Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Peter Rabbit,first trade edition in deluxe format, first, second or third printing, with "wept big tears on" present on p.51, 31 colour illustrations by Beatrix Potter, leaf-pattern endpapers, page 8 plate damaged at top margin, adhesion abrasions affecting 2 other illustrations, ink inscription with rabbits doodle dated 1902 to head of half-title, hinges pulling with splitting to endpapers, original straw-yellow cloth with mounted colour illustration on upper cover, lettered & blocked in brown with publisher's monogram and rabbit head detail, slightly rubbed, spine dulled, small ink marks to upper cover, [cf. Linder p.421], 16mo, Warne, [1902].

***A very rare variant deluxe edition. This binding is not recorded in Linder (which notes that 2000 copies from the original 8000 were issued in green, light green or olive-green cloth), nor is it present in the V&A collection..