Beatrix Potter — Ginger & Pickles

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1909. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition, first printing of this charming children's tale from Beatrix Potter about a shop run by a cat and a dog, complete with her iconic colour illustrations. The first edition, first printing, in the green variant binding, with the called for endpapers as indicated by Quinby pp. 71, and the date to the title page and verso. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth with a coloured illustration to the front. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, monochrome vignettes, and nine colour plates. Collated, complete. A charming children's tale by the beloved Beatrix Potter, telling the tale of Ginger and Pickles, a dog and cat duo who run a small store who soon find their generosity effecting their business. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Externally excellent with very minimal fading to the spine and very light wear to the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound with bright pages with the odd spot, heavier to pp.48, and to the front blank/half title. Near Fine . Ill.: Beatrix Potter. Near Fine .