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The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin.
by POTTER, BEATRIX:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Frederick Warne, London, 1903. First edition. Coloured frontispiece and 26 coloured illustrations. Small 8vo (5 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches), 85-pages. Original dark blue boards with applied coloured illstration as issued. Upper inner hinge split, thus upper board and free endpaper detached from the text block exposing the webbing, front free endpaper partly detached. Cracked at 5 inner gutters (but not loose). Apart from some staining to lower board the binding is in exceptional condition with no wear to the spine and very clean internally. However an idiot child has scribbled in blue ink to the verso of half title (the dedication) and the facing recto of the frontispiece.
Synopsis
To celebrate Peter's birthday, Frederick Warne is publishing new editions of all 23 of Potter's original tales, which take the very first printings of Potter's works as their guide. The aim of these editions is to be as close as possible to Beatrix Potter's intentions while benefiting from modern printing and design techniques. The colors and details of the watercolors in the volumes are reproduced more accurately than ever before, and it has now been possible to disguise damage that has affected the artwork over the years. Most notably, The Tale of Peter Rabbit restores six of Potter's original illustrations. Four were sacrificed in 1903 to make space for illustrated endpapers, and two have never been used before. Of course, Beatrix Potter created many memorable children's characters, including Benjamin Bunny, Tom Kitten, Jemima Puddle-duck and Jeremy Fisher. But whatever the tale, both children and adults alike can be delighted by the artistry in Potter's illustrations, while they also enjoy a very good read. Because they have always been completely true to a child's experience, Potter's 23 books continue to endure.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20864
- Title
- The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin.
- Author
- POTTER, BEATRIX:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne, London, 1903.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Bristow and Garland
Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt if found not as described.
About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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