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The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. by BEATRIX POTTER

Creator: BEATRIX POTTER
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
POTTER, BEATRIX.
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.
Stock Code 97318
London, Frederick Warne and Co., 1911
£1,250
The story of Timmy and Goody Tiptoes is the only Beatrix Potter story apparently set in North America - although this is implicit rather than stated anywhere in the book. All the main animal characters are indigenous to North America: grey squirrels, chipmunks and a 'large bear' but the waters are muddied somewhat by the presence of Yellowhammers (or Emberiza citrinella, the birds that sing 'Little bita bread and-no-cheese!') whose range includes Europe and much of Asia but not America.

Description
First edition, first or second printing, with date to title, 16mo., colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, publisher's green boards with mounted colour illustration, spine slightly faded, still near-fine overall; preserved in custom-made solander box with upper board of book replicated on lid.

Bibliography
Linder p.429; Quinby 20.

Stock ID:97318

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	1900-1919
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	97318
Incollect Reference #:	618222

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