8th May, 2024 10:30
Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper
POTTER (B) .- NISTER (E) AND E.P.DUTTON, PUBLISHERS. CHANGING PICTURES.
Potter (Beatrix).- Nister (Ernest) and E.P.Dutton, publishers. Changing Pictures. A Book of Transformation Pictures, 6 full-page chromolithographed transforming illustrations 5 in good working order with 1 requiring attention plain pictorial title and illustrations, patterned endpapers, browned spotting and staining, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, worn with surface soiling, 4to, [1893]. The front cover with typical illustration of a rabbit by Beatrix Potter . NB this was only the second time a book illustration of Potter's appeared in print, preceded only by A Happy Pair. This is the issue without Potter's initials to the upper cover, scarce unrestored and mainly in full working order.
Sold for £130
Potter (Beatrix).- Nister (Ernest) and E.P.Dutton, publishers. Changing Pictures. A Book of Transformation Pictures, 6 full-page chromolithographed transforming illustrations 5 in good working order with 1 requiring attention plain pictorial title and illustrations, patterned endpapers, browned spotting and staining, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, worn with surface soiling, 4to, [1893]. The front cover with typical illustration of a rabbit by Beatrix Potter . NB this was only the second time a book illustration of Potter's appeared in print, preceded only by A Happy Pair. This is the issue without Potter's initials to the upper cover, scarce unrestored and mainly in full working order.
Auction: Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper, 8th May, 2024
Viewing
Day before sale: 10 - 15:00
Sale day from 9:00
Sell a similar item
Please complete the form below. To help us with your valuation, please attach at least 1 clear photograph of your item.
