Bernard J Shapero : Rare Books

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POTTER, Beatrix.

Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes.


Frederick Warne and Co., London, [1917]. First Edition. 16mo, 108mm x 127mm, 53 pp., with colour frontispiece & 14 colour plates by Potter; title-page vignette. Publisher's light green boards stamped in red, pictorial cover label; variant binding as noted by Quinby, spine head and top corners ever so slightly bumped,. A very nice copy.

Beatrix Potter had always been interested in traditional rhymes... but the majority of the Appley Dapply rhymes were of her own composition (Linder, 225). Quinby 23.

Price: £ 530
US Dollar Price: $ 770
Stock Number: 69657

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