THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY
$5,884 · Offered by Biblio
In dust jacket
Published by Frederick Warne & Co., 1919 (Circa.). Hardback. Very Good/Good. Illustrated by Potter, Beatrix. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Deluxe edition with original gilt decorated grey cloth, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and 26 illustrations. All edges gilt. 84 numbered pages. Light fingering to the contents but still bright and clean. Spine slightly bumped with slight rubbing to spine and corners. Cloth is beautifully bright having been protected by original printed glassine wrapper which is chipped and torn in places, with archival tape repair to rear panel, large tears to spine and corners. Printed 1/6 net at base of wrapper spine and Timmy Tiptoes is the last title listed on the wrapper. Published between 1911 and 1919 (Timmy Tiptoes published in 1911 and Warne went Ltd in 1919). A very nice copy of a deluxe edition with an exceptionally scarce glassine wrapper.
- Publisher: Published by Frederick Warne & Co.
- Year: 1919
- Binding: hardcover
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