75. The Tale of Peter Rabit, First Edition in rare glassine wrapper. Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne & Co., [1902]. 16mo. First Trade Edition. Leaf patterned endpapers, "wept big tears" on p. 51 and all other first issue points. Deluxe binding in light green cloth lettered in red on the front board and spine, top ege gilt, color pictorial illustration of Peter Rabbit on front board. Linder records that 2000 copies from the first 8000 were issued in "green cloth, light green cloth or olive-green cloth" [Linder, A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter, p. 421]. Color frontispiece plus 30 color plates and a line drawing on the title page. A Fine, fresh copy. Includes the exceptionally rare original printed glassine dust jacket. Only one other copy has appeared on the market over the past thirty years with a dust jacket which was damaged with large pieces missing. This copy is beyond fantasy. Chemised within a custom blue morocco gilt ruled slipcase. $50,000 – $70,000