GINGER & PICKLES

London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co, 1909. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good. Beatrix Potter. 1st American edition, 1909. Good. 12 mo., 8 - 51 pp. Color frontispiece, plain title vignette, 9 color plates, color pictorial endpapers. Date on copyright page with notice board lettering on p.14 and with Evans printer's imprint on final page. Original olive green boards with color pictorial panel. Spine is missing, tips are rubbed through, some browning to covers at edges. Front and rear hinges starting, scattered light foxing, plates are bright, still an attractive copy of this the 3rd book by Potter. The Tale of Ginger and Pickles is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1909. The book tells of two shopkeepers who extend unlimited credit to their customers and, as a result, are forced to go out of business.

It was originally published in a large format which permitted Potter the opportunity to lavish great detail on the illustrations and also allowed her to include black-and-white vignettes. Potter filled the tale with characters from her previous books.