The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Lot 47
25.04.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 743696
Lot 47 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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$ 2 500 – 3 500
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne, [1902]. First trade edition of Beatrix Potter's first book, first issue, with “wept big tears” on p. 51. In dark brown boards, with the letter O’s on the front cover dotted. Linder, p. 421; Quinby 2. 12mo. Color frontispiece and 30 color plates by Beatrix Potter (a few handling creases in lower margin of first few pages, 1902 gift inscription on frontispiece verso). Original brown boards, pictorial cover label, patterned endpapers (slight lean, wear to upper joint and spine ends).
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