POTTER, BEATRIX. Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1917]. Title vignette and 15 color illustrations. 12mo, original light green paper boards, upper cover and spine lettered in reddish-brown, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 11 [at front] and 12 [at rear]); upper corner missing on p. 32, contents cracked between pps. 26/27. FIRST EDITION, printed in either October or November, 1917, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Potter on the half-title: "For Mr. Dixon With kind regards and best wishes from Beatrix Heelis Dec 24.17." [recipient's name written over]. Quinby 23(2); Linder, p. 430; V & A 1532 and 1533.