POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1911. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations. 12mo, original dark green boards, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 7 & 6 [at front] and 6 & 7 [at rear]), corners worn; front hinge starting, ink owner's presentation inscription crossed-out on front free endpaper, some wrinkling of front free endpaper from bookplate mounted on verso. FIRST EDITION, printed in either October or November, 1911.

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POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1911. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations. 12mo, original dark green boards, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 7 & 6 [at front] and 6 & 7 [at rear]), corners worn; front hinge starting, ink owner's presentation inscription crossed-out on front free endpaper, some wrinkling of front free endpaper from bookplate mounted on verso. FIRST EDITION, printed in either October or November, 1911.
Provenance
Henry Frederick, Sixth Marquess of Bath, with his engraved armorial bookplate on front free endpaper verso; another bookplate on front pastedown; ink gift inscription (crossed-out) on front free endpaper.

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