Bearix Potter — The Tale of Tom Kitten

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A first edition Beatrix Potter tale, a charming adventure following three mischievous kittens, in the scarce deluxe binding. The first edition, one of the first three printings, which were indistinguishable from one another, with Plate III endpapers as per Quinby. In the deluxe binding, a scarce unrecorded variant in a blue cloth, as opposed to the more common green cloth.'Tom Kitten' follows the mischievous antics of three kittens, who ruin their mother's plans to have a tea party with friends.Beautifully illustrated in colour in Potter's typical style, with twenty-four colour plates.Collated, lacking the front endpaper, half-title, frontispiece, title page, and page 7/9, and page 25/26, with the text beginning on page 9. In the original publisher's deluxe cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, lacking the pictorial onlay to the front board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few minor marks to the boards. Lacking the front endpaper. Internally, textblock is held to the binding by two cords and may detach with further handling. Internally, binding is strained in places. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional light handling mark. Lacking the half-title, frontispiece, title page, and page 7/9, and page 25/26. Amaetur repair to page 13, not affecting the illustration to page 14. Very small chip to the margin of page 17/18. Page 23/24 is detached but present. A small amount of wear to page 29, and to pages 32-33, 36-39, and 62, however the wear never affecting the text or illustrations. Small amount of lsos to the tail of page 81/82. Page 85 is detached but present with a closed tear. Good Only . Ill.: Beatrix Potter. Good Only .