1909 Rare Book - Beatrix Potter - The Tale of Tom Kitten. Early Edition.

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(Description)

Author: Beatrix Potter.
Title: The Tale of Tom Kitten.
Publisher: London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co. no date (circa 1909). Dated from the endpaper according to Quinby plate VII.
Size: 5.5 "X 4.5 ".
Pages: 84-pages.
Binding: Very good original hardcover binding with white titles, picture onlay on front board, dot in the centre of 'of' and "Tom" on front board (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown). A rare find in such a nice condition!
Content: Good content (bright, tight, light staining in the lower part of the inner hinge of endpaper - as shown, close tears to few outer page margins - as shown).
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated with all the beautiful colour plates (printed on one side of paper).

The book : Rare and attractive early 1909 edition of The Tale of Tom Kitten -- a children's book, written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was released by Frederick Warne & Co. in September 1907. The tale is about manners and how children react to them. Tabitha Twitchit, a cat, invites friends for tea. She washes and dresses her three kittens for the party, but within moments the kittens have soiled and lost their clothes while scampering about the garden. Tabitha is "affronted". She sends the kittens to bed, and tells her friends the kittens have the measles. Once the tea party is underway however, its "dignity and repose" are disturbed by the kittens romping overhead and leaving a bedroom in disorder.

The author: Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.