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Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) Five Titles. Including: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, London: Warne & Co., [c. 1907], 12mo, publisher's green paper boards with color inset illustration of Peter in his blue coat on front board; Stampkraft's The Story of Peter Rabbit Done in Poster Stamps, New York: United Art Publishing Company, [c. 1915], with all stamps in place, publisher's boards with a stamp on the front board; The Tale of Peter Rabbit, limited commemorative boxed edition, 1993, copy number 858 of 1,175; Wag-by-Wall, Boston: The Horn Book, 1944, 12mo, illustrated, in publisher's cloth and original dust jacket (tape repairs); [and] The Tale of the Faithful Dove, New York: Warne, 1956, stated first edition, publisher's cloth, original dust jacket. (5)
Estimate $250-350
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United Art Publishing Company, Warne & Co., LondonJohn Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
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