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Beatrix Potter (Helen Beatrix Potter) | First Editions
1866 - 1943
Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter had an isolated childhood, separate from other children, and educated by governesses. However, her numerous pets and holidays in the Lake District, culminated in a love of landscape, flora and fauna. These became the subjects of her paintings, and literary works. In her thirties, Potter published the highly successful children's book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Although prevented from higher education by society's attitudes to women at the time, Potter's study and watercolors of fungi led to her being widely respected in the field of mycology. She also had a successful career in farming and breeding, based in Hill Top Farm in a village in the Lake District. Potter wrote over 30 books, the best known being her 24 children's tales. On her death in 1943, Potter left almost all her property to the National Trust. She is credited with preserving much of the land that now constitutes the Lake District National Park. Her legacy lives on through her books, which continue to sell throughout the world in many languages; her stories have been retold in song, film, ballet, and animation, and her life depicted in a feature film and television film.
See below our stock of Beatrix Potter First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [1917]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Sextodecimo (13 x 11cm), pp.54. With a chromolithographic illustration by Potter facing every page of text. Publisher's green paper-covered boards with brown titles to spine and upper board. A colour-illustrated square laid onto upper board. The correct illustrated..... More
The Pie and the Patty-Pan.
New York, NY: Frederick Warne and Co., 1905. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST US EDITION. (19 x 15cm), pp.52. With 10 chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece by the author, and many more in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue paper-covered boards with white titles to spine and upper board, and a small circular chromolithographic illustration..... More
The Pie and the Patty-Pan.
New York, NY: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [circa 1920s]. [Children's Illustrated] VINTAGE US EDITION. (18 X 15cm), pp.52. With 10 colour plates including a frontispiece, as well as numerous in-text illustrations by the author. Publisher's address given as 26 East 22d Street, making this edition no earlier than..... More
The Pie and the Patty-Pan.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1905. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, slim octvo (19 x 15cm), pp.52. With 10 chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece by the author, and many more in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue paper-covered boards with white titles to spine and upper board, and a small circular chromolithographic illustration laid..... More
The Tailor of Gloucester.
London: Frederick Warne, 1903. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Sextodecimo (15 x 11cm), pp.86. Illustrated with twenty-seven coloured plates, illustrated endpapers (Quinby's type I/plate I). Publisher's maroon paper over boards, with white titles to spine and upper, and a colour illustration laid onto upper. Contents generally clean, soft fold to frontis..... More
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, with erroneous "muffatees" for "muffetees", p.15 (the first two printings are identical). Sextodecimo (14 x 11cm), pp.85 [1]. With a chromolithographic illustration by Potter facing every page of text. Colour illustrated endpapers (Quinby, plate II). Publisher's light brown paper-covered boards..... More
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., 1908. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Sextodecimo (15 x 11cm), pp.86. Illustrated with twenty-seven coloured plates, illustrated endpapers (Quinby's type IV/plate IV). Publisher's grey paper over boards, with white titles to spine and upper, and a colour illustration laid onto upper. Contents clean and fresh..... More
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., 1908. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Sextodecimo (15 x 11cm), pp.86. Illustrated with twenty-seven coloured plates, illustrated endpapers (Quinby's type IV/plate IV). Publisher's grey paper over boards, with white titles to spine and upper, and a colour illustration laid onto upper. Contents clean and fresh..... More
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse.
New York, NY: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [1918]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST US EDITION. Sextodecimo (14 x 11cm), pp.85; [1]. With a chromolithographic plate by the author facing every page of text. No 'Ltd.' to title page; endpapers match plate XV in Quinby. Publisher's brown paper-covered boards with white..... More
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., [1919]. [Children's Illustrated] EARLY EDITION. Sexto-decimo (14 x 11cm), pp.85 [1]. With a chromolithographic illustration facing every page of text, and illustrated endpapers matching plate XV in Quinby. Publisher's light green paper over boards, with darker green titles to spine and upper, and a...... More
The Tale of Mr. Tod.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1912. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Sexto-decimo (14 x 11cm), pp.94. With 15 chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece, and frequent wood engraved vignettes. Colour illustrated endpapers (Quinby, plate XI). Publisher's light tan paper-covered boards, with brown titles to spine and upper, and a large chromolithographic illustration..... More
The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [circa 1910]. [Children's illustrated] VINTAGE EDITION. Sextodecimo (14 x 10cm), pp.85 [1]. Illustrated with twenty-seven coloured plates. Publisher's dark grey paper-covered boards, with white titles to spine and upper, an illustration laid-down to upper, and endpapers matching Quinby plate X. Small purple ink..... More
The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1902. [Children's illustrated] FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION, and first colour plate edition. Text on p.51, line 1 "wept big tears," (fourth printing onwards has "shed big tears"). Sextodecimo (14 x 10cm), pp.86. Illustrated with twenty-seven coloured plates, pp.98. Publisher's dark grey paper-covered boards, illustration laid-down to..... More
The Tale of Pigling Bland.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1913. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Sexto-Decimo (14 x 11cm), pp.94. Illustrated with fifteen coloured plates and numerous black and white illustrations in-text. Publisher's burgundy paper-covered boards with titles in white to spine and upper, and a colour illustration laid down to upper. Pictorial..... More
The Tale of Pigling Bland.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1913. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Sexto-Decimo (14 x 11cm). Illustrated with fifteen coloured plates and numerous black and white illustrations in-text. Publisher's green paper-covered boards with titles in brown to spine and upper; colour illustration laid down to upper; pictorial end papers. Contents..... More
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or, The Roly-Poly Pudding.
London: Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd., no date [circa 1926]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST THUS. Sextodecimo (14 x 11cm), pp.76. Illustrated with eighteen coloured plates and numerous black and white illustrations in text. Publisher's red paper-covered boards, illustration laid-down to upper, illustrated endpapers. Some blue applied to top edge; minor spotting..... More
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., [circa 1905]. [Children's Illustrated] EARLY PRINTING. Sexto-Decimo (14 x 11cm), pp.86. Illustrated endpapers, and coloured illustrations throughout. Publisher's indigo paper over boards, with white titles to spine and upper, and a colour illustration laid onto upper. Internally clean, with a little weakness to binding. Rear..... More
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, without 'Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit' to the title page, and with the date to the title page. Sexto-Decimo (14 x 11cm), pp.86, beautifully illustrated with 27 colour plates, illustrated endpapers (Quinby's type I/plate I). Publisher's dark grey-green..... More
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. [Children's Illustrated] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Sexto-Decimo (14 x 11cm), pp.86, beautifully illustrated with 27 colour plates. Bound in publisher's paper-covered boards, illustration laid-down to upper, finely re-spined and cornered in recent black morocco with five raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to spine, title..... More
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1909. [Childrens classic] FIRST EDITION. Sextodecimo (14 x 11cm). Beautifully illustrated with 27 colour plates. Bound in publisher's paper-covered boards, illustration laid-down to upper, finely respined and cornered in recent green morocco with five raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to spine, with a pair..... More
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., [circa 1917]. [Childrens' classic] EARLY EDITION. Sexto-Decimo (14 x 11cm). Illustrated endpapers matching plate X in Quinby, and colour illustrations throughout. Publisher's brown paper over boards, with white titles to spine and upper, and a colour illustration laid onto upper. Pencil sketches of German bi-planes..... More
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1911. [Childrens' classic] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Sexto-Decimo (14 x 11cm). Illustrated with 27 coloured plates. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards with colour illustration laid down to upper, finely re-spined and re-cornered in morocco leather. Slightly later pair of illustrated endpapers bound in. Contents generally clean, small..... More
The Tale of Tom Kitten.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., 1907. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Sextodecimo (15 x 11cm), pp.86. Illustrated with twenty-seven coloured plates, illustrated endpapers (Quinby's type IV/plate IV). Publisher's grey paper over boards, with white titles to spine and upper, and a colour illustration laid onto upper. Contents clean and fresh..... More
The Tale of Two Bad Mice.
New York, NY: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [1904]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST US EDITION. Sextodecimo (14 x 11cm), pp.85; [1]. With a chromolithographic illustration facing every page of text. Endpapers match plate II in Quinby; publisher's address given as 36 East 22d Street. Publisher's maroon paper-covered boards with white..... More
The Tale of Two Bad Mice.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904. [Children's Illustrated] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Sexto-Decimo (14 x 11cm), pp.85. Illustrated with 27 coloured plates. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards with colour illustration laid down to upper, finely re-spined and re-cornered in morocco leather. Illustrated original endpapers (Quinby's plate II) bound in. Discreet ink ownership..... More
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