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Beatrix Potter A collection of 150th Anniversary proof coins, comprising: (1) 2016 UK 50p Gold Proof Coin. NUMBER 254 (FROM A LIMITED EDITION OF 750), 22 carat gold, housed in original wooden case, certificate of authenticity loosely inserted, the case housed in original black cardboard box, lacking accompanying booklet on the life of Beatrix Potter A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL UNITED KINGDOM COIN TO CELEBRATE BEATRIX POTTER'S LIFE, and the first coin in the series designed by Royal Mint engraver Emma Noble. (2) 2016 UK 50p Silver Piedfort Coin. NUMBER 92 (FROM A LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500), housed in original case, certificate of authenticity loosely inserted (3) 2016 UK 50p Silver Proof Coin. NUMBER 375 (FROM A LIMITED EDITION OF 7,750), housed in original case, certificate of authenticity loosely inserted (4) 2016 UK 50p Peter Rabbit Silver Proof Coin. Number 8719 (from a limited edition of 15,000), housed in original case, with certificate of authenticity and biographical booklet loosely inserted (5) 2016 UK 50p Jemima Puddle-Duck Silver Proof Coin. Number 7861 (from a limited edition of 15,000), housed in original case, with certificate of authenticity and biographical booklet loosely inserted

View 1 of Lot 16: Beatrix Potter—The Royal Mint | A collection of 150th Anniversary 2016 UK 50p proof coins

beatrix potter—the royal mint | a collection of 150th anniversary 2016 uk 50p proof coins

Fine copy of Potter's The Tailor of Gloucester, privately printed by the author.<ul><li>Beatrix Potter (English).</li><li>London: Privately Printed by Strangeways &amp; Sons, 1902.</li><li>Unpaginated.</li><li>Illustrated with a frontis and 15 color plates by Potter.</li><li>Limited to 500 copies.</li><li>Bound in the original pink pictorial boards.</li></ul>

The Tailor of Gloucester

First commercially published edition, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first issue</a> of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Beatrix+Potter&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beatrix Potter</a>.<ul><li>Beatrix Potter (English).</li><li>London: F. Warne and Co., 1902.</li><li>Grey boards, leaf-patterned end-papers, all first issue points sated.</li></ul> The first trade edition has leaf-pattern end-papers and the text "wept big tears" on page 51 (the text reads "cried big tears" in the privately printed edition; "wept big tears" in the first three impressions of the trade edition; and "shed big tears" from the fourth impression onwards).

The Tale of Peter Rabbit | First Issue

Deluxe edition, and first or second printing of The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse.<ul><li>Beatrix Potter (English).</li><li>London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1910.</li><li>Sextodecimo.</li><li>Color frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 color plates, contemporary ink gift inscription dated Christmas 1910 to half-title.</li><li>Bound in publisher’s blue moiré cloth with fielded illustrative paste-down of Mrs. Tittlemouse, all edges gilt.</li><li>Custom-made solander box.</li></ul>

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse

A preparatory sketch for the 1905 <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Beatrix+Potter&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beatrix Potter</a>, accompanied by a first printing of the book.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2.</li><li>Beatrix Potter (English).</li><li>London: Warne, 1905.</li><li>Sketch is pencil on paper, and has been mounted, framed and glazed.</li><li>The illustration itself appears on page 22 in the 1905 edition.</li></ul> Potter’s enchanting tale of the little hedgehog washer woman, an exceptionally scarce item, coupled with the first edition book; with an association to writer and Beatrix Potter expert Leslie Linder.

The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle First Edition, with Preparatory Sketch

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