London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., (1944). First and limited edition, #54 of only 100 copies printed. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; in original printed dust-jacket. Linder, p. 432

First conceived by Potter in 1909 as “The Little Black Kettle”, it did not appear in print until 1944 when it first appeared in the anniversary issue of The Horn Book. Linder, p. 432.

A fine example of this rare book.