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The TALE of PETER RABBIT

The TALE of PETER RABBIT

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The TALE of PETER RABBIT: ALTEMUS WEE BOOK for WEE FOLKS

by BEATRIX POTTER

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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About This Item

First American Publisher's Pirated Beatrix Potter Tale of Peter Rabbit, Copyrighted by Altemus in 1904. Done for the WEE BOOKS for WEE FOLKS Series, this Decorated Paste-on with 1/4 embellished Cloth is the TRUE FIRST Altemus EDITION / FIRST PRINTING!!

Overall Very Good- / Very Good Condition, Covers a bit soiled but solid Paste-On Color, with some minor tip wear corner wear, solid spine title (reads up instead of down -- FIRST STATE), light spine tip fraying.

Tight binder, hinges perfect -- & it has all 31 Color Plates, in 127 pages, printed one side only (Later Green Cover Edition had 64 2-sided pages). Some minor edge soiling, and darkened staples.

Original Illustrated end papers are unusually in tact and nice. (No Ad Pages in Rear -- Also FIRST STATE Point)!!


SCARCE, FIRST AMERICAN PIRATED EDITION of the Original 1902 Beatrix Potter Tale, with All of HER ILLUSTRATIONS -- Relatively Clean, Bright & White, with NO NAMES, MARKS or DAMAGE!!

RARE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION / FIRST PRINTING!!

Synopsis

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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Bookseller
RARE KIDS BOOKS US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
526
Title
The TALE of PETER RABBIT
Author
BEATRIX POTTER
Illustrator
beatrix potter
Format/Binding
VERY GOOD
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
N/A
Quantity Available
1
Edition
FIRST AMERICAN, FIRST PIRATED
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
HENRY ALTEMUS
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date Published
1904
Pages
127
Size
4" X 6"
Weight
2.00 lbs
Keywords
ORIGINAL, DELUXE, FIRST AMERICAN, FIRST EDITION,FIRST STATE COVER

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