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POTTER (BEATRIX) The Tale of Peter Rabbit, FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING, [ONE OF 200 COPIES], [Privately Printed], February 1902
27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£8,000 - £12,000
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POTTER (BEATRIX)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit, FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING, [ONE OF 200 COPIES], colour frontispiece, 41 line illustrations, occasional spotting, publisher's pictorial boards with rounded spine, light soiling and abrasions, preserved in green morocco-backed solander box by The Chelsea Bindery [Quinby 1A; Osborne II.102], 16mo, [Privately Printed], February 1902
Footnotes
Following the success of the first print run of 250 copies in December 1901, Potter ordered a further 200 copies be printed in February 1902.
Provenance: "M.S. Bower from E.M.W., Dec. 1902", inscription on front free endpaper.





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