After nearly a century, thirty-four of the original line blocks used for the first printing have been located and properly identified. Production and design was organized with Iain Bain working alongside Alecto Historical Editions. Renowned and celebrated author/artist Maurice Sendak has written an original appreciation for this series of prints.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit: A New Printing from the original line - blocks made for the first (private) edition of 1901 -
by Potter Beatrix
About this book
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.
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- Title The Tale of Peter Rabbit: A New Printing from the original line - blocks made for the first (private) edition of 1901
- Author Potter Beatrix
- Publisher Battledore (New York) 1995
- ISBN 9780962711053
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Set of Fine Art Prints, New impressions from the artist’s original line blocks
by POTTER (Beatrix)
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After nearly a century, thirty-four of the original line blocks used for the first printing have been located and properly identified. Production and design was organized with Iain Bain working alongside Alecto Historical Editions. Renowned and celebrated author/artist Maurice Sendak has written an original appreciation for this series of prints.