Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. 1904, first edition, first or second issue, deluxe issue, original blue cloth gilt, slight soiling, repairs at gutter, recased, new head and foot of spine; The Tale of Two Bad Mice. 1904, first edition, first or second issue, deluxe issue, original brown cloth gilt, repairs at gutter and some edges, some interior restoration, recased, hinges strengthened, head and foot of spine slightly worn; The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle. 1905, first edition, first or second issue, deluxe issue, original brown cloth gilt, frontispiece remounted at gutter, recased, hinges strengthened, slightly worn at extremities; all 16mo, 27 coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, pictorial labels on upper covers, collector's folding boxes, some abrasions (3)

Linder, pp. 424-25

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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