McKINLEY, Robin. Beauty. A Retelling of Beauty & the Beast. NY: Harper & Row [1978]. 8vo, [vi] 249pp. Black quarter-cloth decoratively stamped in gold with red boards decoratively blind stamped. A fine, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. With a bookplate signed by the author, Newbery Medalist Robin McKinley, laid in.

 

First edition, review copy, having publisher’s slip laid in. A near perfect copy of Newbery Medalist Robin McKinley’s first book – and elegant and enchanting retelling of Beauty and the Beast (and undoubtedly a huge influence on Disney’s characterization of Belle as a smart, capable woman).