"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, without 'Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit' to the title page, and with the date to the title page. Sexto-Decimo (14 x 11cm), pp.86, beautifully illustrated with 27 colour plates, illustrated endpapers (Quinby's type I/plate I). Publisher's dark grey-green paper over boards, with white titles to spine and upper, and a colour illustration laid onto upper. Contents clean but for one or two reading marks, no inscriptions, binding lightly rubbed, some light wear to spine tips. An attractive copy of this early Potter classic, being the author's third-published book for children following 'Peter Rabbit' (1902) and The Tailor of Gloucester (1903). Item #76032
Quinby 5.
Price: £395.00
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