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POTTER**, BEATRIX [HELEN]: : HISTOIRE DE POUPETTE-A-L'EPINGLE. [THE TALE OF MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE.]

LONDON.FREDERICK WARNE & CO.LTD.,[nd].

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UK,16mo HB,pictorial onlay card boards, illustrated,1st French edn,minus dw/dj.[Originally first published in a trade and a deluxe edn,1905.Translated from the English by Victorine Ballon & Julienne Profichet into French text.This is the first French edition. Though undated,believed to be circa 1921/22(?) as two other titles; Pierre Lupin ('Peter Rabbit) and Jeannot Lapin ('Benjamin Bunny') were published also in French,in 1921] VG.Neatly handwritten blue ink gift presentation inscrptn to top half of half-title page.Grey paper-covered card boards slightly grubbed/marked and with light staining; but with negligible shelf-wear to edges and sharp corners.Colour pictorial paper onlay cartouche (vertical rectangle with corners part-circularly trimmed) and bright,crisp,blocked green ink lettering to front board and to the spine/backstrip too.Top edges inevitably,but lightly dust-soiled and therefore slightly aged,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; sewn-in signature, contents bright,tight,clean - solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - could be unread,apart from my own collation? UK,16mo HB,pictorial onlay card boards,1st French edn,minus dw/dj,8-85pp [paginated] includes 26 (frntis included) bright,crisp and clean,circular colour pictorial illustrations by Beatrix Potter,throughout the text and the book, with all the text in French.Plus [unpaginated] bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial illustrated endpapers, half-title page,a colour pictorial illustrated frntis,b/w line vignette illustrated title page.Though grubbed externally and near pristine internally - this is still a really exceptional example of a highly collectable issue and a particularly SCARCE version and edition to boot. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured [or uninsured at own risk shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,16mo HB,illustrated,1st French edn.
Not SIGNED.

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