First edition with ‘All rights reserved’ and dated 1908 to title page. A story, of rats and cats, situated in Beatrix Potter's Hill Top Farm. Delightfully illustrated by the Author with the larger than normal size enabling more illustrations than usual. Dedicated to Potter's pet rat "Samuel Whiskers" with his colour plate mounted on front cover.
(More photos to follow shortly as copy shown is past copy which was only G - the new copy is VG+)
