Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, 1st edition, London: Warne, 1904, first or second issue (with date on title and 'muffetees' spelt incorrectly on p.15), half-title, colour illustrations throughout, occasional finger-soiling or minor marks, frontispiece partly detached, pictorial endpapers, front pastedown has booksellers ticket at foot, stitching strained, front hinge cracked, original tan boards, with inset colour pictorial panel to front cover, boards marked, some wear to extremities, front joint cracked, 16mo, together with 15 Beatrix Potter later editions (but all before May 1919), comprising 11 different titles (Qty: 16) Linder p.424; Quinby 6. Frederick Warne and Co. of London were incorporated in May 1919, therefore these books which all have the imprint Frederick Warne and Co (without 'Ltd.' at the end) were published before that date.
Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, 1st edition, London: Warne, 1904, first or second issue (with date on title and 'muffetees' spelt incorrectly on p.15), half-title, colour illustrations throughout, occasional finger-soiling or minor marks, frontispiece partly detached, pictorial endpapers, front pastedown has booksellers ticket at foot, stitching strained, front hinge cracked, original tan boards, with inset colour pictorial panel to front cover, boards marked, some wear to extremities, front joint cracked, 16mo, together with 15 Beatrix Potter later editions (but all before May 1919), comprising 11 different titles (Qty: 16) Linder p.424; Quinby 6. Frederick Warne and Co. of London were incorporated in May 1919, therefore these books which all have the imprint Frederick Warne and Co (without 'Ltd.' at the end) were published before that date.
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