Author: POTTER, Beatrix
Title: Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, the
Description: London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1911. First Edition of “Timmy Tiptoes” POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1911. First edition. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/8 inches; 137 x 105 mm.). 84, [1], [1, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page. Publisher's dark green boards ruled and lettered in white on front cover and lettered in white spine. Color pictorial label (measuring 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches; 67 x 57 mm.) on front cover within a blind arch-shaped panel outlined in blind. Color pictorial endpapers (Quinby Plate X). Small booksellers label of James Atkinson, Ulverston on rear paste-down. Front board very slightly bowed, still a near fine copy. Unlike many of the author's most successful works, Timmy Tiptoes was not written initially for a particular child, but rather it seems to appeal to younger American readers, to this end bringing in bears and chipmunks, as well as gray squirrel, which was also becoming increasingly ubiquitous in the UK due to the red squirrels' decline. Linder, p. 429; Quinby 20; V & A 1664. .
Keywords: Illustrated Books
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Title: Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, the
Description: London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1911. First Edition of “Timmy Tiptoes” POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1911. First edition. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/8 inches; 137 x 105 mm.). 84, [1], [1, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page. Publisher's dark green boards ruled and lettered in white on front cover and lettered in white spine. Color pictorial label (measuring 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches; 67 x 57 mm.) on front cover within a blind arch-shaped panel outlined in blind. Color pictorial endpapers (Quinby Plate X). Small booksellers label of James Atkinson, Ulverston on rear paste-down. Front board very slightly bowed, still a near fine copy. Unlike many of the author's most successful works, Timmy Tiptoes was not written initially for a particular child, but rather it seems to appeal to younger American readers, to this end bringing in bears and chipmunks, as well as gray squirrel, which was also becoming increasingly ubiquitous in the UK due to the red squirrels' decline. Linder, p. 429; Quinby 20; V & A 1664. .
Keywords: Illustrated Books
Price: US$ 950.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 06108
- Book number: 06108
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