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PETER RABBIT'S EASTER
Written by Beatrix Potter; Linda Stevens Almond. Illustrated by J.L.G..
Stock no. 1208912
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1921. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A US pirated Peter Rabbit story. Altemus' Peter Rabbit Series. Red cloth spine with black title, purple boards with colour onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. Spine slightly bumped with slight fading to top and tail. Boards are faded. Endpapers lightly browned and front free-endpaper has light corner crease. A couple of small margin marks else contents clean. Scarce dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped with very slight loss, tape repairs on verso.

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PETER RABBIT'S WEDDING DAY
Written by Beatrix Potter; May Wynne. Illustrated by Bess Goe Willis.
Stock no. 1208911
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1927. Very good condition.

A US pirated Peter Rabbit story. Altemus' Peter Rabbit Series. Red cloth spine with black title, purple boards with colour onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. Spine slightly bumped, rubbed and faded. Some slight fading to covers. Child's name in heavy pencil to belongs to box on front free-endpaper. Contents are clean.

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PETER RABBIT'S BIRTHDAY
Written by Beatrix Potter; Linda Stevens Almond. Illustrated by J.L.G..
Stock no. 1208909
Published by Henry Altemus Company. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

A US pirated Peter Rabbit story. Altemus' Peter Rabbit Series. Red cloth spine with black title, purple boards with colour onlay to front cover. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine slightly faded and some fading to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Small edge tear to front free-endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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WHEN PETER RABBIT WENT TO SCHOOL
Written by Beatrix Potter; Linda Stevens Almond. Illustrated by J.L.G..
Stock no. 1208908
Published by Henry Altemus Company. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

A US pirated Peter Rabbit story. Altemus' Peter Rabbit Series. Red cloth spine with black title, purple boards with colour onlay to front cover. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Corners bumped and worn. Some fading to cover edges. Name in pencil in belongs to box on front free-endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins and some slight foxing to textblock.

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PETER RABBIT'S ALMANAC FOR 1929
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1330510
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1928. Almost very good condition.

Tan boards with brown titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and half-title page + 12 colour plates - one for each month of the year. Book measures 5" x 3.75". Covers are edge worn, spine has been professionally reinforced. Covers a bit grubby at edges. Front free-endpaper is lightly creased. Contents are clean. A nice copy of a scarce item. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND & THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES
Written by Samuel Johnson; James Boswell; Peter Levi.
Stock no. 1830657
Published by Folio Society. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Peter Levi. Pictorial green cloth with leather title label to spine. Colour illustrations. xxxii and 412 pages. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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PETER AND LOTTA'S ADVENTURE
Written by Elsa Beskow. Illustrated by Elsa Beskow.
Stock no. 1830613
Published by Floris Books. 1st UK 2003. Very good condition.

When Peter and Lotta give away one of their kittens, they find themselves having a day of adventures including the excitement of the fair. But will they get home safely? Large oblong format. Orange cloth spine with dark brown title, white pictorial boards. Colour illustrations and silhouettes. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0863153984. Cloth spine a little grubby. Light scuffing to rear board. Small white label with 'A45' handwritten in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

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THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208906
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1907. Very good condition.

A US pirated version of Peter Rabbit. Burgundy cloth spine. Brown boards with pictorial onlay to front. Colour illustrations throughout (not by Potter). Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some marks to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean.

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THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208905
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1907. Good condition.

US Pirated edition of Peter Rabbit. Pale green pictorial cloth, red title to spine. 121 pages, printed on one side of the paper only. Colour illustrations throughout (not by Potter). Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some light fingermarks to contents.

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PETER RABBIT AND JIMMY CHIPMUNK
No author listed. Illustrated by Virginia Albert.
Stock no. 1208903
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company. Circa 1918. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A US Pirated Peter Rabbit story. Pale blue pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Some grubby fingermarks to contents. A couple of pages have been browned at top margins. Dustwrapper is worn, torn, creased and grubby, slight loss to top and tail of spine but very minimal loss at edges.

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PETER RABBIT AND HIS MA
Written by Louise A. Field. Illustrated by Virginia Albert.
Stock no. 1208902
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company. Circa 1917. Good condition.

It all came about because Mrs. Rufus Rabbit (Peter Rabbit's Ma) had suddenly become very strict about the comings and goings of Peter Rabit, Molly Cottontail and Flopsy and Mopsy. Pale green pictorial boards. Illustrated endpapers. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Spine and corners worn. Some light marks to top edge of front cover. Title-strip is split and lightly damp stained. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Pale page browning. Tear to lower margin of one of the colour illustrations. Rear free-endpaper is torn with loss at top edge.

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PETER RABBIT AND HIS PA
Written by Louise A. Field. Illustrated by Virginia Albert.
Stock no. 1208901
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company. Circa 1916. Good condition.

A US pirated story of Peter Rabbit. Cream pictorial cloth. Illustrated endpapers. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers are grubby and marked. Some light fingering to contents but generally contents clean. Binding pulled at top stitched but still very tight.

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