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Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) The Tale of Mr. Tod, signed first edition.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1912.
First edition, first or second impression (they are identical), 16mo; with publication date on the title and the text in Quinby's earliest state; signed and dated 1922 by Potter in ink on the half-title; illustrated with 15 color plates including frontispiece and numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout; bound in the original grey boards lettered in green, the front cover with pictorial label featuring the protagonist, pictorial endpapers (lacking the scarce glassine; discoloration and bumping at spine); 5 3/8 x 4 in.
