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With thirty one illustrations. "wept" for shed on p. 51. "dot" in the "o" on the cover and spine. Self portrait of Potter as Mrs MacGregor holding the rabbit pie on p. 14. Grey leaf endpapers. Original brown boards with letters in silver grey. Rectangular pictorial panel to the front board. Small scuffing section on the front board. White (glue?) mark on the rear board. Very slight bumping to the corners. Slight loss/scuffing to the lower edge of P 47. Light marks on blank pages between 71 and 74. Tiny loss to front hinge. Contents generally very clean with only a few light finger marks. An excellent copy. 24mo. Quinby no 2. P 28.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he is chased about the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and returns home to his mother, who puts him to bed after dosing him with tea. The tale was written for five-year-old Noel Moore, son of Potter's former governess Annie Carter Moore, in 1893. It was revised and privately printed by Potter in 1901 after several publishers' rejections, but it was printed in a trade edition by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1902. The book was a success, and multiple reprints were issued in the years immediately following its debut. It has been reprinted multiple times since then and is regarded as one of the most iconic children's books.