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POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse. Londo[n]: Frederick Warne and Co., [1918].
12o. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations. Original grey paper boards, upper cover with color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 8 & 9 [used twice]), small gift inscription on front free endpaper dated "Dec 25 1918."
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, printed December, 1918; this copy has the final "N" missing in "London" on the title-page (which occurs only in the earliest copies). Linder, p. 430; this binding not in V & A.
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, printed December, 1918; this copy has the final "N" missing in "London" on the title-page (which occurs only in the earliest copies). Linder, p. 430; this binding not in V & A.