![]() ![]() Later that year publisher Frederick Warne agreed to print the book, although they needed to shorten the text a little and asked Miss Potter to provide colour illustrations to accompany the text. In order to keep costs to a minimum the book had a card cover and only one colour illustration. By December 1901 she had 250 copies of her book to sell or distribute to friends. She sent her manuscript to many publishers to no avail and therefore resolved to have the book printed herself. Noel was so delighted with the letter that Beatrix decided to develop it into a little book. ![]() “I don’t know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits” she began. Noel was the son of her old governess and had been unwell. In September 1893 Beatrix Potter wrote a letter to a little boy called Noel Moore. Please scroll down to see our current stock of her first editions, signed copies and original paintings. We are specialists in the works of Beatrix Potter. “I don’t know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits" ![]()
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