Peter Rabbit: Prints from the Original Blocks
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Author: Potter, Beatrix
Title: The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Prints from the Original Blocks
Place Published: Kingston, New York
Publisher:Battledore Ltd.
Date Published: 1995
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(16mo) comprising printed introductory booklet by Maurice Sendak in original printed wrappers, 34 line block illustrations printed in brown ink on Arches paper, each with pencil limitation details and printed monogram of Alecto Historical Editions on verso, with tissue guard, each loose in separate printed card sleeve; together housed in original cloth drop-back box with inset illustration on upper cover and gilt label on spine. No. 111 of 250 copies.
Introductory booklet signed & numbered in pencil by Maurice Sendak, with additional pencil signature of printing historian Iain Bain. A handsome production reproducing 34 of the original 41 plain illustrations from the edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit privately printed by Beatrix Potter in 1901.
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