Beatrix Potter - A Journal (including "Peter Rabbit")
ISBN 10: 0723258058 ISBN 13: 9780723258056
Published by Warne, London, 2006
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1st ptg. Folio, pictorial padded boards, an illustrated overview of the author's life and work with inset booklets, cards, letters and lift the flap items culminating in a complete book bound in heavy cards of "My privately printed edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit" inset into the back board. Fine, issued without dj. Seller Inventory # 33050
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This lavish, illustrated journal describes Beatrix Potter’s life as a young woman in Victorian England as she struggles to achieve independence and to find artistic success and romantic love. Using witty, observant commentary taken from Beatrix’s own diaries, the journal features a wealth of watercolor paintings, sketches, photographs, letters and period memorabilia to recreate the world in which she lived.
About the Author: Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). Her passion for the natural world lay behind the creation of her famous little books. A particular source of inspiration was the Lake District where she lived for the last thirty years of her life as a farmer and conservationist.
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Title: Beatrix Potter - A Journal (including "Peter...
Publisher: Warne, London
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Potter, Beatrix
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st ed.
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Beatrix Potter: a Journal (Peter Rabbit)
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Warne, 2006
ISBN 10: 0723258058
ISBN 13: 9780723258056
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Quarto padded pictorial boards. Inset to the inside, rear cover is a separate facsimile of the limited, first printing of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. Presented to Bill Zwecker, longtime Chicago entertainment reporter. To the title page it is signed by the stars of the film, "Miss Potter", which was released in the same year as this book, 2006. Includes the autographs of Renee Zellweger, Emily Watson, and Ewan McGregor. It is also signed by the director, Chris Noonan. There are bumps to the spine ends. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 16912