?early issue (without publisher's colophon on copyright page), 7 rich chromolithographed plates (3 double-page) by William Nicholson. publisher s colour illustrated cream-colored boards, pictorial endpapers, hinges cracked, corners rubbed, with a little loss, foxing to fore-edge of upper board, 8vo., New York: George H. Doran Company, [c. 1925]. Rare early american edition of the classic, with sumptuous colour plates. In later editions, the original lithographed plates were replaced with photomechanical ones. Possibly the first edition printed in the United States (although not the first American edition).