Beatrix Potter — Appley Dapply&Apos;S Nursery Rhymes

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1917. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Beatrix Potter's first collection of nursery rhymes, complete with her beloved colour illustrations. First edition. Quinby No. 23, endpapers Plates XII and XIV as called for. In the original paper covered boards, with mounted colour illustration to front board.'Appley Dapply' is a series of charming and entertaining nursery rhymes written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. The title character, Appley Dapply, is a brown mouse who takes food out of a cupboard in someone's house.Illustrated in Potter's charming style with a colour frontispiece and fourteen colour plates. Collated, complete. In the original paper covered boards, with mounted colour illustration to front board. Externally, with lifting to the back strip and tears to the paper to the joints. Minor rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with minor tide mark to the bottom of the title page and the odd spot. Ownership inscription of one Olive Mansfield to the half title. Good . Ill.: Beatrix Potter. Good .