POTTER, Beatrix. Five early or 1st trade editions: The Tale ...

Hammer

£180

POTTER, Beatrix. Five early or 1st trade editions: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, [1903], (5th printing with colour pictorial endpapers, gift inscription for Christmas 1903); The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1903 (3rd printing with ''Author of 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit''' to title, gift inscription for Christmas 1903); The Tailor of Gloucester, 1903 (2nd printing with double-page endpapers, gift inscription for Easter 1904); The Tale of Two Bad Mice, 1904 (1st or 2nd printing, gift inscription for Christmas 1904); The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy Winkle, 1905 (1st or 2nd printing, gift inscription Nov 3rd 1905, transfer of a patch of surface of p. 28 to opposing plate); all London: Frederick Warne and Co., all with contemp. ink gift inscriptions to ffeps for 'Audrey Prichard', limited wear & soiling, orig. boards with pictorial onlays, all re-backed, 16mo. (5)