"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1905. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Sextodecimo (14 x 11cm), pp.85 [1]. With a chromolithographic illustration by Potter facing every page of text. Publisher's original green-brown paper-covered boards, with white titles to spine and upper, and a colour-illustrated square laid onto upper board, colour illustrated endpapers, matching Quinby No.8, with plate II type endpapers as called for. Very clean within, no inscriptions, light rubbing to covers, neat professional repair to spine tips and joints. Shows extremely well. Item #76118
Quinby 8.
Price: £450.00
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