The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
by Potter, Beatrix
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Bound by Asprey in full navy morocco, front cover pictorial inset, gilt decorated dentelles, floral print endpapers. Aeg. Fine
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1930. First American edition. leather_bound. Bound by Asprey in full navy morocco, front cover pictorial inset, gilt decorated dentelles, floral print endpapers. Aeg. Fine. 141 pages. 21 x 16 cm. Color frontispiece, 5 colour illustrations, and 34 full-page black and white illustrations. Curiously, the first American edition preceded the English edition resulting in an additional 12 drawings plus 13 head and tailpieces not included in the English edition. Laid-in at rear is the entire original yellow and blue dust wrapper. Although this was the last in the Peter Rabbit series, Little Pig Robinson was first written by Potter after a holiday in Falmouth in 1893. A prequel of sorts to Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat, Little Pig Robinson was offered to Warne for publication in 1929 partly to appease the publisher after Warne refused publication of Fairy Caravan in the UK. QUINBY 30A.
Synopsis
In this delightful tale from Beatrix Potter, Little Pig Robinson finds himself living on an island in the South Seas after trying to go to market for his aunts and finding amazing adventures!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22005
- Title
- The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
- Author
- Potter, Beatrix
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound by Asprey in full navy morocco, front cover pictorial inset, gilt decorated dentelles, floral print endpapers. Aeg. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- David McKay
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Children's Books
Terms of Sale
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ardsley, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...