POTTER, BEATRIX. Set of 6 (of 7) uncut proof sheets for the color illustrations and cover labels for an early printing (possibly the first printing) of The Tale of Tom Kitten. London: Edmund Evans, Ltd. [imprint on final sheet], n.d. [1907 or later]. 294 x 214 mm. (11 9/16 x 8½ in.), creased from folding, a little soiling. The first five sheets each contain four color illustrations (with pagination); the sixth sheet contains the final two illustrations, the frontispiece, and two small vignettes. The missing sheet would have contained the illustrations appearing on pp. 56, 59, 62 and 65.

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POTTER, BEATRIX. Set of 6 (of 7) uncut proof sheets for the color illustrations and cover labels for an early printing (possibly the first printing) of The Tale of Tom Kitten. London: Edmund Evans, Ltd. [imprint on final sheet], n.d. [1907 or later]. 294 x 214 mm. (11 9/16 x 8½ in.), creased from folding, a little soiling. The first five sheets each contain four color illustrations (with pagination); the sixth sheet contains the final two illustrations, the frontispiece, and two small vignettes. The missing sheet would have contained the illustrations appearing on pp. 56, 59, 62 and 65.

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