Potter, Beatrix. TOM KITTEN'S PAINTING BOOK. London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co., [1917]. FIRST EDITION. Square 8vo - 8-1/4" x 7". Color pictorial stiff card wrappers with titles and image of Tom Kitten standing before a canvas on an easel with paintbrush in hand to front wrapper, titles in white to spine and color pictorial publisher's advertisement for "The Peter Rabbit Books By Beatrix Potter," with ten "First Series" titles and two "Second Series" titles listed to back wrapper, with light chipping to spine ends and a few marks to back wrapper, but all in all, truly a wonderful copy of the book. Original publisher's printed glassine dust jacket with price (One Shilling Net) to front panel and publisher's advertisement for other Potter titles and merchandise, e.g., 'Peter Rabbit's Slippers: The "Joy" Footwear For Tiny Feet,' to both front and rear flaps, with minor fraying to the edges, small chips to head and tail of spine and a large chip and some stains to back panel for what is still a nearly complete dust jacket, with all printing bright and legible. [20] leaves, including pastedowns' illustration; printed one side only. Very rare and early Beatrix Potter coloring book illustrated with eight color plates from eight different stories, each with a facing "outline" illustration intended to be painted or colored-in by the book's owner; all "outline" illustrations remain uncolored as issued; text related to the illustrations/stories appear below the illustrations; internally the book is in nearly pristine condition. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD +. The condition of the dust jacket is VERY GOOD -. Only four copies located on OCLC/WorldCat (Bryn Mawr College; Princeton University Library; New York Public Library System; National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum). EXCEEDINGLY RARE; and amazingly nice. # 001136