Lot 74
Potter, Beatrix
£950
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The tale of Squirrel Nutkin. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. 12mo, first edition, first or second issue, original grey boards with image of Squirrel Nutkin to the upper cover, one endpaper design repeated four times, gift inscription dated "Christmas 1903" to front paste-down endpaper, some internal splitting to hinges, occasional light soiling, initial leaves a little tightly bound, some fading to spine
Footnote
Provenance: Original owner the late Hartley Whyte, former chairman Whyte & Mackay Whisky, gifted to the current owner.
Note First edition and first or issue, as the line "by the author of Peter Rabbit" does not appear on the title-page.
Note First edition and first or issue, as the line "by the author of Peter Rabbit" does not appear on the title-page.
