Description
Potter (Beatrix).- Nister (Ernest) and E.P.Dutton, publishers. A Frog he would a-fishing Go, first appearance, in Nister's Holiday Annual 1896, 5 colour plates only (of 6, 2 rather frayed), numerous plain illustrations, light spotting and marginal finger-soiling, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, corners bumped, rubbing and surface scratching, 4to, London & New York, 1896.
⁂ Includes nine drawings by Beatrix Potter for A Frog he would a-fishing Go (verses by Clifton Bingham). The frog featured bears a clear likeness to Jeremy Fisher and Potter would later buy the drawings and blocks from Nister to avoid any complication arising from copyright issues (see lot 29)
Lot 2
Potter (Beatrix).- Nister (Ernest) and E.P.Dutton, publishers. A Frog he would a-fishing Go, first appearance, in Nister's Holiday Annual 1896, London & New York, 1896.
Hammer Price: £750
Description
Potter (Beatrix).- Nister (Ernest) and E.P.Dutton, publishers. A Frog he would a-fishing Go, first appearance, in Nister's Holiday Annual 1896, 5 colour plates only (of 6, 2 rather frayed), numerous plain illustrations, light spotting and marginal finger-soiling, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, corners bumped, rubbing and surface scratching, 4to, London & New York, 1896.
⁂ Includes nine drawings by Beatrix Potter for A Frog he would a-fishing Go (verses by Clifton Bingham). The frog featured bears a clear likeness to Jeremy Fisher and Potter would later buy the drawings and blocks from Nister to avoid any complication arising from copyright issues (see lot 29)