Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) The Tale of Tom Kitten , Two Copies.

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Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) The Tale of Tom Kitten, Two Copies. First American edition, New York: Warne, 1907, title vignette and twenty-seven color illustrations, 12mo, publisher's blue paper boards, cover with inset color illustrations, spine faded, wear to extremities; [together with] another copy of the same title in green paper boards, an early American edition from c. 1909; each 5 1/2 x 4 in. (2)

N.B. These two copies sold as Lot 69 at Christie's East, the Doris Frohnsdorff Collection, April 16, 1997.
Estimate $600-800


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