9th Sep, 2021 12:00

Books, Photographs & Works on Paper

 
  Lot 1
 

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit , 1st trade edition, [1902]

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st trade edition, Frederick Warne And Co, [1902], early issue with 'wept' for 'shed' on p.51, thirty-one colour illustrations, grey leaf-patterned endpapers, original grey boards lettered in silver-grey, with rectangular pictorial panel to front board.

Condition: boards generally good, slight scuffing and wear to edges, corners slightly bumped, backboard with white mark to top corner, some light finger-soiling on a few pages, stitching good, still an excellent example overall

Sold for £1,612

Result plus buyers premium


 

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st trade edition, Frederick Warne And Co, [1902], early issue with 'wept' for 'shed' on p.51, thirty-one colour illustrations, grey leaf-patterned endpapers, original grey boards lettered in silver-grey, with rectangular pictorial panel to front board.

Condition: boards generally good, slight scuffing and wear to edges, corners slightly bumped, backboard with white mark to top corner, some light finger-soiling on a few pages, stitching good, still an excellent example overall

Auction: Books, Photographs & Works on Paper, 9th Sep, 2021

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