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The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies.
by POTTER, BEATRIX:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Frederick Warne, 1909. First edition. Coloured plates. 12mo (5 1/2 x 4 inches), original printed boards with applied coloured illustration as issued. Boards detached, lacking backstrip, corners worn through, 2 inch tear into one leaf of text without loss, first few leaves detached - hence the price!
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 #
- 21326
- Title
- The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies.
- Author
- POTTER, BEATRIX:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne, 1909.
- 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:
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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