Nov 29, 2007 - Sale 2130

Sale 2130 - Lot 116

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
SIGNED POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tailor of Gloucester. Illustrated in color by Potter. 12mo, recased in pink boards to match original, with original front cover laid down (worn but legible); endleaves foxed; custom felt-lined red morocco gilt clamshell box. London: Privately printed, 1902

Additional Details

first edition. inscribed and signed by potter on front free endpaper: "For Miss Heap / from Beatrix Potter / Jan 18th `03." This is the edition which preceded the trade edition. Signed copies by Potter are scarce.