Lot 17
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, first edition, 1904.
Hammer Price: £450
Description
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, first edition, first or second printing with "we" in roman and "muffatees" to p.15, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 plates, pictorial endpapers, upper hinge starting but holding firm, bookseller's label to front pastedown, original tan boards with mounted colour illustration, slight shelf-lean, spine a little darkened, small ink mark to foot of lower cover, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, still a very good copy overall, [Linder p.424; Quinby 6], 16mo, 1904.
⁂ The continued adventures of Peter Rabbit. Benjamin Bunny had appeared as a character in the manuscript of Peter Rabbit but did not make it through to the published version.
Description
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, first edition, first or second printing with "we" in roman and "muffatees" to p.15, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 plates, pictorial endpapers, upper hinge starting but holding firm, bookseller's label to front pastedown, original tan boards with mounted colour illustration, slight shelf-lean, spine a little darkened, small ink mark to foot of lower cover, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, still a very good copy overall, [Linder p.424; Quinby 6], 16mo, 1904.
⁂ The continued adventures of Peter Rabbit. Benjamin Bunny had appeared as a character in the manuscript of Peter Rabbit but did not make it through to the published version.
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