POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Mr. Tod. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1912. Title vignette, 15 color illustrations, and numerous black and white text illustrations. 12mo, original grey paper boards, upper cover with color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 10 [double-page design, used twice]), spine lightly age-darkened; binding slightly cocked. FIRST EDITION, earliest state of the dedication, reading: "William Francis..." Linder, p. 429; V & A 1606, 1607, and 1608.