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Sale 2635
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| Philadelphia
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Estimate$600 – $900
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., (1951). First and limited edition, #105/500 numbered copies. Large 4to. (xiv), 178 pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 11 color illustrations, all mounted, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's white calf, lettered in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, many pages unopened; publisher's cream paper-covered slip case with paper label. Riall, p. 200; not in Latimore & Haskell (title published in 1951, after bibliography completed)
"Published originally by The Limited Editions Club with 16 colour illustrations, and was not published in England until 1950 by Methuen. This is the 1st deluxe edition with text illustrations." (Riall, p. 200)
100th edition. From copyright page: "This book was first issued on October 8th, 1908...it has been reprinted in a variety of editions...99 times."
Provenance
From the Children’s and Illustrated Books Library of Nicholas Wedge, Ossining, New York
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