Young Folks’ Edition. 1 color illustration and 20 black-and-white illustrations. According to Wikipedia: ‘Anna Sewell (30 March 1820 – 25 April 1878) was a British writer, best known as the author of the classic novel Black Beauty…. Her only publication was Black Beauty, which she wrote between 1871 and 1877 … Anna Sewell sold the novel to the local publishers Jarrolds for £40 on 24 November 1877, when she was 57. Although now considered a children’s classic, she originally wrote it for those who worked with horses. Anna said ‘It’s a special aim being to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses.’