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POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d. [1904]. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations, including frontispiece. 12mo, original dark grey boards, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 2 & 3 [used twice]), cover label slightly rubbed; contents cracked between pages 2/3. Seventh printing, issued in September, 1904. Linder, p. 422; V & A 1634 (brown boards) -- The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne and Co, n.d. [1907]. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations, including frontispiece. 12mo, original dark green paper boards, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 2 & 4 [used twice]), portion of title lettering abraded on upper cover (affecting several letters); owner's inscription heavily erased on front free endpaper verso (causing a small hole), 3 leaves with glue damage on upper blank margins (pp. 22-25). Ninth printing (September, 1907), with illustrations on pp. 68 and 81 printed from re-engraved blocks. The figures of Peter in the wheelbarrow and Mr. McGregor on p. 68 are now much larger. The rabbits pictured on page 81 are also now larger. In this edition there is no period after "Co" on the title imprint and no printer's imprint on p. [86]. V & A 1636 (brown boards--B.P.'s copy inscribed "New plates Autumn 1907. Early copy to be kept. H.B.P.") -- The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d. [circa 1910]. Title vignette and 27 color illustrations, including frontispiece. 12mo, original grey paper boards, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, color pictorial endpapers (Linder 7 & 6 [at front] and 7 & 6 [at rear]), small chip on middle of spine, otherwise good. Later printing, with re-engraved illustrations on pp. 68 and 81. V & A 1636 dates the use of these illustrations as being used between 1907 and 1911. Not in V & A -- The Tale of Peter Rabbit. New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Inc., [ ]. Illustrated in color. 8vo, original pictorial boards. 50th Anniversary Edition -- The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., [1993?]. 12mo, original gilt-lettered blue cloth, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, g.e. Copyright page encoded "D6744.482." (5)