First edition of Potter's story of a squirrel and chipmunk friendship, in the publisher's printed glassine.
Fine.
Price: $2,800.00
For this tale, Potter chose to tell the story of animals indigenous to North America, including grey squirrels, chipmunks, and the American black bear. She hoped to "appeal more to her growing American audience" (Kutzer) with the story, but the decision presented practical difficulties: she had to draw the animals from photos and illustrations, rather than from life. The glassine includes titles from later in the "series," and is thus a later issue: nevertheless, any of the early Potter books are rare in glassine. An exceptional copy.
Read more: Kutzer, Beatrix Potter, Writing in Code; Quinby, Beatrix Potter: A Bibliographical Check List, 20.
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1911. 5.5'' x 4''. Original dark green boards with pictorial paste-on. In early printed glassine. Glassine with "1/-NET" price; lists TIMMY TIPTOES last on the rear panel; lists ROLY POLY, PIE, AND GINGER on front flap; and FIERCE BAD RABBIT and MISS MOPPET on rear flap. Illustrated with color frontispiece plus 26 color plates and pictorial endpapers (plate X, Quinby 20). 84, [2] pages. Ink gift inscription after half title, else beautiful. Glassine edgeworn with a couple large chips but largely intact.
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