POTTER, Beatrix.  The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.  London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904.  12o.  Title vignette and 27 color illustrations.  Original gilt-decorated brick-colored cloth., upper cover with inset color pictorial label, g.e., color pictorial endpapers [Linder 2 & 3 used twice] (very slight rubbing to extremities); morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION IN DE-LUXE CLOTH BINDING, FIRST ISSUE, with "Muffatees" for "Muffetees" on p. 15.  Linder, p. 424.
POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904. 12o. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations. Original gilt-decorated brick-colored cloth., upper cover with inset color pictorial label, g.e., color pictorial endpapers [Linder 2 & 3 used twice] (very slight rubbing to extremities); morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION IN DE-LUXE CLOTH BINDING, FIRST ISSUE, with "Muffatees" for "Muffetees" on p. 15. Linder, p. 424.

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POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904. 12o. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations. Original gilt-decorated brick-colored cloth., upper cover with inset color pictorial label, g.e., color pictorial endpapers [Linder 2 & 3 used twice] (very slight rubbing to extremities); morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION IN DE-LUXE CLOTH BINDING, FIRST ISSUE, with "Muffatees" for "Muffetees" on p. 15. Linder, p. 424.

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POTTER, Beatrix. An original watercolor drawing on linen with an illustration from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, showing Peter Rabbit with his cousin, Benjamin. 148 x 148 mm (overall size). (Slightly faded, presumably from washing, a few pale brown stains.) With a letter of authentication from Rodney Engen. (2)

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