POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d. [circa 1910]. Title vignette and 2 color illustrations. 12mo, original brick-colored cloth with gilt decoration, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 7 & 6 [used at front] and 6 & 7 [used at rear], respectively), g.e., very fine. Later edition, IN DE-LUXE CLOTH BINDING (presumably the first to use this later style deluxe cloth binding [see lots #] ), with the re-engraved illustrations on pp. 68 and 81 which were used between 1907 and 1911. This binding and edition not in V & A. Rare.

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POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d. [circa 1910]. Title vignette and 2 color illustrations. 12mo, original brick-colored cloth with gilt decoration, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 7 & 6 [used at front] and 6 & 7 [used at rear], respectively), g.e., very fine. Later edition, IN DE-LUXE CLOTH BINDING (presumably the first to use this later style deluxe cloth binding [see lots #] ), with the re-engraved illustrations on pp. 68 and 81 which were used between 1907 and 1911. This binding and edition not in V & A. Rare.
Provenance
Kathleen E. Byers, ownership inscription on front free endpaper verso.

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