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Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes
by Potter, Beatrix
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne & Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1950). Hardcover. No signatures.; 1950 reprint. (53), [1 (blank)] pages. Buff papered boards with rectangular paper illustration on front board. Illustrated endpapers show a rat (Samuel Whiskers?) pointing to a board with a list of the Peter Rabbit Books. Page dimensions: 139 x 101mm. Printer's code "242.650" on page 53, indicating date of June 1950. Dust-jacket with price "3/6 net". .
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
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23885
- Title
- Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes
- Author
- Potter, Beatrix
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1950)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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