The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse.

£4,250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse was published with the boards in either blue or brown but neither has priority over the other. First or second printing, deluxe issue; 16mo (140 x 103 mm; colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, contemporary ink gift inscription dated Christmas 1910 to half-title, a hint of finger-soiling to p. 9 and minor, faint spot opposite, else near-fine; publisher's blue cloth with fielded illustrative paste-down of Mrs. Tittlemouse, all edges gilt, tiny puncture to rear joint and a hint of rubbing to boards (as one would expect), otherwise a rare, near-fine copy preserved in a custom-made solander box. Linder p.429; not in Quinby.

• Binding: Hardcover

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