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1913Best.-Nr. 1112011POTTER Beatrix. The Tale of Pigling Bland. London: Frederick Warne & Co 1913. 16mo 94pp. Maroon boards stamped in white with color pictorial label affixed to front. Color pictorial endpapers; 15 color plates and b&w illustrations throughout. Spine ends lightly rubbed slight foxing to edges of sheets minute traces of hand-soiling else a clean bright copy. First edition. Published the year the Beatrix Potter was married and settled down to farming life for good this is a charming tale of a pig meeting his soulmate. Potter had been keeping pigs on her farm and she sketched them for this story using her own farmyard as the setting. Frederick Warne hardcover
1909Best.-Nr. 031829UK: Warne and Co 1909. First Edition . Hardcover. Good . 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Beatrix Potter. 1st Edition 1909. 1st state.Green cloth boards with pictorial imprint and white dots centered on the "O"s of the title and author's name. Pictorial end plates and description are per Quinby No 16. P69.Dated by endpapers and title page. Uncommon. Book is very good with light rubbing to edges. Light marking to front board edge. Spine base slightly repaired. Contents are good. Small inscription to inner page. More images can be taken upon request.Ref19405 Warne and Co hardcover
1993Best.-Nr. 032003UK: Pobjoy Mint 1993. First Edition . Paper. As New. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Six Original Solid Silver100th Anniversary Queen Elizabeth II Crowns from Gibraltar Celebrating Beatrix Potter's Characters in her books. Including Jemima Puddle Duck Mr Jeremy Fisher Peter Rabbit Tom Kitten Benjamin Bunny and Mrs Tiggy Winkle. Dated 1993 Presentation Case and Minted in Gibraltar for Pobjoy Mint. Dated 1996. The Pobjoy family traces it's connections to precious metals back over 300 years. Created with a single coin press and an ambitious idea in 1965 by Derek Pobjoy the British Pobjoy Mint has produced a myriad of exceptionally crafted commemorative legal tender and bullion coins since it's inception. Managed by Taya Pobjoy since 1998 the mint proudly struck it's last legal tender coin upon the announcement of her retirement in October 2023. Includes a certificate of authenticity presentation box and a original Perspex container for each crown from the Pobjoy Mint. Size of box is 177mm x 125mm and the Coins are 38mm wide. Each coin is 925 silver and each weighs 28.28 grams or 1 ounce. In mint unused condition. Ref19403 Pobjoy Mint unknown
1912Best.-Nr. BTETM0001668New York: Frederick Warne 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. duodecimo or twelvemo 12mo 5 נ7 38 in 127 נ187 mm . Beatrix Potter. Please email for Photographs or further information.1912 First Edition US EditionTHE TALE OF MR. TODBy Beatrix PotterKEY DETAILSCondition: Very GoodFormat: Hardcover duodecimo or twelvemo 12mo 5 נ7 38 in 127 נ187 mm Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.Published By: Frederick Warne New York 1912Language: EnglishIllustrated By: Beatrix PotterCollation: pp. 93 1. Colour frontispiece and 14 colour plates.SKU: BTETM0001668Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5 L: 30 W: 25 Units: cm W: 2KgTracked Shipping Insurance Coverage as per Customer RequestCONDITION COLLATION & COPY NOTESFirst American edition. Rubbing to top and bottom of spine. Scratch on front board. Faint pencil inscription to FEP. 12mo. Please see Photos as part of condition report.REFERENCESQuinby 21aSYNOPSISThe Tale of Mr. Tod is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1912. The tale is about a badger called Tommy Brock and his arch enemy Mr. Tod a fox. Brock kidnaps the children of Benjamin Bunny and his wife Flopsy intending to eat them and hides them in an oven in the home of Mr. Tod. Benjamin and his cousin Peter Rabbit have followed Tommy Brock in an attempt to rescue the babies. When Mr. Tod finds Brock asleep in his bed he determines to get him out of the house. His initial attempt fails and the two eventually come to blows. Under cover of the fight the rabbits rescue the baby rabbits. The tale was influenced by the Uncle Remus stories and was set in the fields of Potter's Castle Farm. The tale is critically considered one of Potter's "most complex and successful in plot and tone."Potter's publisher wanted Mr. Tod to be the first in a new series of Peter Rabbit tales in larger formats with elaborate bindings but Potter disliked the idea. Nonetheless Mr. Tod and its 1913 follower The Tale of Pigling Bland were published in the new formats but the idea was eventually dropped and the ordinary bindings were adopted for reprints. The two tales were the last completely original productions by Potter. She continued to publish sporadically but used decades-old concepts and sketches rather than new images and ideas. Frederick Warne hardcover
1903Best.-Nr. 1003Y49London: Frederick Warne and Co 1903. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 5.5" by 4". Beatrix Potter . A delightful first edition of this early Beatrix Potter tale about Nutkin the troublesome squirrel. The first trade edition first or second issue of this work without '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 endpapers Plate I. In the original boards rebacked with pictorial panel inset to front board. Illustrated in Potter's signature style with a colour frontispiece title page vignette and twenty-six colour plates. Collated complete. Beatrix Potter's classic tale following an impertinent red squirrel named Nutkin and his narrow escape from an owl called Old Brown.The book followed Potter's hugely successful The Tale of Peter Rabbit and was an instant hit. The now-familiar endpapers of the Peter Rabbit series were introduced in the book.Charming pencil inscription to the recto of the frontispiece "from Peter Rabbit". Rebacked with the original boards with pictorial panel inset to front board. Hinges reinforced. Frontispiece reattached to text block. Externally smart with minor rubbing and bumping to extremities. A couple faint marks to the rear board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with occasional light spots. Very Good Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
1903Best.-Nr. 008707Frederick Warne And Co. 1903 The book is in good condition. Maroon boards in very good condition no chips stains or tears. Inscription inside the first end paper. On page 26 a 1/4" edge tear. On page 35 a 1/2" edge tear an inch edge tear page74 The last illustration has a corner tip triangular 3 1/2" tear top edge could be glued or taped back tear does not get into the illustration. A crack at page 66-67 toward the end of the book. String binding presents very well. The crack isn't noticble unless you open it up on the back side of two illustrations 66-67 A lot of the first editions first printings have tears chips corner bumps and tears in the cloth this book is really nice on the outside no tears to the cloth. The book has the date on the title page 1903 indicating a first edition and has identical end papers front and back. A rare first edition/first printing. Illus. by Beatrix Potter. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Frederick Warne And Co. hardcover
1908Best.-Nr. 158351908. Potter Beatrix. The Roly Poly Pudding. London: Frederick Warne & Co. 1908. First edition. The Roly Poly Pudding published in 1908 is part of Potter's influential cycle of illustrated animal tales that reshaped early twentieth-century children's literature with her unique blend of narrative realism and naturalist illustration. The book reflects the consolidation of Potter's commercial and artistic success following The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Her anthropomorphic characters rendered with botanical and zoological precision contributed to a redefinition of children's publishing as both literary and visual art. The story centers on Tom Kitten and his entanglement in domestic misadventure blending humor discipline and rural English setting in a format accessible to early readers. Potter's illustrations combine full-color plates with black-and-white drawings integrated into pagination reinforcing the narrative's pacing and emotional tone. As part of Warne's uniform series the volume belongs to a publishing phenomenon that established enduring conventions in illustrated juvenile fiction. Octavo. viii 70 pages with nineteen full-color illustrations and numerous black-and-white illustrations. Publisher's red cloth over beveled boards pictorial label to front board. Spine lightly sunned; mild rubbing; occasional soiling and creasing; previous gift inscription on half-title. Overall condition very good. unknown
1995Best.-Nr. 28000826Kingston New York: Battledore Ltd 1995. All prints are accounted for and undamaged each print has a folder and guard. These boxed prints are from the original blocks that were made for first private edition of 1901 including images that did not get included in the commercial publication. There are 34 gorgeously done prints brown ink on 100% cotton acid free paper. Each printed image has a tissue guard and is enclosed in its own gray folder with a number and an excerpt of text printed on it. There is also a separate booklet with an introduction by Maurice Sendak included. It is all contained in an original slate blue cloth-covered clamshell box. It is a limited edition print of 250 copies this copy is number 33. Battledore Ltd unknown
1908Best.-Nr. 158351908. Potter Beatrix. The Roly Poly Pudding. London: Frederick Warne & Co. 1908. First edition. The Roly Poly Pudding published in 1908 is part of Potter's influential cycle of illustrated animal tales that reshaped early twentieth-century children's literature with her unique blend of narrative realism and naturalist illustration. The book reflects the consolidation of Potter's commercial and artistic success following The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Her anthropomorphic characters rendered with botanical and zoological precision contributed to a redefinition of children's publishing as both literary and visual art. The story centers on Tom Kitten and his entanglement in domestic misadventure blending humor discipline and rural English setting in a format accessible to early readers. Potter's illustrations combine full-color plates with black-and-white drawings integrated into pagination reinforcing the narrative's pacing and emotional tone. As part of Warne's uniform series the volume belongs to a publishing phenomenon that established enduring conventions in illustrated juvenile fiction. Octavo. viii 70 pages with nineteen full-color illustrations and numerous black-and-white illustrations. Publisher's red cloth over beveled boards pictorial label to front board. Spine lightly sunned; mild rubbing; occasional soiling and creasing; previous gift inscription on half-title. Overall condition very good. unknown books
1995Best.-Nr. 28000826Kingston New York: Battledore Ltd 1995. All prints are accounted for and undamaged each print has a folder and guard. These boxed prints are from the original blocks that were made for first private edition of 1901 including images that did not get included in the commercial publication. There are 34 gorgeously done prints brown ink on 100% cotton acid free paper. Each printed image has a tissue guard and is enclosed in its own gray folder with a number and an excerpt of text printed on it. There is also a separate booklet with an introduction by Maurice Sendak included. It is all contained in an original slate blue cloth-covered clamshell box. It is a limited edition print of 250 copies this copy is number 33. Battledore Ltd unknown books
1916Best.-Nr. 979F55London: Frederick Warne & Co 1916 . First edition. Hardback. Near Fine. 5" by 4.5". Beatrix Potter. A wonderful example of the very scarce first edition in book form of Beatrix Potter's charming tale about a poorly behaved rabbit. The very scarce first edition of this work in book form. This title was previously published in 1906 in a folding panorama design which was detested by booksellers.Quinby No. 12A. With Quinby endpapers XII and XIII as called for.Beautifully illustrated in colour in Potter's typical style with a colour frontispiece and fourteen colour plates. Collated complete.Contemporary 1916 inscription to front free endpaper.In a plain protective paper dust wrapper. In the publisher's original paper covered boards with pictorial onlay. Externally exceptional with just a touch of shelf wear to back strip tail. Inscription to front free endpaper. In a plain protective dust wrapper. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine Frederick Warne & Co hardcover
1912Best.-Nr. 1026F35London: Frederick Warne and Co 1912 . First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 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 per Linder with the dedication reading 'William Francis' rather than the later '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. Rebacked retaining original endpapers. Rebacked in the publisher's original paper covered boards. Retaining original endpapers. Externally excellent with minor light handling marks. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with only the odd light handling mark. Very Good Indeed Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
1910Best.-Nr. 1000F34London: Frederick Warne 1910 . First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 4.5". Beatrix Potter. An exceptional first edition of Beatrix Potter's delightful illustrated story about housekeeping and the blight of insect invaders. The first edition of this charming tale from Beatrix Potter with 1910 to the title page and colophon.Either the first or second impression which as per Linder are believed to be indistinguishable.The first trade edition of this work in the original trade binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-six full colour plates in Potter's signature watercolour style. Collated complete.Former owner's inscription 'Grace' to front free endpaper.Potter's delightful tale is about the attempts of the titular woodmouse to keep her dwelling tidy and safe from insects and spiders. The story is thought to reflect Potter's own sense of tidiness and order. In the publisher's original paper boards. A touch of fading to back strip with light shelf wear to back strip tail. A touch of rubbing to head of fore edge of front board with boards otherwise excellent. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally binding only a touch strained. Frontispiece and half title appear to have been reattached and are firmly held. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed Frederick Warne hardcover
1916Best.-Nr. 979F54London: Frederick Warne and Co 1916 . First edition. Hardback. Fine. 5.5" by 4.5". Beatrix Potter. An exceptional example of the first edition in book form of Beatrix Potter's classic tale in which a kitten is tormented by a mischievous mouse. The first edition of this work in book form. This title was previously published in 1906 in a folding panorama design which was detested by booksellers.Quinby No. 11A. With Quinby plate XII to the front endpapers and plate XIII to the rear endpapers as called for.Beautifully illustrated in colour in Potter's typical style with a colour frontispiece and fourteen colour plates. Collated complete.Contemporary inscription to front free endpaper.In a plain protective paper dust wrapper. In the publisher's original paper covered boards with pictorial onlay to front board. Externally fine. Inscription to front free endpaper. Housed in plain protective paper dust wrapper. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
1919Best.-Nr. 979F62London: Frederick Warne & Co c1919-1944. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 6" by 4.5". Beatrix Potter. Eighteen early and mid-20th century editions of Beatrix Potter's brightly illustrated and much beloved children's tales. Eighteen volumes of later editions of the classic children's tales of author and illustrator Beatrix Potter each richly illustrated in colour throughout.Beginning in 1901 with the private printing of 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' following a mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he is chased around the garden of Mr McGregor twenty-three of these charming children's tales were published in total. Two volumes 'The Tale of Flopsy Bunnies' and 'The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse' are in the original unclipped dust wrappers and each illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-six plates. Collated complete. Both volumes dated circa 1935 via the advertisements for 'Peter Rabbit's Race Game' to the front flyleaves.Nine of these volumes are dated by the publisher:The Tale of Ginger and Pickles 1942 with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Mr. Tod 1942 with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding 1942 with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Benjamin Bunny 1943 with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Tom Kitten 1943 with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Little Pig Robinson 1943 with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Two Bad Mice 1943 with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse 1944 with twenty-seven colour plates.Nine of these volumes can only be dated via the endpapers. These volumes were all published circa 1919-1921 following Frederick Warne becoming a limited company - which was 1919 - and with Quinby plate XV endpapers which were used in publications between the year 1918 and 1921.The Tailor of Gloucester with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Pigling Bland with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Peter Rabbit with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes with twenty-seven colour plates.The Tale of Two Bad Mice with twenty-seven colour plates.Collated complete. In the publisher's original paper covered boards with pictorial onlay to front boards. Two volumes in the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart with back strips lightly age toned and with minor shelf wear to back strip tails. 'Town-Mouse' joints starting with boards firmly held. Front hinge of 'Tom Kitten' 'Pig Robinson' strained but firmly held. Dust wrapper back strips age toned with loss to back strip tail of 'Tittlemouse'. Wraps lightly age toned to perimeters. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright with the odd handling mark. Very Good Frederick Warne & Co hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0140548904-11-1Puffin Books. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Puffin Books unknown
1990Best.-Nr. feb709621990: First Portuguese Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit A história do Pedrito coelho Used. For more details please contact me Verbo
Best.-Nr. Z1-C-028-01755inconnu. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Shows some signs of wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. inconnu unknown
1909Best.-Nr. 977Z15London: 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
1912Best.-Nr. 1000F27London: 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
1903Best.-Nr. 031823UK: 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 Warne and Co hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. SBBI-mon0000145464Warne 1985. hardcover. Acceptable. Stains to cover page edges and/or pages inside. Water damage to book. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Warne hardcover
1903Best.-Nr. FB7271 /1CMaroon board binding with mouse and title on the front board. Restored. Presented in a new maroon cloth backed box. Dimensions are for the box. We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Frederick Warne & Co. hardcover
1904Best.-Nr. 1000Y40London: 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
1903Best.-Nr. 031831UK: 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 Warne and Co hardcover
