The tale of two bad mice
Book
1904 (published)
1904 (published)
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84 pages. Three-colour process illustrations. Case binding of grey paper over boards. Upper cover with title, author and publisher blocked in white and colour illustrated onlay in blind-blocked frame. Title blocked in white on spine. With transparent paper dust jacket.
Object details
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| Title | The tale of two bad mice (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Case bound printed book, with three colour process illustrations, and glassine jacket. |
| Brief description | Book, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, by Beatrix Potter. Published in London by Frederick Warne & Co, 1904. Library's copy C. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 1668. NAL accession no. BP.76. |
| Physical description | 84 pages. Three-colour process illustrations. Case binding of grey paper over boards. Upper cover with title, author and publisher blocked in white and colour illustrated onlay in blind-blocked frame. Title blocked in white on spine. With transparent paper dust jacket. |
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| Object history | Beatrix Potter's copy. Acquired by the V&A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of ca. 2150 watercolours, drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, books, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with Beatrix Potter and her family. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection : the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material : watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985.
Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection: the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material: watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. |
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| Library number | 38041005057864 |
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| Record created | July 9, 2015 |
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