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One of only 250 numbered copies, with the introductory booklet signed by Sendak and Iain Bain, who oversaw the production of this limited edition. Includes 34 prints prepared from the blocks used in the original 1901 edition. Each print is 16mo (4 by 5 inches) in a titled and numbered folder. The limitation number and block number are recorded in pencil on the verso of each print. Accompanied by the introductory booklet of 20 pages plus an inventory of the plates. The whole preserved in a slate blue cloth-covered clamshell case with a paper spine label and an inset vignette to the front board. As new.

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.