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The Tale of Tom Kitten
by Potter, Beatrix
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick Warne & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1907. Hardcover. Brown paper covered boards with pictorial pastedown chipping to extremities, lacking spinewith visible webbing. Binding loose but a complete early edition with all pages and 27 plates present, needs some tightening and new spine. Decorated endpapers. ; MCF04003; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 85 pp .
Synopsis
To celebrate Peter's birthday, Frederick Warne is publishing new editions of all 23 of Potter's original tales, which take the very first printings of Potter's works as their guide. The aim of these editions is to be as close as possible to Beatrix Potter's intentions while benefiting from modern printing and design techniques. The colors and details of the watercolors in the volumes are reproduced more accurately than ever before, and it has now been possible to disguise damage that has affected the artwork over the years. Most notably, The Tale of Peter Rabbit restores six of Potter's original illustrations. Four were sacrificed in 1903 to make space for illustrated endpapers, and two have never been used before. Of course, Beatrix Potter created many memorable children's characters, including Benjamin Bunny, Tom Kitten, Jemima Puddle-duck and Jeremy Fisher. But whatever the tale, both children and adults alike can be delighted by the artistry in Potter's illustrations, while they also enjoy a very good read. Because they have always been completely true to a child's experience, Potter's 23 books continue to endure.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McCormick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36724
- Title
- The Tale of Tom Kitten
- Author
- Potter, Beatrix
- Illustrator
- Beatrix Potter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Children Picture Books Illustrated Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
McCormick Books
Books are shipped immediately upon receipt of payments. Returns allowed within two weeks.
About the Seller
McCormick Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About McCormick Books
Mail order book store specializing in Genealogy, History and Michigan History.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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