The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter Beautiful Books for Children 1943 Merrill Publishing Company
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This is The Tale of Peter Rabbit, a large format linen-textured picture book from Merrill Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, copyright 1943, with full color pictures on every spread.
The pages are clean and tight with only light smudging on a few page corners, and the cover shows light wear at the edges, as the photos show.
Peter Rabbit ignores his mother's warning and squeezes under the gate into Mr. McGregor's garden, where he loses his shoes and his blue jacket while trying to escape. Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail stay behind and gather blackberries.
Details
- Item: Picture book
- Title: The Tale of Peter Rabbit
- Author: Not stated in this edition. The story is Beatrix Potter's
- Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
- Publisher: Merrill Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois
- Publication Year: 1943 (Copyright U.S.A. 1943)
- Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos
- Format and Binding: Large format linen-textured paper covers and pages, illustrated in color
- Dust Jacket: None
- Pages: Unpaginated
- Genre: Children's picture book, Peter Rabbit
- Language: English
- ISBN: None printed on the copyright notice
- Dimensions: 4to, 11 to 13 inches tall, as listed
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
- Clean, tight pages.
- Full color pictures on every spread, including Mr. McGregor with his rake and Peter in the wheelbarrow.
- The linen-textured finish is visible on the pages.
- Bright front cover of Peter and his sisters with a basket and a can.
Issues / Wear
- Light smudging on the corners of a few pages.
- Light wear and creasing at the cover edges and corners.
- Some toning at the page edges.
Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual book you will be receiving.
This 1943 Merrill linen-textured Peter Rabbit has clean, tight pages and full color pictures, and it suits a Peter Rabbit shelf. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
Every item is honestly described and carefully packed. These are vintage pieces, so light age-related wear comes with them. I show and describe what I see so you know what to expect.
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Questions buyers ask
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Every listing spells it out and shows it in photos. Chips, hairlines, crazing, worn plating, old repairs. If I did not mention it, it is not there.
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