Books

(1907). 8vo. 70 pages. Gray linen cloth stamped on the spine in dark blue and with a color pictorial cover label. Illustrated throughout with clever line drawings which hide an additional item. Clues are given below each picture. An answer page describing the location of each hidden picture is included at the rear. A very fine copy in a very fine dust jacket which repeats the cover label. Very scarce in dust jacket.

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.