The Tale Of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London U.K., 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+/G. 5 3/4 H x 4 1/4 W x 3/8 inch. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book Interior VERY GOOD PLUS to NEAR FINE / Boards Very Good / Dust Jacket Good. Thick Coated Paper. Boards are beige, with lovely deeply embossed lettering in burgundy and a full colour vignette illustration on front cover with a blind embossed border. Book spine is straight, square, solid, no sunning, no chipping, very tiny edge wear on bottom. Dust jacket is white, lettering black, full colour pictorial illustration on front matching vignette on board. Dust jacket is price clipped, has a few tiny creases at top of spine and no rips or edge wear but something got splashed near the book and the dust jacket has some light brown stain mostly on top edge and some long thin splash lines on back, spine of dj is lightly stained, the inside of the front flap top edge had been stuck to the inside front cover and is now free but has light staining to inside of dj front flap and a bit of surface paper was pulled off, the inside of the back flap top edge is still stuck to the inside back cover board. Book boards and spine are flat, clean, bright, no rips, no bent corners, no spine creases, no sunning, there are two small creases at top of spine corner from a light bruise, front board has a tiny white spot at upper right corner, back board has the top edge of the dust jacket stuck to it from whatever liquid was splashed, front board and spine and most of back board are in Fine shape. Page top edges slightly sunned, rest clean, bright. Inner end papers are white with 6 lovely colour illustrations, front end papers are damaged on the top 5/8 inch where their surface paper has pulled away when dust jacket was unstuck, back end papers have only one small damage spot at top edge but dust jacket is still stuck to inside back board. Inside of book is tight, clean, bright, clear, flat. From front to page 15 the pages had been stuck together along the top edge in a narrow band so there is a thin line of varying heights where the paper surface is damaged. The rest of the book is not as bad with some pages having no damage and some having a very thin partial bit at the top edge. Page 58-59 are still stuck together at the top edge. Book is over-opened at page 14 and binding shows a bit but is not broken and no pages are loose or missing. It is a lovely little book and perhaps a light professional treatment to free the dust jacket and remove the stuck on bits will restore it well. Book 6 marked on dust jacket spine, number 909-1160 marked on dust jacket back flap, number 652-859 marked in book on back of title page. 28 Full colour plates with wonderful illustrations.