The pie and the patty-pan
Book
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Printed book, 51, [1] pages. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process plates, including frontispiece, and monochrome line photoengravings within the text. Case binding of maroon paper over boards. Upper cover with title, author and publisher blocked in white with paper onlay in top left corner in white-blocked circular decorative frame. Title blocked in white on spine. With mottled lavendar endpapers. Transparent glassine paper dust jacket.
Object details
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| Title | The pie and the patty-pan (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Three-colour relief halftone and letterpress in paper covered, and blocked case binding, glassine jacket. |
| Brief description | Book, The Pie and the Patty-Pan, by Beatrix Potter. Published in London by Frederick Warne, 1905. First edition, with dust jacket, mint. Beatrix Potter's copy. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 1542. NAL accession no. BP.154. Library's copy B. |
| Physical description | Printed book, 51, [1] pages. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process plates, including frontispiece, and monochrome line photoengravings within the text. Case binding of maroon paper over boards. Upper cover with title, author and publisher blocked in white with paper onlay in top left corner in white-blocked circular decorative frame. Title blocked in white on spine. With mottled lavendar endpapers. Transparent glassine paper dust jacket. |
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| Object history | Beatrix Potter's copy. First edition (17,500 copies printed in October 1905) has date printed on the title-page. [See Linder, Leslie. A history of the writings of Beatrix Potter (London: Frederick Warne, 1971, 1987), p.425.] 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. |
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| Library number | 38041005054747 |
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| Record created | June 17, 2021 |
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