The tale of little pig Robinson / by Beatrix Potter author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," etc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943.

Contributor:

Tehon, Atha.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943. Original Peter Rabbit books ; 19.

The original Peter Rabbit books ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swine--Fiction.

Swine.

Animals--Fiction.

Animals.

Pigs--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

123 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 15 cm.

Edition:

[Original and authorized edition New colour reproductions].

Manufacture:

Beccles and London : Printed and bound by William Clowes Limited.

Other Title:

Little Pig Robinson

Place of Publication:

[London] : Frederick Warne ; [London ;] [Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England : Penguin Books Ltd., [1987]

Summary:

Little pig Robinson goes to market for his aunts and, after a series of unexpected and amazing adventures, including an unexpected sea voyage, settles to a pleasant life on an island in the South Seas.

Notes:

Edition statement from cover.

Series statement from cover.

"First published 1930. This edition with new reproductions first published 1987."

"The reproductions in this book have been made using the most modern electronic scanning methods from entirely new transparencies of Beatrix Potter's original watercolours. They enable Beatrix Potter's skill as an artist to be appreciated as never before, not even during her own lifetime."

Designed by Atha Tehon.

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943. Tale of little pig Robinson.

ISBN:

0723234787

9780723234784

OCLC:

20171678