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A first commercial edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. With "Big Wet Tears" on page 51. Green cloth boards with pictorial label on the cover. Little wear to the boards. Floral end papers. Clean contents. 2cm tear to page 88. Loose bindings to page 96/7 with tear on the page. Quinby No 2 P28. 16mo.

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.