories. This page features rare Anna Sewell rare books such as first editions and signed copies of Black Beauty and other rarities for rare book collectors.
Anna Mary Sewell was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England into a devoutly Quaker family. Her father was Isaac Phillip Sewell (1793-1879), and her mother, Mary Wright Sewell (1798 - 1884) was a successful author of children's books.
Anna Sewell was largely educated at home, a regime heavily influenced by her mother's religious and educational convictions. When Anna was twelve years old, the family moved to Stoke Newington, where Sewell attended school for the first time and gained instruction in areas new to her such as mathematics and foreign languages. Two years later, however, she slipped while walking home from school and severely injured both of her ankles. Her father took a job in Brighton in 1836, partly in the hope that the climate there would help to cure her. Despite this, and most likely because of mistreatment of her injury, Sewell was lame for the rest of her life and was unable to stand without a crutch or to walk for any length of time. For greater mobility, she frequently used horse-drawn carriages, which contributed to her love of horses and concern for the humane treatment of animals.
At about this time, both Anna and her mother left the Society of Friends to join the Church of England, though both remained active in evangelical circles.Her mother expressed her religious faith most noticeably by authoring a series of evangelical children's books, which Anna helped to edit, though all the Sewells, and Mary Sewell's family, the Wrights, engaged in many other good works.
While seeking to improve her health at European spas, Sewell encountered various writers, artists, and philosophers, to which her previous background had not exposed her.
Sewell's only published work was Black Beauty, written during 1871 to 1877, after she had moved to Old Catton, a village outside the city of Norwich in Norfolk. During this time her health was declining. She was often so weak that she was confined to her bed and writing was a challenge. She dictated the text to her mother and from 1876 began to write on slips of paper which her mother then transcribed. Unfortunately this somewhat limits the Anna Sewell rare books available.
Sewell sold the novel to local publisher Jarrolds for £40 on 24 November 1877, when she was 57 years of age. Although now considered a children's classic, she originally wrote it for those who worked with horses. She said "It's a special aim being to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses." (Mrs Bayly, 272).
Anna Sewell rare books for sale
Anna Sewell rare books are limited to Black Beauty unless you happen to come across some other unpublished material.
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 Sewell Anna BLACK BEAUTY Told in Short Form Pictures 1st Edition First Printing $350.00 Time Remaining: 21d 21h 11m Buy It Now for only: $350.00 Buy It Now |
 Sewell Anna BLACK BEAUTY Easton Press 1st Edition First Printing $295.00 Time Remaining: 25d 14h 43m Buy It Now for only: $295.00 Buy It Now |
 Anna Sewell Black Beauty c1984 Edition John Beer $170.86 Time Remaining: 21d 19h 24m Buy It Now for only: $170.86 Buy It Now |
 Sewell Anna BLACK BEAUTY THE UNCLE TOMS CABIN OF HORSE $175.00 Time Remaining: 18d 19h 35m Buy It Now for only: $175.00 Buy It Now |
 Sewell Anna Illust by Paul Brown BLACK BEAUTY 1st Edition First Printing $175.00 Time Remaining: 21d 20h 13m Buy It Now for only: $175.00 Buy It Now |
 Tatler Magazine Rufus SewellTom HollanderAnna FrielRachel WeiszBritish film $150.29 Time Remaining: 4d 14h 18m Buy It Now for only: $150.29 Buy It Now |
 Anna Sewell Johanna Spyri Mary Mapes Dodge BIG STORY $150.00 Time Remaining: 8d 14h 53m Buy It Now for only: $150.00 Buy It Now |
 Black Beauty Sewell Anna Synnestvedt Erik Narrator $135.81 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 23m Buy It Now for only: $135.81 Buy It Now |
 BLACK BEAUTY by Sewell Anna $125.95 Time Remaining: 5d 16h 27m Buy It Now for only: $125.95 Buy It Now |
 Black Beauty Sewell Anna Synnestvedt Erik Narrator $105.71 Time Remaining: 14d 6h 9m Buy It Now for only: $105.71 Buy It Now |
 Black Beauty The Autobiography of a Horse Library Edition Sewell Anna Cosham $94.51 Time Remaining: 15d 14h 40m Buy It Now for only: $94.51 Buy It Now |
 CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED 60 0 BLACK BEAUTY 1949 NICE 1st Anna Sewells HORSE $100.00 Time Remaining: 2d 20h 42m |
 Easton Press BLACK BEAUTY Anna Sewell FANTASTIC $99.95 Time Remaining: 16d 23h 1m Buy It Now for only: $99.95 Buy It Now |
 Schwarzes Fohlen Hurrikan Sewell Anna $96.46 Time Remaining: 27d 20h 1m Buy It Now for only: $96.46 Buy It Now |
 Anna Sewells Black Beauty $82.44 Time Remaining: 7d 8h 4m Buy It Now for only: $82.44 Buy It Now |
 Black Beauty The Unholy Wish by Anna Sewell Mrs Wood $77.40 Time Remaining: 11d 11h 20m Buy It Now for only: $77.40 Buy It Now |
 Black Beauty The Autobiography of a Horse Library Edition Sewell Anna Cosham $73.56 Time Remaining: 12d 1h 3m Buy It Now for only: $73.56 Buy It Now |
 Black Beauty The Autobiography of a Horse Anna Sewell $75.00 Time Remaining: 6d 6h 54m Buy It Now for only: $75.00 Buy It Now |
 Breyer Black Beauty With Book by Anna Sewell Retired New in Box 1317 $59.99 Time Remaining: 24d 20h 20m Buy It Now for only: $59.99 Buy It Now |
 BLACK BEAUTY By ANNA SEWELL 1952 FIRST EDITION $69.99 Time Remaining: 22h 38m Buy It Now for only: $69.99 Buy It Now |
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 Black Beauty  |
 Black Beauty (Wordsworth's Children's Classics) List Price: Sale Price: £0.01 You save: £1.98 (99%)  Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days |
 Black Beauty, Young Folks' Edition |
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 Black Beauty (Illustrated) |
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