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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit Paperback - 2000

by Beatrix Potter

About this book

The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. The story follows Peter Rabbit, a mischievous and disobedient young rabbit, as he ventures into the garden of farmer Mr. McGregor. The tale was written for five-year-old Noel Moore, son of Potter's former governess, in 1893. It was revised and privately printed by Potter in 1901 after several publishers' rejections but was printed in a trade edition by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1902. 

First Edition Identification

Potter's book was initially rejected by publishers, who were looking for color illustrations. Resisting that idea, Potter paid for 250 copies to be printed at her own expense, which she distributed to family and friends in 1901 and shortly needed to print another 200 copies. 

Frederick Warne & Co reached out to the author (although they were one of the initial rejectors) asking if she would cut some illustrations and add colors - and eventually, a contract was agreed upon. The first 8,000 copies of the trade edition sold out before printing, and by the end of 1902 28,000 copies were in print; a 
year after the first commercial publication there were 56,470 copies in print.

Of the first printing, first edition run there were 2,000 deluxe editions bound in either green or yellow cloth. The rest were bound in brown board.  

Details

  • Title The Tale of Peter Rabbit
  • Author Beatrix Potter
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition Fi
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grosset & Dunlap, New York
  • Date 2000-01-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780448420899 / 0448420899
  • Weight 0.19 lbs (0.09 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.09 x 8.17 x 0.28 in (20.55 x 20.75 x 0.71 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 810
  • Library of Congress subjects Rabbits
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99052820
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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