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Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes
Beatrix Potter
1917
Frederick Warne and Co : London
5" by 4"
52, [1pp]
SUMMARY
The first issue of Beatrix Potter's first collection of nursery rhymes, complete with her original colour illustrations.
Colour Plates,First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 15.99
EU Postage: £ 13.99
European Postage: £ 14.99
Asia Postage: £ 18.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99
DESCRIPTION
First edition, first issue, with endpapers of Quinby Plates XII and XIII.
'Appley Dapply' is a series of charming and entertaining nursery rhymes written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
The title character, Appley Dapply, is a brown mouse who takes food out of a cupboard in someone's house.
Beautifully illustrated in colour in Potter's typical style, with a colour frontispiece, and fourteen colour plates.
Collated, complete.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, smart. A small chip to the backstrip. Very minor bumping to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some scattered spots, mostly to the first few pages.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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