The Beatrix Potter Collection of Lloyd Cotsen by Margit Sperling Cotsen - 2004

Cotsen Occasional Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 190 pages. 1/200 copies in cloth. Letterpress printed onlay of the Owl and Pussycat. A beautiful presentation. Illustrated endpapers. Numerous illustrations. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in red paper over boards with front cover illustration and black lettering on spine. No dust jacket as issued.

Cotsen Occasional Press, 2004. Book measures 36x29.cm. xvi,190pp, illustrated. Bound in original publishers red cloth, gilt lettering, image on top board. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, inscription in ink on half title page. Pages in very good clean condition. A very nice clean copy. . Cloth. Very Good Plus. Oblong Quarto.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2004. cloth. 14.25 x 11.25 (landscape). cloth. 190 pages. In November 2004 the Cotsen Children's Library at Princeton University became the home of Mr. Lloyd Cotsen's extensive collection of Beatrix Potter manuscripts, original art, photographs, and related ephemera. To mark the occasion of this very special gift, the Cotsen Occasional Press produced this lavish, oversized catalogue full of illustrations and photographs of the diverse items in the collection. Part I of the Catalogue is divided into separate sections covering original artwork, manuscripts, printed ephemera, photographs, books, and commercial merchandise. Each item in the collection is described in detail, and many of the items are pictured as well. Part II includes complete facsimile reproductions of the thirty picture-letters included in the collection that Potter wrote to some of her many young friends. The volume also contains an Introduction that provides a brief overview of the Potter… Read More

Los Angele, Cotsen Occasional Press. 2004. Original publisher's dark-red paper-covered boards, black title spine, pictorial frontcover, oblong shaped folio: illustrated endpapers, xvi, 190pp., very richly illustrated, catalogue of 588 objects described - with notes & references, list illustrations, index, colophon. Very fine copy. Printed in 500 copies. This is one of 300 paper-covered copies. .