The Tale Of Peter Rabbit

by Potter, Beatrix

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.  

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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… Read more about this item
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by Potter, Beatrix (Helen Beatrix Potter) (1866 - 1943)

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London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd, 1964. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 4.5". Beatrix Potter. A delightful reprint of Beatrix Potter's most popular and successful work, featuring Peter Rabbit and his siblings. First published in 1902, this work follows the mischievous Peter Rabbit as he finds himself in Mr. McGregor's garden. It quickly became… Read more about this item
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London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1909. Hardback. Good. 5.5" by 4". Beatrix Potter. An early edition of Beatrix Potter's most popular and enduring children's work, complete with her original colourful plates. An early edition, dated 1909, with dots in the O's to the front board, Plate VII endpapers in Quinby, and without the plate of Mrs McGregor to… Read more about this item
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Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1904. Second American Edition, First Format with Green Cloth and Decorated Endpapers. Small Duodecimo. Tan paper dust jacket with black ink illustrations and lettering, green illustrated cloth over boards, white end papers with orange illustrations, thirty-one color illustrations. Altemus' Wee Books for Wee Folks. Good dust jacket, chipping to spine ends, top third of front… Read more about this item
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Dark grey cover board with a touch of green. The lettering on front cover and spine is in white; there are dots in the o's. Illustrated end papers: the left and right-hand sides of the end papers are different. The illustrations advertise the booklets published by F. Warne & Co. Named are: "Tom Taylor of Gloster" "Tom Kitten", "Squirrell Nutkin",… Read more about this item
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Frederick Warne and Co, 1904. Early and First Edition. Very Good. Signed. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., N.d. [1904-1906]. Early printing. 86 pages; frontispiece and 26 illustrations, all in color. Bound together with The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904. First edition. 86… Read more about this item
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[POTTER, Beatrix]. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. [Illustrated by Ethel Hays]. Akron, OH: Saalfield Pub Co, (ca. 1942). 4to, [12]pp. Color pictorial "cloth-like" paper wrappers. Color illustrations on every page. Spine a tad rubbed, corners less so, else a clean, bright copy. Ethel Hays-illustrated edition (possibly 1st, but no indication from which to draw a conclusion). A lavishly illustrated adaptation of… Read more about this item
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London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1902. Very good plus.. First trade edition of the first book by one of the giants of the Golden Age of Illustration, and of children's picture books. Rebellious little Peter was based on one of Potter's own pet rabbits whom she spent hours observing and sketching. Soon she began forming stories around her… Read more about this item
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by Potter, Beatrix (Helen Beatrix Potter) (1866 - 1943)

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by Potter, Beatrix

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Published by Frederick Warne & Co., 1909 (Circa.). Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Potter, Beatrix. Very good condition with no wrapper. Small format. Brown boards, white title to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 85 pages. Tape 'repair' to base of spine. Insert with book says that this item has at one time been rebacked… Read more about this item
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