POTTER, BEATRIX. Peter Rabbit's Almanac for 1929. London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., [1928]. 14 color illustrations (including title vignette) and two vignettes printed in dark brown; four dark brown text border designs (each appear three times); text printed in dark brown. 12mo, original tan paper boards, covers with color pictorial labels (upper cover shows Peter Rabbit with a post-bag front view, lower cover shows him back view), color pictorial endpapers (Linder 15 [i.e. opposite fig. 14] [double-page design used twice]), wear to foot of spine, in. portion chipped away, light wear to edges; board clamshell case. English edition, printed September, 1928, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by Potter on half-title: "For Celia Edwards from Beatrix Potter Christmas 1928." Quinby 28; Linder p. 430; V&A 1725-29. Celia Edwards was the nurse at Hawkshead -- Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes. London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., [1922]. Title vignette and 15 color illustrations. 12mo, original deep rose paper boards, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 13 [double-page design at front] and 14 [double-page design at rear]), light rubbing to joints. FIRST EDITION, printed December, 1922. Quinby 26 (lacking frontispiece); Linder, p. 430; V&A 1534 and 1535. (2)

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POTTER, BEATRIX. Peter Rabbit's Almanac for 1929. London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., [1928]. 14 color illustrations (including title vignette) and two vignettes printed in dark brown; four dark brown text border designs (each appear three times); text printed in dark brown. 12mo, original tan paper boards, covers with color pictorial labels (upper cover shows Peter Rabbit with a post-bag front view, lower cover shows him back view), color pictorial endpapers (Linder 15 [i.e. opposite fig. 14] [double-page design used twice]), wear to foot of spine, in. portion chipped away, light wear to edges; board clamshell case. English edition, printed September, 1928, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by Potter on half-title: "For Celia Edwards from Beatrix Potter Christmas 1928." Quinby 28; Linder p. 430; V&A 1725-29. Celia Edwards was the nurse at Hawkshead -- Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes. London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., [1922]. Title vignette and 15 color illustrations. 12mo, original deep rose paper boards, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 13 [double-page design at front] and 14 [double-page design at rear]), light rubbing to joints. FIRST EDITION, printed December, 1922. Quinby 26 (lacking frontispiece); Linder, p. 430; V&A 1534 and 1535. (2)

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