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The Tale of Peter Rabbit Hardback - 2001
by Michael Hague (Illustrator); Beatrix Potter
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. The story follows Peter Rabbit, a mischievous and disobedient young rabbit, as he ventures into the garden of farmer Mr. McGregor. The tale was written for five-year-old Noel Moore, son of Potter's former governess, in 1893. It was revised and privately printed by Potter in 1901 after several publishers' rejections but was printed in a trade edition by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1902.
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Potter's book was initially rejected by publishers, who were looking for color illustrations. Resisting that idea, Potter paid for 250 copies to be printed at her own expense, which she distributed to family and friends in 1901 and shortly needed to print another 200 copies.
Frederick Warne & Co reached out to the author (although they were one of the initial rejectors) asking if she would cut some illustrations and add colors - and eventually, a contract was agreed upon. The first 8,000 copies of the trade edition sold out before printing, and by the end of 1902 28,000 copies were in print; a year after the first commercial publication there were 56,470 copies in print.
Of the first printing, first edition run there were 2,000 deluxe editions bound in either green or yellow cloth. The rest were bound in brown board.
Frederick Warne & Co reached out to the author (although they were one of the initial rejectors) asking if she would cut some illustrations and add colors - and eventually, a contract was agreed upon. The first 8,000 copies of the trade edition sold out before printing, and by the end of 1902 28,000 copies were in print; a year after the first commercial publication there were 56,470 copies in print.
Of the first printing, first edition run there were 2,000 deluxe editions bound in either green or yellow cloth. The rest were bound in brown board.
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- Title The Tale of Peter Rabbit
- Author Michael Hague (Illustrator); Beatrix Potter
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 32
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Chronicle Books, New York
- Publication date 2001
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781587170522 / 1587170523
- Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 10 x 8.94 x 0.4 in (25.40 x 22.71 x 1.02 cm)
- Age range 02 to 05 years
- Grade levels P - K
- Reading level 660
- Category Children's Baby - Picturebooks
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00010433
- Dewey Decimal Code E
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