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The Tale of Tom Kitten. by Beatrix POTTER

Creator: BEATRIX POTTER
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
POTTER, Beatrix.
The Tale of Tom Kitten.
Stock Code 109470
London, Frederick Warne and Co., 1907

Current price£550.00
One of the author's most well known titles, a study in manners and children's intuitive abhorrence of such things perhaps. Potter began work on Tom Kitten in the summer of 1906, using the gardens and Hill Top as the backdrop. She wrote her publisher Harold Warne: 'I have not quite finished the Kitten, it is an exasperating model; and I always find it difficult to settle to work in the country. I hope I have not been inconveniently long about it.' Despite this exasperation, the character remains one of her most enduring, and saw spin-off painting and music books, as well as a wide range of other merchandising.

First edition, first, second or third printing; 16mo (142 x 110 mm); 27 colour plates, plain title vignette and colour pictorial endpapers all by Beatrix Potter, juvenile ownership name pencilled on upper margin of half title, a few small, light finger-marks but only affecting the margins of 4 or 5 pages, rear gutter split but firm, otherwise very good; publisher's grey boards blocked in white with inset colour illustration to upper cover, very mild rubbing and soiling, commensurate with age, otherwise near-fine

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	1900-1919
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	109470
Incollect Reference #:	666327

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