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The Tale of Pigling Bland
by Beatrix Potter
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Pigling Bland. London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1913. 16mo, 94pp. Maroon boards stamped in white with color pictorial label affixed to front. Color pictorial endpapers; 15 color plates and b&w illustrations throughout. Spine ends lightly rubbed, slight foxing to edges of sheets, minute traces of hand-soiling, else a clean, bright copy.
First edition. Published the year the Beatrix Potter was married and settled down to farming life for good, this is a charming tale of a pig meeting his soulmate. Potter had been keeping pigs on her farm and she sketched them for this story, using her own farmyard as the setting.
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
- Books of Wonder
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1112011
- Title
- The Tale of Pigling Bland
- Author
- Beatrix Potter
- Illustrator
- Beatrix Potter
- Format/Binding
- Maroon boards stamped in white with color pictorial label affixed to front
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Pages
- 94pp
- Size
- 16mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Books of Wonder is NYC's oldest and largest independent children's bookstore, specializing in both new and old books. Established in 1980, Books of Wonder has a store in the Flatiron/Chelsea area of Manhattan.
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