English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

From the Collection of Judy Taylor, MBE

Potter, Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1995, "hors commerce" copy

Lot Closed

July 9, 04:28 PM GMT

Estimate

600 - 800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

From the Collection of Judy Taylor, MBE


POTTER, BEATRIX

Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit… introduced by Maurice Sendak. Kingston, New York: Battledore Ltd., 1995


16mo, ONE OF 275 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER XIV OF XXV “HORS COMMERCE” COPIES, SIGNED BY MAURICE SENDAK AND IAIN BAIN, 34 plates printed in brown, each within folder, publisher’s grey-blue cloth folding box


A FINE COPY of the edition, presenting a new impression from the original line-blocks made for the first private edition of 1901.



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