1907 Scarce First Deluxe binding of THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT by Beatrix Potter

 

Author : Beatrix Potter
Title : The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Publisher : London and New York,  Frederick Warne and Co. -  No date (circa 1907).   
Size : 5.5 "X 4.5 "  
Pages : 85 pages
Binding : The scarce first deluxe binding of Peter Rabbit, offered here in green. A Rare find in any condition! An attractive good to very good green boards cloth binding with gilt decoration, upper cover with inset color pictorial label, (hinges fine, overall slightly worn, scuffed and soiled - as shown).
Content : Good to very good content (bright and tight, rare staining or soiling, name and date 1908 on front endpaper and first blank page - as shown, 1907 typical endpaper with the new 1907 right-hand paper, introduced for The Tale
of Tom Kitten and the guinea-pig replaced with Jeremy Fisher. All illustrated pages photographed in the description). 
Illustrations : Complete with the frontispiece and 26 colour illustrations by the author.

The book : Scarce and attractive First Deluxe binding edition of THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT. 

The author : Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.