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The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Potter 23 Tales) Hardcover - 1902
by Potter, Beatrix
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- Hardcover
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- Title The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Potter 23 Tales)
- Author Potter, Beatrix
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Later Printing
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 58
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Warne, London
- Date 1902
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0723205922I4N10
- ISBN 9780723205920 / 0723205922
- Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
- Ages 04 to 07 years
- Grade levels P - 2
- Reading level 810
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 78018071
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.912
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About this book
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.
First line
ONCE upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were-Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.
First Edition Identification
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.
