Potter (Beatrix). Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, first edition, [1922], first printing, 14 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, original red boards lettered in silver-grey, with rectangular pictorial panel to front board, in a protective custom card book box.
Note: this book was a companion work to Potter’s Appley Dapply and was the last of Potter's works to be published in the smaller format
Condition: boards very good, edges good , corners not bumped, stitching good and tight , overall an excellent example.
Sold for £198
Result plus buyers premium
Potter (Beatrix). Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, first edition, [1922], first printing, 14 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, original red boards lettered in silver-grey, with rectangular pictorial panel to front board, in a protective custom card book box.
Note: this book was a companion work to Potter’s Appley Dapply and was the last of Potter's works to be published in the smaller format
Condition: boards very good, edges good , corners not bumped, stitching good and tight , overall an excellent example.
Auction: Books, Photographs & Works on Paper, 9th Sep, 2021
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