POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations. 12mo, original grey paper boards, upper cover with inset with circular color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 1 [used four times]), 3/8 inch chip missing from head of spine. FIRST EDITION, second issue, 7500 copies were printed in November, 1903. Quinby 5A(1) (Quinby's copy has broken type on pp. 34, 39, and 45; this copy has broken type on p. 39 only); Linder, p. 423; V & A 1656, 1657, and 1658 -- POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1904]. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations. 12mo, original violet cloth with gilt decoration, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 2 & 3 used twice [rear free-endpaper is missing]), g.e., some rubbing to spine ends and joints; imperfect copy, leaf 85/86 and rear endpaper lacking, contents loose in binding, some leaves damaged. Later edition, IN DELUXE CLOTH BINDING. This binding not in Quinby or V & A. (2)

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POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations. 12mo, original grey paper boards, upper cover with inset with circular color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 1 [used four times]), 3/8 inch chip missing from head of spine. FIRST EDITION, second issue, 7500 copies were printed in November, 1903. Quinby 5A(1) (Quinby's copy has broken type on pp. 34, 39, and 45; this copy has broken type on p. 39 only); Linder, p. 423; V & A 1656, 1657, and 1658 -- POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1904]. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations. 12mo, original violet cloth with gilt decoration, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 2 & 3 used twice [rear free-endpaper is missing]), g.e., some rubbing to spine ends and joints; imperfect copy, leaf 85/86 and rear endpaper lacking, contents loose in binding, some leaves damaged. Later edition, IN DELUXE CLOTH BINDING. This binding not in Quinby or V & A. (2)

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