The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin

by Potter, Beatrix

$1,858 · Offered by Biblio · No longer available

First edition

London: Warne, 1903. First Edition. Hard Cover. (London: Frederick Warne Co., 1903). First UK Edition, first or second issue which are believed to be identical. Publisher s original dark grey boards. End-papers Plate 1 (Quinby page 7). Boards and spine in fine condition. Mounted pictorial label to the front board showing squirrel dancing, frontispiece and 26 illustrations in colour; black and white illustration on the title page of a squirrel eating a nut in single black line circle. Printed by Edmund Evans , Engraver and Printer, The Racquet Court Press, Swan Street, London, S.E. 85 pages. Title page dated 1903 and without the statement Author of the Tale of Peter Rabbit . No inscriptions. No restoration. Binding sound, a crease to page 38 but overall clean and complete. This is one of the nicest copies of this title that I have handled. A superb example, presenting perfectly upon the shelf. The first Beatrix Potter book to feature pictorial end-papers. Quinby 5A page 7. Now housed in a custom-made acetate cover. Photographs/scans available upon request.

• Publisher: Warne
• Year: 1903
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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