SPOTTY

First or early edition. Signed by the author and inscribed with an original drawing. Publisher's original illustrated paper covered boards with a blue cloth spine, without dustwrapper. Illustrated in colour throughout. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities rubbed, the corners with some chipping and the lower panel with a few small marks. The lightly toned contents, with the odd finger mark to a few margins and slight offsetting at the endpapers, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions. A lovely inscribed copy, scarce thus.

Inscribed by both Margret Rey and H. A. Rey alongside a rabbit doodle in black ink on the front free endpaper "To Regan Jessett / [rabbit drawing] / Margret Rey / & H. A. Rey". A wonderful story about a spotty baby rabbit in a family of white rabbits learning that it's ok to be different. Margret and H. A. Rey were a German-American husband and wife team who created many beloved children's books, though they are best known for the hugely popular 'Curious George' series starring an adventurous monkey which has been adapted into various animations (and even a video game).