A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter, Including Unpublished Work

London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co, 1979. A beautiful copy. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Protected by a removable Brodart clear plastic sleeve. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. "Second Edition" is so stated on the copyright page, but the content appears to be identical to the 1971 first edition. There are over 170 illustrations, including 68 full-color plates. Includes facsimiles of Potter's autograph picture letters, her first editions, illustrations, galley proofs, pages from her working manuscripts, pictorial end-paper designs; as well as full-color photographs of Lake District scenes, buildings and places connected with her books. This is the standard Beatrix Potter biography and indispensable bibliography for collectors of her works. It gives detailed bibliographical descriptions of the 'points' of the Peter Rabbit books. Contents: PART ONE: Letters to Children; 1) Picture Letters; 2) Miniature Letters. PART TWO: Books -- Published and Unpublished; 3) The Peter Rabbit books; 4) Foreign Translations of the Peter Rabbit Books; 5) The Painting Books; 6) The Plays; 7) The Music Books; 8) The Fairy Caravan; 9) A Sequel to the Fairy Caravan; 10) Sister Anne; 11) Wag-by-Wall; 12) The Tale of the Faithful Dove. PART THREE: Miscellaneous Writings: 13) Fairy-Tales; 14) Tales of Country Life; 15) Articles for the Press; 16) Election Work. FOUR APPENDICES: I) End-papers for Editions in the Small Format; II) Page Numbers of Book Pictures; III) Notes on First Editions; IV) The Beatrix Potter Books. From the Dust Jacket: "[This] is an exciting book, because [the author] not only tells the tale behind The Tales -- the history of how each book in the famous Peter Rabbit series came to be written -- but his persistent research, begun as far back as 1952, has uncovered a wealth of Beatrix Potter's writings which has never been published before... A valuable feature for all book collectors is the Appendix sections, which will help to identify first editions." Bound in the original red leatherette, stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover.. Second Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Potter, Beatrix. 8vo. xxvi, 446pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.