[Four Pirate Peter Rabbit books].
Comprising: Peter Rabbit Painting Book; The Tale of Peter Rabbit; Hollywood Vue Tone Talking Slides; Peter Rabbit The Magician
1925-1942.
Peter Rabbit Painting Book.
Charles E. Graham & Co., New York, circa 1925 (pencil gift inscription to upper free endpaper).
4to (325 x 220 mm); numerous illustrations, some in colour with uncoloured version opposite for a child to colour (two with some hand-colouring but mostly not); publishers illustrated boards, some wear and chips to edges but the only significant ones to tips of ears.
2)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Charles E. Graham & Co., New York, circa 1935,
Sml. 8vo (255 x 140 mm), colour and black & white illustrations,some light spotting and offsetting; publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, spotting and rubbed at extremities but sound; original corresponding box, worn, tow corners split to lower part but complete.
3)
Hollywood Vue Tone Talking Slides - PETER RABBIT
'See and Hear 16 Full Colour Slides and double faced 10'' record synchronised with pictures, plays on any phonograph change slide at ''Tone''. '
Hollywood Vue-Tone Films Inc., 1947.
4to: 260 x 310 mm); illustrated instructions inside front cover, card holder for the 16 slides (complete), card sleeve for the record, showing screen to inside of rear board publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, rubbed at extremities, otherwise remarkable good.
4)
Peter Rabbit The Magician.
Complete Magic Show For Fun...and his life story illustrated in colour.
The Strathmore Co., Illinois, 1942.
4to (305 x 230 mm); die cut front cover reveals a rabbit pulling a human magician from the hat on the next page, the pirate narrative is most certainly not by Beatrix Potter but still inventive in its reincarnation of Peter Rabbit and his family meeting a rabbit magician; cardboard and paper apparatus for performing various tricks appears complete, including the magic wand, slight age toning to pages; publisher's plastic ring-bound, illustrated boards, slight rubbing to edges, otherwise all in all, very good; original illustrated cardboard box, worn, with short splits to one edge but complete.
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