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Thursday, 28 May - Monday, 1 June 2026
RARE 1906 BEATRIX POTTER 'The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit' ACCORDIAN BOOK, 1st Edition
Realised: $280 plus premium
Lot Details
'The Tale of A Fierce Bad Rabbit' was written for Louie Warne - the daughter of Potter's publisher Harold Warne. The child thought Peter Rabbit was much too well-behaved and wanted a story about a truly bad rabbit. Potter was experimenting with toy books at the time and 'A Fierce Bad Rabbit' was published for Christmas 1906 in a panorama format of fourteen pictures and text printed from left to right on a long strip of paper that folded accordion-fashion into a wallet tied with a ribbon. Originally published in this form it was hated by booksellers and in 1916 was published in usual book form.
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