The tale of Peter Rabbit / by Beatrix Potter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943.

Contributor:

Tehon, Atha.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943. Original Peter Rabbit books ; 1.

The original Peter Rabbit books ; 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peter Rabbit (Fictitious character).

Peter Rabbit.

Rabbits--Juvenile fiction.

Rabbits.

Genre:

Short stories.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 58 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 13 cm.

Edition:

[Original and authorized edition New colour reproductions].

[McDonald's Special Edition].

Manufacture:

Wisconsin : W. A. Krueger.

Other Title:

Peter Rabbit

Place of Publication:

[London] : Frederick Warne ; [Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ;] [New York : Published by the Penguin Group, [1988]

Summary:

Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught.

Notes:

Edition statements from cover.

Series statement from cover.

"First published 1902. This edition with new reproductions first published 1987. This impression 1988."

"The reproductions in this book have been made using the most modern electronic scanning methods from entirely new transparencies of Beatrix Potter's original watercolours. They enable Beatirx Potter's skill as an artist to be appreciated as never before, not even during her own lifetime."

Designed by Atha Tehon.

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy preliminary p. [1] has "This book belongs to ..." with illustration of rabbit and McDonald's Special Edition below.

OCLC:

967095876