Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mr. Tod, first edition, first or second

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mr. Tod, first edition, first or second printing, colour frontispiece and 14 colour plates, plain title vignette and illustrations in text, faint spotting to preliminaries, light cracking to gutter, but holding firm, original boards with mounted colour illustration, spine toned, small stain to lower cover head, very slight bumping to spine ends and corners, slight stain to upper cover, not affecting text or illustration, minor surface marks and toning to edges, an excellent copy, housed in a custom drop back box, spine gilt, [Linder p.429; Quinby 21], 16mo, 1912.

Estimate:£200

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