Bidspirit auction | Potter, Beatrix. A Collection of


Potter, Beatrix. A Collection of The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends Volumes. Frederick Warne, Bloomsbury, and Ladybird. - A collection of children's hardback and softback books by Beatrix Potter, featuring various titles from The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends. The group includes several standard-format hardbacks published by Bloomsbury Books in association with Frederick Warne, characterized by pictorial boards with a central oval illustration and serif titles. Titles in this format include The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (light blue), The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (mint green), two copies of The Tale of Two Bad Mice (green), The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (orange), The Tale of Peter Rabbit (red), The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (pink), and The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (bright green). The collection also features larger-format hardbacks, including The Tale of Tom Kitten (blue) and The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies (white), both bearing Frederick Warne imprints. Additionally, there are two Ladybird Books softback editions: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Two further standard-format hardbacks, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Peter Rabbit, are present with yellow and beige pictorial boards. The volumes are illustrated throughout with the original colour reproductions of Beatrix Potter's watercolours. The Bloomsbury editions are marked with the publisher's imprint at the lower edge of the front boards reading BLOOMSBURY BOOKS in association with FREDERICK WARNE. One Ladybird volume features a printed spine reading BEATRIX POTTER JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK Ladybird.