The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Book
1904 (published)
1904 (published)
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Illustrated green cloth case binding. Buff dust jacket with black-blocked illustration and title information on the front and spine and with a list of titles in "Altemus' illustrated Mother Goose Series" on the back. Illustrated endpapers with line illustrations printed in brown ink.
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| Materials and techniques | Line block illustrations in case binding, blocked and printed |
| Brief description | Book, 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', by Beatrix Potter. Published in Philadelphia by Henry Altemus Company, 1904. 1st ed. of unauthorized American ed. from the fourth printing of Warne's edition. Linder Bequest catalogue number, LB 1640. Library's copy A. NAL accession no. BP.26. |
| Physical description | Illustrated green cloth case binding. Buff dust jacket with black-blocked illustration and title information on the front and spine and with a list of titles in "Altemus' illustrated Mother Goose Series" on the back. Illustrated endpapers with line illustrations printed in brown ink. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | [Inscriptions by Warne in pencil on pp. 19, 91 and 115 read: "New." Inscription by Beatrix Potter in pencil on p.19 reads: "No it is not new, we left it out of our last edition. B.P." With pencil ticks on illustrations throughout and "Cover cut" inscribed in pencil on p.35.] |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Beatrix Potter's copy. Acquired by the V&A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of ca. 2150 watercolours, drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, books, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with Beatrix Potter and her family. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection : the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material : watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985.
Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection: the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material: watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. |
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| Library number | BP.26 |
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| Record created | December 3, 2020 |
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