WAIN, Louis; POTTER, Beatrix - Pleasant Trips by Trains & Ships to Little Folks' Country

London [&] New York: Ernest Nister [&] E.P. Dutton, 1896. Eight Illustrations by Louis Wain and One Illustration by Beatrix Potter Unrecorded in Either of the Bibliographies WAIN, Louis. POTTER, Beatrix. Pleasant Trips by Trains & Ships to Little Folks' Country. A book of Pictures and stories for Children. London [&] New York: Ernest Nister [&] E.P. Dutton, [1896]. Folio (12 3/4 x 11 inches; 323 x 279 mm.). [66 pp.]. Including color frontispiece and pictorial title-page. There are four color-pages (including one double-page) and four black and white pages all with wonderful illustrations by Louis Wain. In addition, on page 60, there is one color illustration by Beatrix Potter. Publisher's color pictorial boards rebacked to style. Original decorated green endpapers, front free endpaper with neat early ink inscription dated 1907. Front free-endpaper neatly strengthened at fore-edge, small piece chipped away from lower corner. A couple of other pages neatly repaired in blank margins not affecting text or illustrations. Corners and extremities of binding a little rubbed - but still an excellent example of this exceptionally rare Louis Wain/Beatrix Potter compilation. A wonderful and unrecorded example of Louis Wain's art including a super double-page color illustration "The Cats' Circus" and seven other illustrations by him including three in color. The Beatrix Potter color illustration on [p. 60] was until recently unrecorded. "A Classic Nister compilation, particularly significant however for until recently unrecorded illustrations by Beatrix Potter, depicting a rabbit stepping out into a wintery scene with an umbrella at the ready. The oval design is a companion to the watercolour sold at Bonhams in 1997. The rabbit is in identical jacket with the same basket on his arm. Here he is putting up his umbrella, while in the drawing he is leaving with the umbrella raised, watched by his wife." (Bloomsbury Auction. Beatrix Potter collection of John R. Cawood. July 28th, 2016, lot 3). The last copy sold at auction was at Bloomsbury Auctions 06/11/93 (£940/$1,220) OCLC/KVK locate just five copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Free Library of Philadelphia (PA, US); Temple University (PA, US); British Library (UK); Victoria & Albert Museum (UK) & Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Germany). The illustrations: [p. 19]. half page black and white illustration "A friend of mine, a Persian friend.." signed Louis Wain [pp. 44/45]. double page full color illustration "The Cats' Circus" [Louis Wain] [p. 49]. full page color illustration "The Cats' German Band" [Louis Wain] [p. 58]. three black and white vignettes "The Three Kittens" [Louis Wain] [p. 59]. three black and white vignettes "The Three Kittens" [Louis Wain] [p. 60]. two color vignettes by Beatrix Potter and a 3/4 page color illustration "The Naughty Kittens" [Louis Wain] [p. 61]. two color illustrations [Louis Wain] [p. 66]. half page black and white illustration "The Tea Party" signed Louis Wain. .

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