Author: POTTER, Beatrix
Title: Tale of Pigling Bland, the
Description: London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1913. First Edition of The Tale of Pigling Bland POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Pigling Bland. London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1913. First edition, first printing. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x4 1/8 inches; 138 x 105 mm.). 93, [1] pp. Color frontispiece and fourteen color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page and thirty-seven black and white vignettes in the text. Publisher's light green boards stamped in brown on front cover and spine. Color pictorial label on front cover within a rectangular blind panel outlined in blind. Color pictorial endpapers. Previous owner’s tiny ink signature on front free endpaper. A near fine copy. "The year 1913 appears on the front of the title-page of the first two printings, which are believed to be identical" (Linder). The second (and last) book from the from 'New Series', again with pen & ink illustrations to help the balance the reduced number of color plates, Pigling Bland has its origins in the successful sale of "the two biggest little pigs" by Beatrix herself from her farm at Hill Top. The character of Pig-wig, the black female pig who is rescued by Pigling Bland, was also derived from a real event, the author purchasing her at another nearby farm as an 'impulse' buy, much to the subsequent horror of her farm manager John Cannon, who felt strongly that all the farm's pigs should have a pedigree of some sort. As a result Beatrix tended to 'Pig-wig' herself, until, according to local legend, "in the end it became her pet, and followed her everywhere indoors and out." Linder, p. 429; Quinby 22. .
Keywords: Illustrated Books
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Title: Tale of Pigling Bland, the
Description: London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1913. First Edition of The Tale of Pigling Bland POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Pigling Bland. London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1913. First edition, first printing. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x4 1/8 inches; 138 x 105 mm.). 93, [1] pp. Color frontispiece and fourteen color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page and thirty-seven black and white vignettes in the text. Publisher's light green boards stamped in brown on front cover and spine. Color pictorial label on front cover within a rectangular blind panel outlined in blind. Color pictorial endpapers. Previous owner’s tiny ink signature on front free endpaper. A near fine copy. "The year 1913 appears on the front of the title-page of the first two printings, which are believed to be identical" (Linder). The second (and last) book from the from 'New Series', again with pen & ink illustrations to help the balance the reduced number of color plates, Pigling Bland has its origins in the successful sale of "the two biggest little pigs" by Beatrix herself from her farm at Hill Top. The character of Pig-wig, the black female pig who is rescued by Pigling Bland, was also derived from a real event, the author purchasing her at another nearby farm as an 'impulse' buy, much to the subsequent horror of her farm manager John Cannon, who felt strongly that all the farm's pigs should have a pedigree of some sort. As a result Beatrix tended to 'Pig-wig' herself, until, according to local legend, "in the end it became her pet, and followed her everywhere indoors and out." Linder, p. 429; Quinby 22. .
Keywords: Illustrated Books
Price: US$ 950.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 06095
- Book number: 06095
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