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1940BB092<b>Beatrix Potter. Original Holograph Manuscript draft for</b> <b><i>Wag-by-Wall</i></b><i></i> the author's last published children's book story comprising the complete text of <i>Wag-by-Wall</i> also including a printed copy of the first American edition and in addition its first appearance in print as published in <i>The Horn Book Magazine.</i> <br />Three folio leaves on unlined paper numbered by hand at top right corners rectos only 10 x 14.375 inches; 254 x 365 mm old folds show minor creases minor toning at bottom right corner of second leaf and old crease on third leaf repaired with archival tape on verso. Generally clean and bright ink generally strong and dark occasionally faded in some areas. <br /><br />Together with: <b>Beatrix Potter.</b> <b><i>Wag-by-Wall.</i></b> Boston: The Horn Book Inc. 1944. First American edition. 12mo. 4.75 x 6.25 inches; 121 x 159 mm half title frontispiece title page copyright page 4 introduction by "Bertha E. Mahony" 2 19 1 type pages. Printed vignette headpieces throughout; mounted frontispiece portrait of Potter. Grey linen covered boards stamped in red J.J. Lankes woodcut inlaid onto front board. Spine and margins lightly stained but does not affect text; red floral printed endpapers. Internally clean. Very good copy overall. Linder 32. Quinby 104.<br /><br />And: <b><i>The Horn Book Magazine: Twentieth Anniversary Number 1924-1944.</i></b> Boston: The Horn Book Inc. 1944. Volume XX Number 3. Octavo. 6 x 9 inches; 152 x 228 mm. Consecutively numbered from previous issues 130-248 pages. Illustrated paper wrappers. Front and back wrappers rubbed corners bumped ½ inch closed tear on rear panel; interior clean. Very good. This is where Miss Potter contributed her story but died several months prior to publication. books
19121049252<p>POTTER Beatrix. <strong><em>Autograph Letter Signed.</em></strong> Single sheet 7¾" x 6" written on both sides and folded in half. Some light staining at bottom edge sheet lightly aged.</p><p>The letter reads as follows:</p><p>"Jan. 21 1912</p><p>My Dear Phyllis</p><p>You have written me such a dear little letter about Fluffy. I feel quite sad to disappoint you – I have begun another book about the fox! If I can do another book that Fluffy can come in to – I promise to remember him and ask for his picture again. You don't know what heaps of letters I get from all over the world and so many of them want a book about some special animal. There was a letter lately from a child in Wales who wants a book about a crocodile called Amelia! That I cannot stand! Then there is a small boy in Ireland who wants to know if Jeremy Fisher ever got married. And two want moles & another wants a donkey named Salome & another wants a horse book and another wants hens & another wants elephants – poor Miss Potter!</p><p>Fluffy is a very reasonable request by comparison. I am afraid I don't draw dogs and cats so well as mice and rabbits. Fluffy must have surprised the guests at tea at that hotel! I can imagine him going from table to table and dropping dead.</p><p>Peter Rabbit was rather clever at tricks but he never would do any trick that required patience like dying or begging quietly. He would jump through a hoop or do a complicated set of backwards & forwards jumps but he never would sit up properly still. He played the tambourine very grand both scuffling on it with his claws & shaking the bells. But he was not such a character as Bounce or Benjamin Bouncer. My last rabbit was called Joseph he lived to be 9 or 10; I don't intend to get another; I was always expecting Kep Potter's dog to kill him! I was rather thankful poor Joseph died peacefully. I have cocks and hens at present.</p><p>I remain dear Phyllis yrs aff.</p><p>Beatrix Potter"</p><p>The mention that her next book being about the fox is a reference to <em>The Tale of Mr. Tod</em> issued in October 1912. In another Potter letter sold at Sotheby's in 2014 the author mentions "A little girl sent me 'Fluffy'-dog's photo by the same post…" which clearly references this letter. And in Judy Taylor's Letters to Children on p. 141 she records a letter Potter wrote as Jeremy Fisher to Andrew Fayle of Dublin replying that he is not married perhaps the letter referred to in this correspondence. A wonderful piece of ephemera from the author of the <em>Peter Rabbit</em> books showing her gentle affection for her young readers and her genuine love of her many small pets. And of course it includes a wonderful reference to Ms. Potter's own rabbit who was the<em> true </em>Peter Rabbit. A wonderful treasure for any Potter collection.</p>
1907847P12London: Frederick Warne and Co 1907. First edition. Cloth. Good. 5.5" by 4". Beatrix Potter. A first edition Beatrix Potter tale a very scarce unrecorded variant of the deluxe binding compete with Potter's charming colourful illustrations. The first edition one of the first three printings which were indistinguishable from one another with Plate III endpapers as per Quinby. In the deluxe binding a very scarce unrecorded variant in a pink cloth as opposed to the more common green cloth.'Tom Kitten' follows the mischievous antics of three kittens who ruin their mother's plans to have a tea party with friends.Beautifully illustrated in colour in Potter's typical style with a colour frontispiece and twenty-six colour plates.Collated complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally lacking the onlay to the front board. Boards are discoloured. Cloth to the tail of the boards are a little cockeld heavier to the rear board. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Front endpaper is detached but present. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional light handling mark. Half-title frontispiece and half-title are detached but present. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page. Very small amount of wear to pages 64/65 and 68/69 not affecting text or plate. Good Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
1904847P16London: Frederick Warne and Co 1904. First edition. Cloth. Good. 5.5" by 4". Beatrix Potter. A first edition Beatrix Potter tale a charming adventure in the scarce publisher's deluxe binding. The first edition dated to the title page with Plate II endpapers in Quinby.In the deluxe binding a scarce variant in a lilac cloth.A sequel to 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' Potter tells of Peter's return to Mr. McGregor's garden alongside his cousin Benjamin and their attempt to retrieve the clothes lost there during their previous adventure.Beautifully illustrated in colour in Potter's typical style with a colour frontispiece and twenty-six colour plates.Collated lacking page 79/80 however all plates are present. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart. A little discolouration to the boards heavier to the rear boards with some minor marks to the boards. Repairs to the joints and to the head and tail of the spine repairing small closed tears. Light bumping to the extremities. Hinges are starting but remain firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few occasional handling marks. Prior owner's stamp to the half-title. Very small patch of wear to page 52. Good Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
1902031894UK: Warne and Co 1902. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Beatrix Potter. 1st Trade Edition 1902. First commercially published edition first printing. First Warne 'Trade' Edition following all points in Quinby and with "wept" on line 2 of page 51 colour frontispiece "dot" in the "o" on the cover and spine self portrait of Potter as Mrs. MacGregor holding the rabbit pie on p. 14. and leaf pattern endpapers. Linder page 421; Quinby 2. Book is very good. Presentation inscription in ink to half-title 'For Diddy & Georgie from the fairies 1902' textblock faintly cockled variable finger-soiling grey leaf-patterned endpapers gutter of front endpaper with adhesive residue with consequent skinning and tears original brown boards lettered in silver-grey with inset colour pictorial panel to upper cover very lightly rubbed vertical crease to spine. Light rubbing to edges. More images can be taken upon request.Ref19404 <br/> <br/> Warne and Co hardcover
1905847P13London: Frederick Warne and Co 1905. First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 5.5" by 4.5". Beatrix Potter. A first edition Beatrix Potter tale very scarce to see in the publisher's deluxe binding with Potter's original colourful illustrations. The first edition first impression with Plate II endpapers in Quinby the date 1905 to the title page and 'How Keld' to page 20.In the very scarce deluxe binding of red cloth.A charming Beatrix Potter tale in which hedgehog washerwoman living in a tiny cottage in the Lake District is discovered by a human child named Lucie.Beautifully illustrated in colour in Potter's typical style with a colour frontispiece and twenty-five colour plates.Collated lacking the front endpaper and pages 15-18 which includes one plate. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally smart with some a few minor marks to the boards. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Lacking the front endpaper. Internally textblock is detached from the binding. Internally binding is a little strained in places. Pages are bright and clean with a few light handling marks. Half-title frontispiece title page and pages 8-10 are detached but present. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the half-title. Small chip to the head of the frontispiece not affecting the illustration. Lacking pages 15-18. Good Only Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
1902030210UK: Warne and Co 1902. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good . 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Beatrix Potter. 1st Trade Edition 1902. First Warne 'Trade' Edition following all points in Quinby and with "wept" on line 2 of page 51 colour frontispiece "dot" in the "o" on the cover and spine self portrait of Potter as Mrs. MacGregor holding the rabbit pie on p. 14. and leaf pattern endpapers. Book is good with rubbing to edges. Boards marked and surface rubbed. Re cased at spine retaining some of the spine and retaining the original endpapers. Contents are average with usage marks soiling creasing tape marks light surface loss to various pages. Front gutter strengthened with paper. A restored example but retaining the original materials of the book. More images can be taken upon request.Ref18806/17149 <br/> <br/> Warne and Co hardcover
19181000Y36London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1918. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 5.5" by 4". Beatrix Potter . A scarce first impression of this beloved children's tale from Beatrix Potter. First edition first impression with the dropped "N" from London on the imprint. Quinby No. 25 endpapers Plate XV as called for. In the publisher's original paper covered boards with mounted colour illustration to the front board. Archival repair to the joints with the letter 'J' to 'Johnny' to title replicated in white ink. With similar repair carried out to head of the spine with letter 'T' to 'The' replicated.Illustrated in Potter's beloved style with a colour frontispiece and twenty-six colour plates. Collated complete. Based on the Aesop fable 'The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse' this children's book tells of a country mouse and a city mouse who visit each other in their respective homes. After sampling the other's way of life both express a decided preference for their own. Written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter an English writer illustrator and natural scientist best knownas the creator of Peter Rabbit and other charming animal characters. In the publisher's original paper covered boards with mounted colour illustration to the front board. Archival repair to the joints with the letter 'J' to 'Johnny' to title replicated in white ink. With similar repair carried out to head of the spine with letter 'T' to 'The' replicated. Externally mild rubbing to the extremities and handling marks visible to the front board illustration. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with occasional light spots and handling marks. Minor tide mark affecting the bottom of the leaves. Small chip to the corner of one of the colour plates. Very Good Frederick Warne and Co. hardcover
1904942F36London: Frederick Warne & Co 1904 . First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 6" by 4.5". Beatrix Potter. A lovely example of the first issue of the first edition of Beatrix Potter's classic children's work beautifully illustrated throughout in her inimitable style. The first edition first issue with misspelling of "muffatees" for "muffetees" to page 15 and correct frontispiece. With title page dated 1904 as called for.This copy matches Quinby 6 page 39 'Grey Boards'.A sequel to 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' Potter tells of Peter's return to Mr. McGregor's garden alongside his cousin Benjamin and their attempt to retrieve the clothes lost there during their previous adventure.Beautifully illustrated in colour in Potter's typical style with a colour frontispiece and twenty-six colour plates. Collated complete.With the contemporary inscription 'With love to Mabel June 21st 1905' to the front free endpaper.A lovely copy of this classic Potter title. In the publisher's original paper covered boards with colour pictorial onlay to front board. Externally very smart. Back strip age toned with small mark to tail of front board. Front hinge a touch strained but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with binding lightly strained in three locations. Pages clean and bright with only one or two light handling marks. Very Good Frederick Warne & Co hardcover
19131298161913. First Edition. POTTER Beatrix. The Tale of Pigling Bland. London and New York: Frederick Warne 1913. 16mo original maroon boards mounted cover illustration pictorial endpapers. $1700.First edition of Potters story of two piglets escape into a new life illustrated with frontispiece 14 color plates and 37 in-text vignettes.The Tale of Pigling Bland was Potter's 19th book the second title to appear in the ""New Series"" and the last she published before her marriage to William Heelis. The book ""has an element of truth in it"" for in November 1909 in a letter to Millie Warne Potter wrote ""The two biggest little pigs have been sold which takes away from the completeness of the family group. But they have fetched a good price and their appetites were fearfulfive meals a day and not satisfied"" Linder 213. Indeed Pigling Bland concerns two real pigs Potter called Alexander and Pigling Bland; Potter herself appears in her drawing on page 22 along with Alexander. ""With its intimate fireside scenes and shared adventures Pigling Bland is almost a love story. However 'the portrait of two pigs arm in arm is not a portrait of me & Mr. Heelis though it is a view of where we used to walk on Sunday afternoons! 'Over the hills and far away!' seemed to symbolize Beatrix's own escape into a new life"" Taylor et al. 148 152. First edition with 1913 on title page; first and second printings believed identical Linder 429. Without scarce original glassine. Quinby 22. Linder 429. A lovely copy in fine condition. hardcover
1908031832UK: Warne and Co 1908. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Beatrix Potter. 1st Edition 1908. The first three impressions are indistinguishable. Linder p. 427; Quinby 14. Book is near fine and very bright. A really nice example. Contents good. Ref19400 <br/> <br/> Warne and Co hardcover
19031000F37London: Frederick Warne 1903 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 6" by 4.5". Beatrix Potter. A first edition of this popular Beatrix Potter tale about a troublesome squirrel beautifully illustrated with her original charming colour plates. The first trade edition first or second issue of this work with 'Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit' to the title page and with the date to the title page. Bibliographers are unclear as to whether the 'Author of' statement denotes a first or second issue. Quinby 5A.'Squirrel Nutkin' follows an impertinent red squirrel named Nutkin as he narrowly escapes from an owl named Old Brown. Following the publication of 'Peter Rabbit' the year before 'Squirrel Nutkin' became an instant hit upon publication.With a former owner's inscription to the recto and verso of the front free endpaper.Rebacked with the original back strip laid down retaining the original endpapers.Beautifully illustrated in colour in Potter's typical style with a frontispiece and twenty-six colour plates. Collated complete. Rebacked in the publisher's original paper covered boards with back strip laid down and retaining the original endpapers. Front hinge strained with board firmly held. Inscription to recto and verso of front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Frederick Warne hardcover
190328000821New York: Frederick Warne & Co 1903. Litho from back strip detached but present. 85pp. Green paper on board with applied litho label. Color frontispiece of dancing couple in period costumes. 26 colored illustrations. The classic Beatrix Potter story about a nice tailor and thread wielding mice who repay his kindness. It was one of Potter's personal favorites of the stories she has written. First American edition. The illustrations with fully clothed mice and coated cats represent all the hallmarks of Potter's illustrative work and adds great visuals to a sweet story. Dark green paper boards. 5 1/2" x 4" Inscription on title page given as a Christmas gift 1903.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Christie's East. Beatrix Potter. The Doris Frohnsdorff Collection. Original Drawings Autograph Letters first Editions and Ephemera. Wednesday 16 April 1997. Frederick Warne & Co unknown
190328000821New York: Frederick Warne & Co 1903. Inscription on title page given as a Christmas gift 1903. Provenance: Christie's East. Beatrix Potter. The Doris Frohnsdorff Collection. Original Drawings Autograph Letters first Editions and Epphemera. Wednesday 16 April 1997. 85pp. Green paper on board with applied litho label. Color frontispiece of dancing couple in period costumes. 26 colored illustrations. The classic Beatrix Potter story about a nice tailor and thread wielding mice who repay his kindness. It was one of Potter's personal favorites of the stories she has written. First American edition. The illustrations with fully clothed mice and coated cats represent all the hallmarks of Potter's illustrative work and adds great visuals to a sweet story. Dark green paper boards. 5 1/2" x 4". <br/><br/> Frederick Warne & Co hardcover books
19081000F19London: Frederick Warne and Co 1908 . First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 6" by 4.5". Beatrix Potter. The sought after first edition of Beatrix Potter's charming and beautifully illustrated tale about Jemima Puddle-Duck. The first edition of one of Beatrix Potter's most popular tales one of the first three printings which are said to be indistinguishable. Quinby 14 with plate IV endpapers as called for and dated 1908 to the tail of the title page and to the colophon.Illustrated with twenty-seven colour plates illustrated in Potter's signature style. Collated complete.'The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck' was the first of Potter's works to be set wholly at her Lake District farm. The charming tale follows an Aylesbury domestic duck who searches for a place to hatch her eggs without human - or animal - interference.Contemporary inscription to recto of frontispiece. Small 'Jan 1913' stamp to front pastedown.Rebacked retaining original endpapersPotter's status as an icon of twentieth century children's literature endures to this day. Rebacked in the publisher's original paper covered boards with restoration to back strip. Retaining original endpapers. Otherwise externally excellent. Hinges strained but firmly held. Small stamp to front pastedown. Inscription to recto of frontispiece. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with the odd spot or light handling mark. Very Good Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
1922031833UK: Warne and Co 1922. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Beatrix Potter. 1st Edition 1st state 1922. Includes the very rare original glassine printed wrapper. Book is very good and very bright. Contents good. The wrapper is fair with long closed repaired tears and areas of loss to spine and upper cover. More images can be taken upon request.Ref19402 <br/> <br/> Warne and Co hardcover
1903031831UK: Warne and Co 1903. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Beatrix Potter. 4th Trade Edition 1903. 31 colour illustrations including frontispiece p. 51 with 'shed big tears' Book is very good with light rubbing to edges. Contents half-title with ink ownership name occasional generally light finger-soiling more so to frontispiece several openings with adhesion/surface loss few centrally affecting illustrations two openings with more severe surface loss to blank margins affecting page numbers grey leaf-pattern endpapers. More images can be taken upon request.Ref19938 <br/> <br/> Warne and Co hardcover
19041000Y40London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1904. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 5.5" by 4.5". Beatrix Potter. A very smart first edition of this delightful illustrated tale from Beatrix Potter. First edition. Quinby No. 7 endpapers Plate II as called for. Rebacked with the publisher's original boards laid down and renewed spine.Illustrated in Potter's distinct charming style with a colour frontispiece title page vignette and twenty-six colour plates. Collated complete. A classic tale from the world of Beatrix Potter which follows two mice causing mischief in a dolls' house.Potter took inspiration for the tale from two mice caught in a cage-trap in her cousin's home and a doll's house being constructed by her editor and publisher Norman Warne as a Christmas gift for his niece Winifred. Rebacked with renewed spine and original boards laid down. Inner hinges reinforced. Externally with mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Slight discolouration to boards and a few minor damp marks to the rear. Contemporary gift inscription to the front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with a few small bleeds from the boards to the endpapers and the odd spot. Very Good Frederick Warne and Co. hardcover
1903FB7271 /1C<p>Maroon board binding with mouse and title on the front board. Restored. Presented in a new maroon cloth backed box. Dimensions are for the box.</p><ul><li><p><strong>We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available.</strong></p></li></ul><p>A first edition first printing published by Warne in 1903. A very good book without inscriptions rubbed to corners and a little to the spine - square and compact binding - date to the title indicating first edition. This lovely edition is now cleverly boxed by Mr. Brian Cole.</p><p>The Tailor of Gloucester is a Christmas children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter privately printed by the author in 1902 and published in a trade edition by >Frederick Warne & Co. in October 1903. The story is about a tailor whose work on a waistcoat is finished by the grateful mice he rescues from his cat and was based on a real world incident involving a tailor and his assistants. For years Potter declared that of all her books it was her personal favourite.</p><p>Helen Beatrix Heelis née Potter; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943 usually known as Beatrix Potter was an English writer illustrator natural scientist and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit which was her first commercially published work in 1902. Her books including The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck and The Tale of Tom Kitten have sold more than 250 million copies. An entrepreneur Potter was a pioneer of character merchandising. In 1903 Peter Rabbit was the first fictional character to be made into a patented stuffed toy making him the oldest licensed character.</p><p>Born into an upper-middle-class household Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in the Lake District developing a love of landscape flora and fauna all of which she closely observed and painted. Potter's study and watercolours of fungi led to her being widely respected in the field of mycology. In her thirties Potter self-published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Following this Potter began writing and illustrating children's books full-time.</p><p>Potter wrote over sixty books with the best known being her twenty-three children's tales. In 1905 using the proceeds from her books and a legacy from an aunt Potter bought Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey a village in the Lake District. Over the following decades she purchased additional farms to preserve the unique hill country landscape. In 1913 at the age of 47 she married William Heelis 1871–1945 a respected local solicitor with an office in Hawkshead. Potter was also a prize-winning breeder of Herdwick sheep and a prosperous farmer keenly interested in land preservation. She continued to write illustrate and design merchandise based on her children's books for British publisher Warne until the duties of land management and her diminishing eyesight made it difficult to continue.</p><p>Potter died of pneumonia and heart disease on 22 December 1943 at her home in Near Sawrey England at the age of 77 leaving almost all her property to the National Trust. She is credited with preserving much of the land that now constitutes the Lake District National Park. Potter's books continue to sell throughout the world in many languages with her stories being retold in songs films ballet and animations and her life is depicted in two films – The Tales of Beatrix Potter 1983 and Miss Potter 2006.</p> Frederick Warne & Co. hardcover
1909VBF02<b>POTTER</b> Beatrix<br /><br /><b><i>Ginger & Pickles</i></b>.<br /><br />London: Frederick Warne 1909.<br /><br />Frontispiece and 9 color illustrations by the author also text vignettes.<br /><br />Square 8vo 52pp; original buff boards titles to front cover and spine in green pictorial label with illustration to front cover illustrated endpapers.<br /><br />First edition.<br /><br />The third of Potter's books to be printed in large format <i>Ginger & Pickles</i> was worked up from an original manuscript given to Louie Warne Harold Warne's daughter as a Christmas gift in 1908. The story was based on a village shop in Sawrey owned by John Taylor when Potter bought Hill Top farm so the book is dedicated to him. <br />From the personal library of MAURICE SENDAK with his Jennie bookplate pasted verso front free endpaper. Laid in is a Sendak notecard with a design from <i>The Bat-Poet</i> inscribed <i>"A very special book for very special Lynn -- on her Birthday! With all my love Maurice May April '90"</i> the recipient being Lynn Caponera who began working for the artist in 1972 as caretaker of his Connecticut house and eventually became his care-giver chief beneficiary and president of The Maurice Sendak Foundation. Indeed a very special copy. Frederick Warne hardcover books
1903031823UK: Warne and Co 1903. Fifth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Beatrix Potter. 5th Edition 1903 Dated by new endpaper design for 1903. Uncommon early edition and bright. Book is very good with light rubbing to edges Spine with light professional repair. Contents are good. A lovely early example and rare in this bright condition. Ref19397 <br/> <br/> Warne and Co hardcover
19121000F27London: Frederick Warne and Co 1912 . First edition. Hardback. Near Fine. 6" by 5". Beatrix Potter. A lovely example of the beautifully illustrated first edition of this popular Beatrix Potter tale in which the children of Benjamin Bunny are kidnapped. The first edition one of the first or second printings which are indistinguishable from one another with the dedication reading 'William Francis' rather than 'Francis William'.Quinby No. 21.'The Tale of Mr Tod' follows archenemies Tommy Brock the badger and the fox Mr. Tod after Brock kidnaps the children of Benjamin Bunny and Flopsy hiding them in the oven of Mr. Tod's house.This tale was the first published in the new larger format in a more elaborate binding despite Potter's disapproval of the style.Beautifully illustrated in colour in Potter's typical style with a frontispiece and fourteen colour plates and monochrome in-text illustrations. Collated complete. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Back strip lightly age toned otherwise externally excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
19051000Y39London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1905. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 5.5" by 4.5". Beatrix Potter. A pleasing first edition of this classic tale of a hedgehog washerwoman from the world of Beatrix Potter. The first edition first impression. Quinby No. 8 Plate II endpapers dated 1905 to the title page and dots to the O's on the front board. In the publisher's paper covered boards with restoration to the spine. Illustrated in Potter's charming style with a colour frontispiece title page vignette and twenty-six colour plates. Collated complete. Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle delivers freshly laundered clothing to the animals and birds in the neighbourhood with the help of a child named Lucie. Potter's pet hedgehog Mrs. Tiggy-winkle and Kitty MacDonald a Scottish washerwoman were the inspirations for the eponymous heroine. In the publisher's paper covered boards with restoration to the spine. Externally smart with sunning to the boards and a couple minor marks. Minor rubbing to extremities and minor bumping to spine head and tail. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot. Very Good Frederick Warne and Co. hardcover
1909977Z15London: Frederick Warne and Co 1909. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 7" by 5.5". Beatrix Potter. An excellent first edition first printing of this charming children's tale from Beatrix Potter about a shop run by a cat and a dog complete with her iconic colour illustrations. The first edition first printing in the green variant binding with the called for endpapers as indicated by Quinby pp. 71 and the date to the title page and verso. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth with a coloured illustration to the front. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece monochrome vignettes and nine colour plates. Collated complete. A charming children's tale by the beloved Beatrix Potter telling the tale of Ginger and Pickles a dog and cat duo who run a small store who soon find their generosity effecting their business. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Externally excellent with very minimal fading to the spine and very light wear to the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound with bright pages with the odd spot heavier to pp.48 and to the front blank/half title. Near Fine Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
1990feb70962<p>1990: First Portuguese Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit</p><p>A história do Pedrito coelho</p><p>Used. For more details please contact me</p> Verbo
