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Potter, Beatrix COLLECTION OF TEN VOLUMES, INCLUDING TWO SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, COMPRISING: Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes. [1917], first edition, first or second issue, signed by the author on the half-title, frontispiece and 14 coloured illustrations; The Tale of Ginger & Pickles. [c.1930], later edition, signed by the author on the reverse of the frontispiece, frontispiece, 9 coloured illustrations and other illustrations; The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. 1903, first edition, first or second issue, 26 coloured illustrations, lacking frontispiece, recased, some repairs to tears; The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. 1904, first edition, first or second issue, 26 coloured illustrations, lacking front free endpaper and frontispiece, recased; The Pie and the Patty-Pan. 1905, first edition, first issue, frontispiece, 9 coloured illustrations and other illustrations; The Story of Miss Moppet. 1906, first edition, first or second issue (‘London & New York’ on back), 14 coloured illustrations, panoramic form; The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. 1908, first edition, first, second or third issue, frontispiece and 26 coloured illustrations, recased; The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. 1909, first edition, first, second or third issue (noticeboard present on page 14), frontispiece and 26 coloured illustrations, upper hinge splitting; Ginger & Pickles. 1909, first or second issue, frontispiece, 9 coloured illustrations and other illustrations, new spine, repairs to hinges, loss to pictorial label on upper cover; The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. 1911, first edition, first or second issue, frontispiece and 26 coloured illustrations, ownership signatures; all 16mo or small 4to, original bindings with pictorial labels on upper covers, some soiling, bindings slightly worn (10)