Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) The Roly Poly Pudding.

Description:

Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) The Roly Poly Pudding. New York: Frederick Warne & Co., [1908]. First American edition, quarto, pictorial title page, eighteen color illustrations, and numerous text illustrations, publisher's maroon cloth over beveled boards, front board with inset color illustrations, color pictorial endleaves, printer's address listed as "36 East 22nd Street" on title page; text and text illustrations printed in a very dark brown ink, almost black, title page without color printing, half-title verso without mock bookplate, copyright page with illustrations of a kitten, 7 3/4 x 6 in.

N.B. This copy sold as Lot 79 at Christie's East, the Doris Frohnsdorff Collection, April 16, 1997.
Estimate $100-200


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