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Lot 230

Potter, Beatrix. Ginger & Pickles. Presentation Copy From the Library of Maurice Sendak
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[Sendak, Maurice] Potter, Beatrix. Ginger & Pickles

London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co, 1909. First edition. 12mo. 51, (1) pp. Presentation copy, inscribed by Maurice Sendak, on a laid in card, to Lynn Caponera, his long-time caretaker: "A very special book for a very special Lynn--on her birthday! With all my love Maurice May (April) '90". Illustrated by Potter. Publisher's tan paper-covered pictorial boards, stamped in green in the design of a shop facade with a pictorial paper cover label depicting Peter Rabbit, scattered soiling, extremities rubbed; all edges trimmed; pictorial endpapers; Sendak's illustrated book-plate on verso of front free endpaper; light wrinkling to prelims. Quinby 17

Presentation copy of Beatrix Potter's tale of a quaint village shop operated by Ginger, a yellow tom-cat, and Pickles, a terrier. Inscribed by Maurice Sendak to his long-time caretaker, and now President of the Maurice Sendak Foundation, Lynn Caponera.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.

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From the collection of Justin G. Schiller

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