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1st Trade Edition 1903. First Warne 'Trade' Edition following all points in Quinby, and with "wept" on line 2 of page 51, colour frontispiece, "dot" in the "o" on the cover and spine, self portrait of Potter as Mrs. MacGregor holding the rabbit pie on p. 14. and leaf pattern endpapers. Book is good++ with rubbing to edges. Boards marked and surface rubbed. Re cased at spine retaining some of the spine and retaining the original endpapers. Contents are average with usage marks, soiling, creasing, tape marks, light surface loss to various pages. Front gutter strengthened with paper. A restored example but retaining the original materials of the book. More images can be taken upon request.Ref18806.

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.