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Tale of Little Pig Robinson, The

Tale of Little Pig Robinson, The by POTTER, Beatrix

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Title
Tale of Little Pig Robinson, The
Author
POTTER, Beatrix
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1930. The Scarce First American Edition of "Little Pig Robinson," Containing Twenty-Five Black and White Illustrations Not Found in the English Edition POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Little Pig Robinson. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [1930]. First American edition, containing twenty-five black and white illustrations not found in the English edition. Small quarto (8 1/4 x 6 5/16 inches; 209 x 161 mm.). [6], 141, [1, blank] pp. Inserted color frontispiece and five inserted color plates, black and white vignette on title-page and thirteen black and white vignettes in the text (chapter head- and tail-pieces), and thirty-four full-page illustrations in black and white. Publisher's dark green cloth with large color pictorial label on front cover. Spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Pictorial endpapers printed in green. Minimal rubbing to spine extremities, mainly at foot of spine, small light stain on edge of covers. An excellent copy. "In her letter of July 8th 1930, Beatrix Potter told Mr. McKay that Frederick Warne & Co's scheme 'is going to leave out a number of illustrations which I consider the best,' adding, 'but I hope you may care to include them in the U.S.A. edition...It is a good book to illustrate, I should quite enjoy doing a few more! If you want any to fill up-just tell me the number of the (type written) page, as I have kept the duplicates.' Mr. McKay was willing to produce a book with more black and white drawings than Warnes, and the American edition contains twelve more drawings, plus thirteen 'heads and tails' to the chapters. Referring to these latter as 'chapter ends', Beatrix Potter told Mr. McKay, 'I think myself that some of the "chapter ends" are the best drawing of any.' She sent him sixteen for the eight chapters, but owing to lack of space, only thirteen were used. Of the other drawings she said, 'I think Pig Robinson looking into a shop window is the best black-and-white.' The color plates were the same in both English and American editions [except for the color illustration on the front cover which in the English edition appears only as a line drawing]" (Linder, pp. 257-258). A story inspired by Edward Lear's nonsense poem The Owl and the Pussy Cat and set against "a comprehensive sample of our much battered coasts" (according to a letter from the author in 1941), Pig Robinson was the last of the Peter Rabbit series. It was however one of the earliest stories Beatrix conceived, its fruition dating back to a holiday in Ilfracombe in 1883. To smooth ruffled feathers at Frederick Warne after giving American publishers David McKay The Fairy Caravan (see Lot 36), Beatrix offered Pig Robinson to both for publication, though the American edition contains twelve more pen & ink illustrations and numerous additional head- & tail-pieces. The use of the 'word' "fatterer" did initially perturb publishers McKay, but they acquiesced when the author explained "I agree with all your corrections, except possibly 'fatterer! Of course there is no such word; but it is expressive!" Linder, p. 432; Quinby 30A.
The Winnipeg Alphabestiary

The Winnipeg Alphabestiary by Walsh, Meeka

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Seller: Underground Books, ABAA
Title
The Winnipeg Alphabestiary
Author
Walsh, Meeka
Seller
Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780981028606
Condition
Very good
Description
Winnipeg, Canada: Border Crossings / Arts Manitoba, 2008. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 10 1/4" x 8". 99pp. Mild shelf wear, with some faint scuff marks to lower board. Hardcover boards with quarter cloth binding and paper over boards. The Winnipeg Alphabestiary is an exhibition catalog based on a set of 26 works originally conceived on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Winnipeg-based art publication Border Crossings. The project was a fundraiser for a magazine that has had a significant role in showcasing Winnipeg artists in addition to its focus on national and international culture. The criteria for the artist selection were straightforward: all 26 creators called Winnipeg home, whether they were currently living in the city or not, and their work had to be representational. The artists were assigned their alphabet letters randomly and asked to match their letter to an animal subject. The alphabestiary format has both a long history and a close association with children's books, assisting children with language development, in particular learning the alphabet. This process lends itself to the formation of letter and image associations. One defining characteristic that separates humans from animals is language; yet it is odd that by using alphabestiaries we have historically involved those very animals to communicate our most basic language components to young people. The animals range from the real to the invented, and as Border Crossings editor Meeka Walsh wrote, The Winnipeg Alphabestiary is about "Beauty and the Beast," as well as "Beauty in the Beast". The Winnipeg Alphabestiary has been organized by the Winnipeg Art Gallery. (SFU Gallery).

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