London: Warne, 1988, 1st, cover with photo of the Derwentwater landscape in fall and little BP characters on the side; 8vo; 112 pp. Reference biography, softcover. "A fascinating look at the beautiful Derwentwater area as Beatrix Potter depicted it in her sketches and books, and as it appears today... Detailed.....
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987, 1st, Profile Series; white boards with photo of Potter surrounded by her characters, 8vo; 61 pp. Reference biography, hardback. Enjoyable and well researched, this biography is accessible to elementary readers and interesting to adults. Many images.
London: F. Warne & Co, 1988, 1st; wraparound painting of the streets of Gloucester by Potter; 8vo; 80 pp. Reference biography, softcover. The fictional and the true story behind the Tailor of Gloucester which takes the reader through some beautiful parts of England: the Wye valley, the Royal Forest of.....
London: Frederick Warne, 1988, 1st, "first published" nl; printed in Italy; green boards with dark green endpapers, many coloured photos, in jacket with lake landscape and BP and her dog on the back; 21.5 x 25.5 cm; 224 pp. Reference biography, hardback. Beautiful photographs of the Lake Country in all.....
London: Frederick Warne, 1989, 1st "first published" nl; blue textured boards, dark blue endpapers, 21.5 x 25.5 cm; 192 pp. Reference biography, hardback. Gorgeous full page reproductions, printed in Italy, the text with a wide margin with small coloured paintings. Selected by the curator of the Beatrix Potter collection of.....
Warne, 1978, 1st printing; 216 pp. Reference biography, hardback. .
London: National Book League, 1966, teal card covers, 5.5x8.5; 109 pp. Reference biography, softcover. A catalogue raisonné of the National Book League exhibition of Potter's work with lovely reproductions on coated paper.
London: Frederick Warne & Co, Ltd 1976; yellow boards, gilt titles, blue grey endpapers, issued in clear publisher's mylar jacket; 16x24 cm; 63 pp. Reference biography, hardback. "Taken mainly from Leslie Linder's A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter together with the text and illustrations of the first privately.....
London: Frederick Warne, (1976); pale green boards with Peter with and without jacket, gilt titles; green blue endpapers, in publisher's clear jacket, 16 x 24 cm; 63 pp incld Postscript by A. E. Reference biography, hardback. Taken mainly from Leslie Lindner's A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter together.....
Clapham, Lancaster, Dalesman Publishing Company, 1987, 1st, red orange covers with large country photos, heavy coated paper with many clear photos and reproductions; 7x8"; 84 pp., Reference biography, softcover. Based on interviews conducted over a 30 year period of the people who had known the life led by Beatrix Potter.....
London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd [1955]; heavy white paper folder publisher's prospectus with laid in full page plate, rear page has heavy photo corners pasted to contain plate edges, which may or may not be original; 7x9.5" Reference illustration, softcover. A large 4 page publisher's prospectus.....
London: Frederick Warne, 1981, light orange boards, and jacket with smiling photo of Potter and her dogs, family tree endpapers, illustrated with her paintings of Medford Hall, her cousin's house, and photographs; small 8vo; 40 pp. Reference biography, hardback. A character study of Beatrix Potter in her later years, drawn.....
Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Wilts.: The Beatrix Potter Society, 1986; white glossy card wraps with squirrels rafting, sepia print throughout; 56 pp. Reference biography, hardback. Papers presented at the Beatrix Potter Lake District Study Conference July 1986: Lake District Natural History and BP, Armitt Trust appeal, the BP Collection at the.....
London: Warne 1987; dark blue jacket and boards, grey endpapers with bibliography and index. Reference biography, hardback. Articles by four women who have become specialists in Beatrix Potter. This book produced as a companion to an exhibition held at the Tate Gallery in 1986 to support the National Trust's Lake.....
London: Warne, 1992, 1st printing; red cloth boards in jacket with collage of letters, 4to; 240 pp incl. index. Reference biography, hardback. Reproductions of the letters, including the charming miniature letters from Beatrix Potter's characters which she continued to write. "Dear Mr. Jackie, I have had those there Rabbits in.....
London: Frederick Warne 1989, 1st; maroon boards, tan endpapers, tan jacket with collage of her letters; photos of letters in text; 16.5 x 24 cm; 478 pp. Reference biography, hardback. Potter "was a prolific letter writer, and through her own words to friends, working colleagues and children we can discover.....
London: Warne, 1986, 1st; textured blue boards, tan endpapers, in jacket with a collage of photos (an rabbits popping up) 19.5 x 25 cm; 224 pp. incld index. Reference biography, hardback. An affectionate and knowledgeable biography, incorporating much new material, and thoughtfully illustrated. A good read.
London: Warne, 1986, 1st; textured blue boards, tan endpapers, in jacket with a collage of photos (an rabbits popping up) 19.5 x 25 cm; 224 pp. incld index. Reference biography, hardback. An affectionate and knowledgeable biography, incorporating much new material, and thoughtfully illustrated. A good read.
London: Warne, 1997, 1st printing; green boards, blue white patterned endpapers, in white jacket with photos of Potter and Peter, 7.5x10; 96 pp. Reference biography, hardback. .
London: Warne, 1966/1966, 2nd; green top-edge, grey endpapers; 448 pp. Reference biography, hardback. Potter's Journals from 1881 to 1897, transcribed from her code writings by Leslie Linder. Twenty-eight coloured paintings, thirty-nine monochrome drawings, photographs of family and places, examples of code, and pull-out family trees.
Henry Holt, 1987, 1st printing. 8.6x11.5; 175 pp. Reference history, hardback. About an Institute for children's literature and book illustration near Melbourne which is set in an old homestead. Since its beginning in 1974 Dromkeen has welcomed schoolchildren. Full of information about Australian children books.
Toronto, New York: Peacock Press/Bantam Books [1975]; softcover still in original shrinkwrap. Reference biography, hardback. One of Peacock's World of Realism Series.
New York: Viking 1997, 1st, nl; cream boards with green spine, green jacket with collage of many book covers, red ribbon; 6x9"; 235 pp with several of the author's favourite lists included. Reference book lists, hardback. "Think of a book that your read as a child or a teenager, a......
London: Jonathan Cape, 1984, true 1st UK; blue binding, map endpapers, in jacket with photo of trunk and contents, 8vo; 224 pp incld index. Reference biography, hardback. While looking through the university's collection Hardyment found an old trunk full of notes and sketches. "Following up on the clues found in.....
London: Jonathan Cape 1976, 1st; edited, with prologue and epilogue by Rupert Hart-Davis, green boards, green jacket with photos of Ransome as an older man and a young boy, 8vo; 364 pp. Reference biography, hardback. " The enchantment of his autobiography lies above all in his engagingly humorous and clear-sighted.....