The Tale of Peter Rabbit - First Issue

by Potter, Beatrix

$11,969 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: F. Warne and Co., 1902. First commercially published edition, first issue of 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' - grey boards - leaf-patterned end-papers - all first issue points sated. A very good copy without inscriptions. A slight crack to the front hinge. Corners a touch rubbed and small repair to the head of the spine. Some page with finger markings, but no losses and no inscriptions. The first trade edition has leaf-pattern end-papers and the text "wept big tears" on p. 51 (the text reads "cried big tears" in the privately printed edition; "wept big tears" in the first three impressions of the trade edition; and "shed big tears" from the fourth impression onwards). Linder, p. 421; Quinby 2.

• Publisher: F. Warne and Co.
• Year: 1902
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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