1946 Rare First Edition with Dust jacket - The Tale of Beatrix Potter, A Biography by Margaret Lane.This beautiful book has been sold Search for another similar book from our bookseller friends! (description) Author: Margaret Lane. Title: The Tale of Beatrix Potter, A Biography. Publisher: London, Frederick Warne and Co., 1946. First Edition. Language: Text in English. Size: 8. 5" X 6". Pages: 175 pages. Binding: Very good original full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed as shown) in a good dust jacket (chips and tears as shown,

" published in 1889 by Simpking

This enchanting book is a gem of children's literature

The book: Beautiful First Edition of this delightful production which was inspired by a letter to the artist from a 9-year-old English girl who asked for advice on attracting fairies to her garden

Anactoria ("Anactoria")

top edge gilt)

starring Baby Peggy and the 1936 musical film Captain January

Evance & Fox

Illustrations: Complete with the illustrated title page and the 12 beautiful engraved plates

personifying every variety of flower of the Autumn with a fairy child

Translator Sarah Austin translated this timeless tale from the German original by Friedrich Wilhelm Carové

She played Alice in Henry Savile Clarke’s staged Alice in Wonderland

small black ink stain on the outer margin of one illustration - as shown