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POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d. [1904]. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations, including frontispiece. 12mo, original dark grey boards, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 2 & 3 [used twice]), small portion of upper left corner of cover label is missing; owner's ink gift inscription on half-title, child's inscription on front free endpaper. Seventh printing, issued in September, 1904. Linder, p. 422; V & A 1634 (brown boards) -- The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne and Co, n.d. [1907]. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations, including frontispiece. 12mo, original dark grey paper boards, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 2 & 4 [used twice]); small bookseller's label on front pastedown, otherwise very good. Later printing (apparently an intermediate printing between the eighth and ninth) printing, with the illustrations on pp. 68 and 81 not yet re-engraved. There is no period after "Co" on the title-page imprint and no printer's imprint on p. [86]. V & A 1635 (brown boards). (2)