8vo. Color frontispiece, numerous text illustrations in the text in color and black & white, folding color map tipped-in at rear. Original dark green crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, upper cover with rabbit vignette in gilt, spine with gilt vignettes in four compartments, edges gilt; original marbled board slipcase. Original watercolor to the first blank. 

 

FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 226 of 250 specially bound copies signed by both the author and illustrator. WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWING on the front blank depicting a pair of rabbits before a cottage, signed with initials.