9th Sep, 2021 12:00

Books, Photographs & Works on Paper

 
  Lot 23
 

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, first edition, 1909

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, first edition, first or second printing, 1909, with notice board lettering on p.14 which reads ‘Peter Rabbit & Mother, Florists..’ with twenty-six colour illustrations, pictorial endpapers, original green boards lettered in silver-grey, with shaped pictorial panel to front board.

Note: this book contains what are considered to be Potter's finest illustrations. She based them on her Uncle and Aunts formal gardens in Gwaenynog, Denbigh

Condition: boards good, spine with light sun fade, corners not bumped, stitching good and tight, booksellers stamp to front endpaper, owners name in pencil to title page, overall a remarkably sharp, excellent copy.

Sold for £248

Result plus buyers premium


 

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, first edition, first or second printing, 1909, with notice board lettering on p.14 which reads ‘Peter Rabbit & Mother, Florists..’ with twenty-six colour illustrations, pictorial endpapers, original green boards lettered in silver-grey, with shaped pictorial panel to front board.

Note: this book contains what are considered to be Potter's finest illustrations. She based them on her Uncle and Aunts formal gardens in Gwaenynog, Denbigh

Condition: boards good, spine with light sun fade, corners not bumped, stitching good and tight, booksellers stamp to front endpaper, owners name in pencil to title page, overall a remarkably sharp, excellent copy.

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

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