These renowned illustrations, three by Jessie Willcox Smith and four by Elizabeth Shippen Green (including the cover), along with twelve smaller color drawings as panels, by each artist, are among the most decorative and interpretive ever rendered by an American illustrator. Beck, the finest color printer of his day in the US, who only five years later was the first to make four-color plates which became the industry standard. Printed on fine coated paper by the the eminent Charles W. The enormously scarce and arguably the finest children's calendar ever printed with comparable color images in the U.S. Beck, Jr., The Beck Engraving Co., From the Art Press of S. DJ is clean but worn along top and bottom edges with loss at top of spine and adjacent top edge of panels for a length of 4 3/8', up…

Hinges tight but title page professionally re-attached. Cloth and boards are immaculate, gilt on spine still brilliant, no fraying to cloth but paper covering tips and bottom edges of boards has frayed due to weight of book. Complete with all 48 color plates and all text, title, and contents pages, all plates and text mounted on gray paper as issued. edition published by Stokes one of 200 copies, 1750 copies were printed of the UK first edition published by Harrap, this is the simultaneous US printing by Stokes, one of 250 copies, with Stokes imprint on spine panel of DJ and book and on title page, 'Printed in Great Britain' printed on inside of DJ.

Keywords Children's Books Fine & Rare cat38.

Bookseller Adrian Harrington Rare Books (GB).

Book Collector No.271, 'The Great Illustrators'. An astonishing survival resulting in this copy being remarkably clean and bright. Unsusprisingly fragile, with chips of loss to the head and tail of the spine and a 2 inch closed tear to the front panel, the wrapper is nevertheless clean and strong printed with a list of alternative Potter titles to the rear panel and inside flaps. The primary reason for the superior condition of this book is that it still possesses its original glassine printed dustwrapper.

Slightly bumped at head and tail of spine and a trifle worn at the extremties, outstandingly clean and fresh. Titled in brown to spine and front board. Publisher's beige paper covered boards with laid on illustration.

The tale of mr tod first edition