Author: POTTER, Beatrix
Title: Tale of Samuel Whiskers, the
Description: London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd and New York, 1926. A Fine First Edition of “The Tale of Samuel Whiskers,” POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd and New York, [1926]. First edition in this small format (originally published in 1908 in large format as The Roly-Poly Pudding). Twelvemo (5 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches; 140 x 105 mm.). 75, [1] pp. Eighteen full-page color illustrations (including frontispiece). Thirty-nine black and white vignettes in the text. Original red boards ruled and lettered in white on front cover and lettered in white on spine. Color pictorial label on front cover within a blind circular panel outlined in blind. Color pictorial endpapers (Quinby Plates V and VI). A very fine copy. Scarce. The narrative unfolds with Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, a worried mother, searching for her mischievous son, Tom Kitten, who has decided to hide in the chimney on baking day. Meanwhile, rats Samuel Whiskers and Anna Maria plot to turn Tom into a delicious roly-poly pudding after capturing him. Beatrix's visual homage to the farmhouse at Hill Top, recognizable even now, room by room, to anyone who has read the book and visits. The story was at least partly inspired by the real rat problem that beset the property, and features the further adventures of Tom Kitten. The book was republished as The Tale of Samuel Whiskers in the small format of the series in 1926. Linder p. 427; Quinby 15b (not seen); V & A 1553. .
Keywords: Illustrated Books
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Title: Tale of Samuel Whiskers, the
Description: London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd and New York, 1926. A Fine First Edition of “The Tale of Samuel Whiskers,” POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd and New York, [1926]. First edition in this small format (originally published in 1908 in large format as The Roly-Poly Pudding). Twelvemo (5 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches; 140 x 105 mm.). 75, [1] pp. Eighteen full-page color illustrations (including frontispiece). Thirty-nine black and white vignettes in the text. Original red boards ruled and lettered in white on front cover and lettered in white on spine. Color pictorial label on front cover within a blind circular panel outlined in blind. Color pictorial endpapers (Quinby Plates V and VI). A very fine copy. Scarce. The narrative unfolds with Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, a worried mother, searching for her mischievous son, Tom Kitten, who has decided to hide in the chimney on baking day. Meanwhile, rats Samuel Whiskers and Anna Maria plot to turn Tom into a delicious roly-poly pudding after capturing him. Beatrix's visual homage to the farmhouse at Hill Top, recognizable even now, room by room, to anyone who has read the book and visits. The story was at least partly inspired by the real rat problem that beset the property, and features the further adventures of Tom Kitten. The book was republished as The Tale of Samuel Whiskers in the small format of the series in 1926. Linder p. 427; Quinby 15b (not seen); V & A 1553. .
Keywords: Illustrated Books
Price: US$ 1250.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 06103
- Book number: 06103
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